Bucs Fall to Bears at Coast Guard Academy
NEW LONDON, Conn -- The Buccaneers baseball team took a trip to the Coast Guard Academy on Tuesday to take on the Bears in non-conference play. The Bucs three-game winning streak comes to an end at the hand of the Bears by a final of 17-2.
The Basics
Final: Bears 17, Buccaneers 2
Records: Maritime 11-9
Coast Guard 12-6
On The Mound
Maritime: Chase Dwight (L, 0-2): 2.1 IP | 8 H | 7 R | 6 ER | 1 BB | 1 K
Coast Guard: Jack Gausselin (W, 1-0): 6 IP | 5 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 0 BB | 8 K
Inside The Numbers
Maritime
- AJ Pietrafesa led the Bucs with two hits. Aidan Weir, Brett Velzis, Jake Houston, and Brayden Ramsey recorded one.
- Velzis and Houston drove in the Buc runs in the loss.
- Weir and Houston scored the two runs.
- Houston hit his second home run in as many days, and Velzis recorded a double.
- Weir stole a bag for the Buccaneers.
Coast Guard
- Parker Madden and Kael Godshalk had three hits in the win for the Bears. Four other CGA hitters recorded two hits, and four had one hit.
- Godshalk drove in three runs for the winners to lead his team.
- Rick Barkley scored four times for the hosts.
- Madden and Barkley each hit a home run, and Madden had two doubles in the game.
- Luke Percifield stole a bag for the Bears.
What's Next?
Maritime opens their weekend conference series with Fitchburg State on Friday in Fitchburg.