PAXTON, Mass -- The Buccaneers traveled to central Mass on Saturday for their first-ever conference doubleheader with new MASCAC member Anna Maria. The Buccaneers earned a split of the games with a 6-1 win in game one and an 11-10 loss in game two.

Game One

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 6, AMCATS 1

Records: Maritime 8-8 (1-2)

               Anna Maria 9-10 (1-2)

In the Circle

Maritime: Jennamarie Klemp (W, 6-4): 7 IP | 5 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 1 BB | 1 K

Anna Maria: Makenna Lovelette (L, 5-6): 7 IP | 10 H | 6 R | 3 ER | 5 BB | 6 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Kelsey Booker recorded three hits for the Bucs in the win. Reagan Kerecz and Sarah Holler had two hits each. Hannah Burton, Mikale Lemons, and Abbey Doherty all had one hit.
• Holler hit her first home run of the season, the only extra-base hit for the Buccaneers in the game. 
• Kerecz, Burton, Booker, Lexi Leblanc, and Holler each drove in one run.
• Holelr scored twice in the win. Kerecz, Burton, Natalie Gale, and Lemons scored once. 
• Kerecz and Lemosn had a stolen base in the win.

Anna Maria

• Madisyn Crossman had two hits in the loss. Meaghan Doyle, Mae McGowan, and Emelia Carvalho had one hit. 
• McGowan drove in the only run of the game.
• Crossman scored the lone run.
• McGowan and Ava Alvarado had a stolen base in the loss.

How It Happened

Maritime opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, taking a 1-0 lead on an infield single from Kerecz that brought in Holler to score.

In the top of the fourth, the Bucs extended their lead to 2-0. Booker reached on a fielder's choice, and Kerecz came in to score. The AMCATS put a run on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning on a McGowan infield single that brought Crossman in to score Anna Maria's only run of the game.

The fifth and sixth innings were scoreless for both teams, and in the top of the seventh, Holler led the inning off with a home run to make the score 3-1. Gale later scored on a passed ball to bring the score to 4-1. Then, Burton hit an infield single, driving in Lemons, and LeBlanc brought in the Bucs final run of the game on an RBI fielder's choice. Klemp retired the AMCATS in the bottom of the seventh, and the Bucs took the win in game one, 6-1.

Game Two

The Basics 

Final: AMCATS 11, Buccaneers 10

Records: Maritime 8-9 (1-3)

               Anna Maria 10-10 (2-2)

In the Circle

Maritime: Ashleigh Catlett (L, 2-5): 3.2 IP | 7 H | 10 R | 8 ER | 4 BB | 1 K

                Jennamarie Klemp: 2.1 IP | 2 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 0 BB | 1 K

Anna Maria: Mackenzie Evers (W, 5-3): 7 IP | 15 H | 10 R | 8 ER | 2 BB | 3 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Ab'c'de Patane had four hits in the game. Kelsey Booker and Lexi LeBlanc added three base knocks. Hannah Burton and Sarah Holler had two hits, and Natalie Gale recorded one hit.
• Patane had two doubles in the game. Booker, Holler, and Gale each had one two-bagger. 
• Patane drove in three runs for the Bucs. Holler and Gale drove in two each, and Abbey Doherty had one RBI.
• Burton and LeBlanc scored twice in the loss. Reagan Kerecz, Nyomi Simental, Booker, Kailyn Durham, Camryn Whitman, and Patane scored once. 

Anna Maria

• Madison Levesque and Mae McGowan had two hits in the win. Ella Moon, Paige Stewart, Meaghan Doyle, Madisyn Crossman, and Makenna Lovelette had one hit each.
• Doyle, McGowan, and Lovelette all had a home run in the game. Levesque and McGowan recorded doubles. 
• Doyle drove in three runs in the win. Angela Marie Gilmartin, McGowan, and Levesque knocked in two runs, and Stewart drove in one.
• Four players scored two runs in the game. Gilmartin, Levesque, and Lovelette scored once.
• Moon had a stolen base in the game.

How It Happened

Maritime struck first in game two, getting two runs in the top of the first inning. The First came on a passed ball that scored Kerecz, and the second on a Holler RBI single to center field. 

Down 2-0 in the bottom of the second, Anna Maria got a run back on McGowan's solo home run, making the score 2-1 Bucs.

In the top of the third, Patane drove in a run on a single to left center, and Gale knocked in two on a double down the left field line. The Bucs led, 5-1, heading to the bottom of the third. In the bottom of the third inning, Doyle hit a three-run home run to cut the deficit to one, 5-4. 

The Bucs failed to score in the top of the fourth inning, and the AMCATS scored five in the bottom of the inning to take a 9-5 lead. 

The hosts added a run in the bottom of the fifth inning on Lovelette's home run, extending the AMCATS lead to five runs, 10-5. 

In the top of the sixth, Maritime closed the gap to three runs. Holler walked with the bases loaded to drive in Burton. Then, Doherty grounded out to short, allowing Durham to score from third. The Bucs trailed 10-7.

In the top of the seventh, the comeback was on for the Bucs. Simental scored on a passed ball, and Patane doubled to right center field, bringing in Whitman and Burton to close the gap to one run, 11-10. Anna Maria was able to get the final out, leaving the tying run for the Bucs at second base, and taking a split of the series with an 11-10 win in game two.

What's Next

The Buccaneers are back home on Tuesday, April 7th, to take on Bridgewater State in conference play beginning at 5 pm.