PLYMOUTH, N.H. – A four-run bottom of the ninth secured a walk-off victory for Plymouth State University as they handed baseball a 13-12 Little East Conference loss Tuesday afternoon at Parish Field.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 12, Plymouth State University 13
UMass Boston (21-10, 9-2 Little East Conference)
Plymouth State University (12-19, 4-7 Little East Conference)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Panthers late inning heroics canceled out a four-run top of the ninth which put the Beacons ahead 12-9 at the time.
Jackson Curtis drove in the game-tying and game-winning run when he singled up the middle off of
Josh Eastman who was handed his first loss of the season.
Tuesday's contest was a back-and-forth affair from the bottom of the first inning. The Panthers tacked on the first run of the day in the opening frame. UMass Boston tacked on a pair of runs in the second and three more in the third to take a 5-1 lead. Plymouth State cut the deficit to one in the bottom of the third, before retaking the lead with a four-run fourth.
UMass Boston tied the game in the seventh with three runs, but it was Plymouth State who retook the lead in the eighth as they plated just one run.
In the ninth,
Aidan Blake emptied the bases with a triple, while
Craig Corliss plated his teammate on a sac-fly to right field.
Back-to-back bases loaded walks cut the Beacons lead to one (12-11), setting up the game-winning hit by Curtis.
Blake finished the day 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Gianni Zarilli, Jr. went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Thomas Cue accounted for three of the Beacons runs as he went 2-for-5 on the afternoon.
BY THE NUMBERS
- The 15 hits in the Tuesday's game marked the most by the Beacons bats since April 16 in the game-two win over Keene State College (17)
- It was just the third time since April 12 that UMass Boston recorded 10 or more hits in a contest
- Tuesday's loss ended a four-game win-streak for the Beacons over the Panthers
- UMass Boston has won 14 of their last 17 meetings with Plymouth State since April 27, 2013
- The Beacons are now 4-3 against Plymouth State on their home field since April 28, 2018
- Beacons pitching combined for 15 strikeouts, but allowed seven walks; All 13 runs were earned on 17 PSU hits
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will now travel to Endicott College tomorrow for a 4 p.m. non-conference game. They were originally scheduled to play at Babson, but that game was postponed. A make-up date has not been announced.
