BRIDGEWATER, Mass -- Following their walk-off win over Framingham State in the Buccaneers first game in the MASCAC baseball playoffs, Maritime took on Bridgewater State in the winners bracket on Friday morning in Bridgewater. A masterful performance on the mound from Sam Huffman and a 10-run explosion on offense, the Bucs shut out the Bears, 10-0, to advance to the Championship of the MASCAC on Saturday.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 10, Bears 0

Records: Maritime 24-17

               Bridgewater 27-13

On The Mound

Maritime: Sam Huffman (W, 8-1): 6 IP | 2 H | 0 R | 4 BB | 11 K

                Nick Iannone (Sv, 1): 3 IP | 1 H | 0 R | 2 BB | 3 K

Bridgewater: Shane Handrahan (L, 4-2): 4 IP | 7 H | 5 R | 5 ER | 1 BB | 4 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Colsen Loughren led all players with three hits in the win. Aaron Cole, AJ Pietrafesa, and Michael Logiudice had two hits. Brett Velzis and Aidan Weir added one.
• Loughren drove in three runs in the game. Pietrafesa and Velzis knocked in two, and Cole and Damon White had two RBI.
• Cole, Pietrafesa, and Velzis scored twice. White, Logiudice, Jake Houston, and Weir scored once.
• Velzis, Loughren, and Logiudice had doubles.
• Velzis and Logiudice each stole a base.

Bridgewater

• Brendan Flaven, Ryan Flaherty, and Philip Messina had the three Bears hits in the loss.
• Scott Emerson stole a base.

How It Happened

Maritime opened the scoring in the top of the first inning before the Bears could get to the bat rack. Velzis doubled in Pietrafesa to take a one-run lead, and Loughren drove in Velzis to give the Buccaneers a 2-0 lead after one.

In the third, Loughten struck again with a two-RBI double, bringing in Cole and Velzis. The Bucs extended their lead to 4-0 through three. 

Cole singled in Logiudice in the fourth to bring the score to 5-0 after four. 

The fifth and sixth innings were scoreless between the teams as Huffman continued to dominate, striking out 11 through his six innings of work.

In the top of the seventh, Maritime scored five insurance runs. White walked with the bases loaded, Pietrafesa knocked in two with a third run scoring on a Bridgewater error, and Velzis hit a sacrifice fly to bring in another. Maritime led, 10-0, through seven.

Iannone shut down the hosts through the final three innings, and the Buccaneers advanced to the MASCAC Championship round with a 10-0 win over the Bears.

What's Next

The Bucs await the winner of #5 Salem State and #1 Bridgewater State on Saturday at noon. The Championship round begins at 3pm in Bridgewater.