PHILADELPHIA – The University of Maine baseball team received strong pitching performances in three of four games on the weekend but finished up with a pair of doubleheader splits against Drexel in its America East debut. Both Drexel wins came in extra innings.
The Black Bears fell 2-1 in eight innings in Saturday’s first game, took a 2-0 win in the nightcap, won 10-0 in Sunday’s opener and fell 7-6 in 11 innings in the weekend’s final game.
UMaine moved to 14-4, 1-1 in America East play. Drexel is 4-16, 2-2.
In Sunday’s first game, freshman Mike Collar spun a nifty complete-game four-hitter, striking out four and walking just one, as the Bears rolled.
Mike Ross went 4-for-4 with a double, a triple and four RBIs to pace the 13-hit UMaine attack.
Mike Livulpi added three hits and three RBIs.
In Sunday’s second game, the Dragons salvaged a split when Maine pitcher Adam Labelle hit Harry Ley with a pitch with one out and the bases loaded in the 11th inning.
The Black Bears had erased a 5-1 deficit and taken the lead with a five-run seventh-inning rally, but Drexel answered with a single run in their half of the inning.
Joe Drapeau led the Bears with four hits, including his fifth home run of the year and a double. Livulpi added two singles.
Ben Sniecinski had three singles for the Dragons.
In Saturday’s first game, Maine’s Rusty Tucker didn’t allow an earned run, but his seven-inning, four-hit effort was wasted when the Dragons scored on an error in the eighth.
Danny Girado led off the bottom of the eighth with a double to left-center field. Ley followed with a grounder to third base, but UMaine’s Pat Tobin committed a throwing error on the play and Girado scored.
Tucker struck out four and walked on while dropping to 2-1. Shane Carroll struck out 12 in 7? innings for the Dragons.
Aaron Young doubled for the Bears and Quin Peel homered, singled, and drove in a run.
In Saturday’s second game, Simon Stoner struck out seven and walked three to earn the win and Matt Truman pitched a scoreless seventh to pick up the save.
The Bears scored all the runs they’d need in the first, as Livulpi walked and eventually scored on a Jon Hambelton single, and Drapeau also walked and scored on a Peel single.
Rob Martine and Girado were the lone Dragons to record hits against the Bears.
Black Bears 10, Dragons 0
(Sunday’s First Game)
Maine Drexel
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
Livulpi, cf 3 1 3 3 Francis, cf 2 0 0
Saunders, ph 1 0 0 0 McCabe, rf 1 0 0
Williams, cf 0 0 0 0 Sniecinski, lf 3 0 0
Ross, lf 4 2 4 4 Martine, dh 2 0 0
Drapeau, c 3 0 1 1 Yocum, ph 1 0 0
Hambelton, dh 4 0 1 1 Bailey, c 2 0
Carlton, 1b 4 0 0 0 Peyton, c 1 0 0
Tobin, 3b 2 0 0 0 D. DeMarco, 1b 2 0 0
Reynolds, 3b 2 0 1 0 S. DeMarco, 1b 0 0 0
Peel, 2b 4 2 1 0 Smith, rf-cf 3 0 0
Young, rf 1 2 1 0 West, ss 3 0 0
Genest, rf 2 1 1 0 Girado, 3b 1 0 0
Reichley, ss 2 2 0 0 Kaufman, 3b 1 0 0
Ley, 2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 10 13 9 Totals 24 0 4 0
Maine 220 330 0 ? 10
Drexel 000 000 0 ? 0
E?Bailey; LOB?Maine 6, Drexel 4; D?Livulpi, Ross, Young, Genest; Smith; T?Ross; S?Reichley; SF?Drapeau;
Maine IP H R ER BB SO
Collar (W, 4-0) 7 4 0 0 1 4
Drexel IP H R ER BB SO
Higgins (L, 1-4) 4 10 7 5 1 5
