BOSTON, Mass. – Eight unanswered runs from UMass Boston Baseball across the third to seventh innings would be boost the Beacons needed to take over against Plymouth State University on Tuesday afternoon and come away with an 11-5 victory over the Panthers to move to 5-0 in Little East Conference play this season and remain as the only undefeated team left in conference play.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 11, Plymouth State University 5
UMass Boston (15-8, 5-0 LEC)
Plymouth State University (5-12, 0-5 LEC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
It would be a quiet first two innings for both teams with the lone run coming for the Beacons on a wild pitch from freshman pitcher Tyler Hicks which would score freshman outfielder
Breon Parker from third to make it a 1-0 in the first inning.
Three would be the magic number for both teams in the third inning as both sides scored three runs apiece which kept UMass Boston in front. An error by sophomore pitcher
Ross Dexter on a fielder's choice bunt by junior infielder Jackson Curtis would plate the first run of the frame for Plymouth State and then a big two-run double by junior outfielder Luke Sokolski put the Panthers ahead for the first time, 3-1.
But it would be short-lived as three RBI singles from Parker, senior infielder
Aidan Blake, and senior catcher
Craig Corliss would give the Beacons their responding three runs to jump back ahead, 4-3. With senior third baseman
Drew Metzdorf on third in the fifth, Blake would come through with a sacrifice fly to extend UMass Boston's lead to two runs, 5-3.
Another three-spot in the sixth gave the Beacons a stranglehold on the game as sophomore outfielder
Mariano Jimenez and freshman outfielder
Justin Gouveia each recorded an RBI single and Metzdorf an RBI double that saw UMass Boston go ahead, 8-3. Notching his first RBI of the season, junior infielder
Bostyn Burris's single plated another run for the Beacons who held a six-run advantage, 9-3, after seven innings.
After yielding two runs on an RBI single by sophomore utilityman Danny Quinn,
Aidan Blake would answer back with his team-tying third home run of the season, a two-run home run, as freshman pitcher
Aidan McMillan would finish off the ninth inning to secure the 11-5 victory for UMass Boston.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Ross Dexter notched his third win of the season on the mound, going five innings allowing three runs (all unearned) on two hits while striking out seven and walking four
- Aidan Blake finished the game with a 2-for-4 performance, notching a single, a two-run home run, four RBIs, and two runs scored
- As a team, UMass Boston pitching allowed five total runs but only two were earned due to two Beacon errors
- Eight of the nine UMass Boston starters recorded a hit with four recording multi-hit performances
WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston will play host to Tufts University tomorrow night at 7:00 PM for the back end of their two-game series this season. Late last month in a game moved to Medford, Massachusetts, the Jumbos used an early offensive attack to blitz the Beacons and come away with a 9-5 win.
