Monday, October 18, 2010

UMaine Sweeps BA

As coach Izaryk stated, "UMaine threw the ball very well today, and we couldn't find a timely hit in either game. “ The Wolverines worked hard and never backed down. They played a solid game in the field limiting the University of Maine’s runs to 4 in the first and 3 in the second. At the plate BA was not able to capitalize, which resulted in two losses with scores of 4-0 and 3-0.

Christian Lavoie (Hopkinton, MA) pitched a great game the first game striking out ten through five innings. Joey McCarthy (West Roxbury, MA) came in as relief and shut the door, but the Wolverines were unable to mount a comeback. Bo Belt (Concord, MA), Ben Callahan (Exeter, NH) and Terry Casey (Halifax, NS) were the only BA batters to earn a base hit.

“In game one, we had our chances and failed to produce with runners in scoring position. Lavoie threw the ball very well, and seems to be getting stronger every time out,” said Coach Izaryk.

In the second game Callahan started on the mound and had seven strike outs as Garrett Alibozek (Adams, MA) came in to finish the game off. They combined for a great outing, holding Maine to only three runs but the BA bats were again cold, with Belt recording the only hit of the day.

“In game two, their pitcher threw extremely well. We hit a few balls hard, but needed to find a way to get ourselves in scoring position. I was very happy with the way our defense played. McCarthy had two very nice turns on double play balls to get us out of a couple big innings, Alibozek threw the ball very well behind the plate, cutting down a runner on a "strike 'em out, throw 'em out" double play, and Callahan made a couple plays on the run at 3rd. At the end of the day, we are disappointed with the outcome, but hungry to correct some mistakes this week in practice," said Izaryk.

The team will attend the Frozen Ropes Classic in Massachusetts this Wednesday to play at 4:00 PM.

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