Kulick ? 3 3 3 1 0
Wargin 2? 0 0 0 0 3
HBP?Reichley by Kulick; WP?Collar; T?2:05
Dragons 7, Black Bears 6
(Sunday’s Second Game)
Maine (14-4) Drexel (4-16)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
Livulpi, cf 6 1 2 1 Smith, rf 5 0 2
Ross, lf 4 0 1 1 Ley, 2b 5 2 2 0
Drapeau, c 6 1 4 3 Martine, c 3 0 0
Hambelton, dh-1b 5 0 0 0 Yocum, dh 4 0
Genest, rf 3 0 0 0 Sniecinski, lf 5 1 2
Carlton, 1b-3b 3 2 1 0 DeNarco, 1b 5 0
Peel, 2b-ss 3 1 1 0 West, ss 4 0 1
Reynolds, 3b-ss 3 1 1 1 Girado, 3b 3 0
Reichley, ss 1 0 0 0 Francis, cf 3 2 0
Totals 40 6 10 6 Totals 38 7 11 6
Maine 010 000 500 00 — 6
Drexel 021 101 100 01 — 7
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E?West; LOB?Maine 9; Drexel 10; D?Drapeau, Peel, Reynolds; HR?Drapeau (5); DP?Drexel 2; SF?Ross, West; SB?Sniecinski, Francis 3
Maine IP H R ER BB SO
Ehmke 3 5 3 3 1 1
MacDonald 2? 4 2 2 1 2
Labelle 4? 2 2 2 2 0
Drexel IP H R ER BB SO
Metzger 6 5 4 4 3 4
Horgan 5 5 2 2 2 4
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HBP?by Metzger (Peel), by Labelle (Girado), By Horgan (Ross), by Labelle (Girado), by Labelle (Bailey); WP?Ehmke; T?2:35 p.m.; ATT?82
Dragons 2, Black Bears 1 (8 inn.)
(Saturday’s First Game)
Maine (12-3) Drexel (3-14)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
Livulpi, cf 4 0 1 0 Francis, cf 2 0 0
Ross, lf 3 0 1 0 Sniecinski, lf 3 0 0
Drapeau, c 4 0 0 0 Martine, dh 2 0 0
Hambelton, 1b 3 0 0 0 Bailey, c 3 0
Picard, dh 2 0 0 0 Smith, rf 3 1 0
Carlton, dh 2 0 0 0 DeMarco, 1b 3 0 0
Peel, 2b 3 1 2 1 West, ss 3 0 0
Tobin, 3b 3 0 1 0 Girado, 3b 3 1 0
Williams, ph 1 0 0 0 Ley, 2b 3 0 2 0
Young, rf 3 0 1 0
Reichley, ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1 Totals 25 2 4 0
Maine 010 000 00 ? 1 6 3
Drexel 000 010 0 1 ? 2 4 0
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E?Carlton, Tobin; Reichley; LOB?Maine 9, Drexel 4; D?Young; Martine, Girado; HR?Peel; DP?Maine 1; S?Francis; SB? Hambelton
Maine IP H R ER BB SO
Tucker (L, 2-1) 7 4 2 0 1 4
Drexel IP H R ER BB SO
Carroll 7? 6 1 1 3 12
Horgan (W, 2-3) ? 0 0 0 1 0
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WP?Carroll; PB?Bailey; T?2:16;
Black Bears 2, Dragons 0
(Saturday’s Second Game)
Maine (13-3) Drexel (3-15)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
Livulpi, cf 2 1 0 0 Francis, cf 2 0 0
Ross, lf 2 0 1 0 Sniecinski, lf 3 0 0
Drapeau, c 3 1 1 0 Martine, c 1 0 0
Carlton, 3b-1b 3 0 0 0 Bailey, dh 2 0
Hambelton, 1b 4 0 1 1 Smith, rf 3 0
Tobin, 3b 0 0 0 0 DeMarco, 1b 2 0 0
Peel, 2b 3 0 1 1 West, ss 2 0 0
Picard, dh 2 0 0 0 Girado, 3b 2 0 0
Williams, rf 3 0 0 0 Ley, 2b 2 0 0 0
Reichley, ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 25 2 4 2 Totals 19 0 2 0
Maine 200 000 0 ? 2 4 1
Drexel 000 000 0 ? 0 2 2
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E?Williams; Martine, Girado; LOB?Maine 9, Drexel 3; DP?Maine 1; SB?Livulpi, Ross; Hambelton
Maine IP H R ER BB SO
Stoner (W, 2-1) 6 2 0 0 3 7
Truman (S, 2) 1 0 0 0 0 0
Drexel IP H R ER BB SO
Zumbach (L, 0-2) 4 3 2 2 4 3
Horgan 3 1 0 0 2 1
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HBP?Ross by Zumbach; Bailey, Martine by Stoner; BK?Horgan; WP?Zumbach 2; T?2:11; ATT?105
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