Albers pushes Harvard past Maine in 12th

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Pete Albers’ single to center field scored Andrew Huling with one out in the 12th inning Thursday as Harvard eked out a 5-4 college baseball victory over the University of Maine.

The Crimson, who had scored one run each in the ninth and 11th innings to preserve a tie, reached freshman Jared Cochran for three hits in the final inning. Harvard improved to 10-7, while Maine slipped to 13-15.

Bob Wiles, a freshman from Gardiner, was outstanding in his first collegiate start. The lefthander held Harvard to four hits and one run through six innings.

UMaine senior Garrett Quinn had his streak of 14 straight saves snapped in the ninth inning. He has converted on 17 of 19 career save opportunities.

In the pivotal 12th, Brian Ralph singled, moved up on a Todd Harris sacrifice and took third on a wild pitch. He scored when Huling tripled down the right-field line.

Maine had taken a 4-3 lead in the top of the inning. Keith Croteau reached on an error, stole second an out later, and moved to third on ball four to Ron Coombs. Jeff Longo hit an RBI single off the pitcher, but Coombs was thrown out trying to take third on the deflection.

Nick Caiazzo had two hits for the Bears including a one-out home run, his fifth of the season, to give Maine a 3-2 lead in the 11th. Longo and Croteau had two hits each.

Albers doubled and singled for the Crimson.

Harvard took a 1-0 lead in the fourth, but Maine scored two unearned runs in the sixth. Longo singled with two out, T.J. Sheedy walked, and Caiazzo singled to center. Longo scored when the throw to the plate got through the catcher.

A wild pitch scored Sheedy from third base.

The Crimson equalized in the ninth behind three pinch hitters, scoring after two were out. Quinn walked Brett Vankoski, Mike Hochanadel singled, and Bob Menkiti stroked an RBI single.

Caiazzo’s homer to right-center gave Maine a short-lived lead in the 11th. Harvard countered when Brian Glover walked Erik Binkowski, who advanced on a wild pitch.

Longo, who had pitched an inning in the eighth, came on to walk Jason Larocque and hit Hochanadel with a pitch. The tying run scored when pinch hitter Mike Madden grounded into a run-scoring 4-6-3 double play.

Crimson 5, Bears 4

Maine (13-15) Harvard (10-7)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Coombs, cf 4 0 1 0 Ralph, cf 6 1 1 0

Longo, 1b-p 6 1 2 1 Harris, dh-2b 4 0 1 0

Sheedy, 3b 3 1 0 0 Huling, rf 5 1 1 1

Caiazzo, c 5 1 2 1 Albers, 1b-lf 5 0 2 1

Turner, lf 5 0 2 0 Kessler, lf 2 0 0 0

Bianchi, dh 2 0 0 0 Binkowski, 1b 1 1 0 0

Halsted, 1b 1 0 0 0 Keck, c 2 1 0 0

Glover, p 1 0 0 0 a-Vankowski 0 1 0 0

Fernandez, 1b 0 0 0 0 Larocque, c 0 0 0 0

Phillips, rf 5 0 0 0 Carey, 2b 3 0 1 1

Croteau, 2b 4 1 2 0 Hochanadel,3b 1 0 1 0

Harvie, ss 5 0 0 0 Woodfork, 3b 2 0 0 0

b-Menkiti 1 0 1 1

c-Madden 1 0 0 0

Forst, ss 5 0 1 0

Totals 41 4 9 2 Totals 38 5 9 4

a-walked for Keck in the ninth

b-singled for Woodfork in the ninth

c-grounded into double play for Woodfork in the 11th

Maine 000 002 000 011 – 4

Harvard 000 100 001 012 – 5

E – Harvie; Harris, Keck, Duffell 2B – Albers 3B – Huling HR – Caiazzo (5) LOB – Maine 7; Harvard 10 DP – Croteau to Harvie to Longo, Croteau to Harvie to Fernandez; Duffell to Forst to Albers SB – Croteau; Harris, Huling, Heck S – Harris, Kessler

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Wiles 6 4 1 1 2 3

Foran 1 0 0 0 0 1

Longo 2* 0 0 0 1 4

Quinn 1 2 1 1 1 0

Glover 1 0 1 1 2 1

Cochran (L,0-4) 1/3 3 2 2 0 0

Harvard

Duffell 6 5 2 0 3 2

Schafer 2 1 0 0 1 4

Vail 3 2 1 1 1 3

Wells 2/3 0 1 1 1 1

Hogan (W,3-1) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0

*-pitched the eighth; re-entered, faced four batters in 11th HBP – Keck by Wiles, Woodfork by Foran, Hochanadel by Longo WP – Cochran, Glover; Wells, Duffell TIME – 3:40 ATTENDANCE – 70

Other baseball

UMF 13, Endicott 8

UM-Farmington 030 040 330 – 13 10 5 Endicott 100 100 42x – 8 8 2

Wells, Spina (5) and Mahaney; Meader, Meo (7), Beckwith (9) and Fahey

St. Joseph’s 8, Colby 5

Colby (9-4) 100 040 000 – 5 10 4 St. Joseph’s (9-6-1) 001 104 20x – 8 14 2

Carr, Parillo (5), Welch (7) and Russell; Northrup, Remington (5), Fullerton (6), Lessard (9) and Martell

Softball

Husson sweeps Bowdoin

At Pickard Field in Brunswick, freshman Erika Nadeau collected six hits as Husson College of Bangor swept a softball doubleheader from Bowdoin.

The Braves won the opener 3-0 and took the second game 10-7.

In the opener, Nadeau singled twice to back the four-hit pitching of Jen Russ, who struck out nine. Husson scored all of its runs in the first inning. Amy Coppola had an RBI single, Emily Burrill provided a sacrifice fly, and Louise Bryant provided a run-scoring double.

Donna Strohmeyer scattered seven hits in taking the loss.

In the nightcap, Nadeau went 4-for-4 and scored two runs. The Braves tallied six runs in the first inning and never looked back.

Amanda Pomerleau, Steph Freeman, Russ, and Coppola rapped two hits each for the winners.

Strohmeyer provided a double and two singles for the Polar Bears. Emilie Grenier added two hits.

(First Game) Husson (9-4) 300 000 0 – 3 7 3 Bowdoin (0-5) 000 000 0 – 0 4 3

Russ and Coppola; Strohmeyer and Votto (Second Game) Husson 623 010 0 – 10 15 1 Bowdoin 030 200 2 – 7 10 3

Russ and Freeman; Strohmeyer and Votto

St. Joe’s sweeps Southern Maine

(First Game) Southern Maine 000 000 0 – 0 4 1 St. Joseph’s 010 020 x – 3 8 0 (Second Game) Southern Maine 000 300 0 – 3 4 1 St. Joseph’s 200 101 1 – 4 6 1

Reed and Reid; Kenney and Bernier