Maine sweeps UMBC Creek, Saunders spark offense

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BALTIMORE, Md. – Chelsea’s Greg Creek and Bucksport’s Pete Saunders helped lead the offense while Camden’s Mike MacDonald and Troy Martin took care of things on the mound. The result was a baseball doubleheader sweep for Maine as the Black Bears downed the University of Maryland Baltimore County 6-2 and 9-1 Friday.

Maine is now 31-19 overall and 13-7 in America East conference play. UMBC is 14-37.

In the first game, Creek provided all the runs MacDonald would need with a three-run homer in the first. MacDonald, meanwhile, allowed four hits and two runs – one earned – while striking out five and walking none in seven innings of work. Greg Norton mopped up with two innings of relief.

Brewer’s Joel Barrett doubled and hit a solo homer to drive in two runs. Simon Williams of Portland and Ryan Quintal each singled twice.

Mike Orlando had a two-run single for UMBC.

In the second game, Joe Hough led the way for Maine with a double, a two-run homer, and a single. Saunders hit a three-run double to break things open in the sixth. Barrett, Aaron Izaryk and Matt McGraw each had two hits. Martin allowed three hits and one run in the seven-inning contest.

Kyle Wildasin’s solo home run provided the lone run for the Retrievers.

BLACK BEARS 6, RETRIEVERS 2

(First Game)

Maine (30-19) UMBC (14-36)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI

Saunders,dh 5 1 1 0 Carpenter, ss 4 0 0

Izaryk, c 5 1 0 0 Clark, dh 2 1 0

Barrett, 1b 5 1 2 2 Gossard, c 4 1 0

Creek, 3b 5 1 2 3 Wildasin, 1b 4 0 0

Hough, rf 5 1 2 0 Orlando, cf 4 0 2

Quintal, lf 5 0 2 0 Schaffel, rf 4 0 0

Williams, cf 4 0 2 1 Cerullo, lf 3 0 0

Ferriggi, 2b 4 1 1 0 Saffron, 2b 3 0 0

Harvey, ss 4 0 1 0 Buchholz, 3b 2 0 0

Totals 42 6 13 6 Totals 30 2 4 2

Maine 310 010 001 ? 6

UMBC 000 200 000 ? 2

E?Barrett, Carpenter, Saffron; LOB?Maine 9, UMBC 4; 2B?Barrett, Williams; HR?Barrett, Creek; DP?Maine 1; S?Buchholz; SB?Orlando (5)

Maine IP H R ER BB SO

MacDonald (W,5-3) 7 4 2 1 0 5

Norton 2 0 0 0 1 0

UMBC IP H R ER BB SO

Butkiewicz (L,2-10) 8 2/3 13 6 3 0 7

Sauter 1/3 0 0 0 0 1

HBP?Clark by MacDonald; T?2:19; ATT?53

BLACK BEARS 9, RETRIEVERS 1

(Second Game)

Maine (31-19) UMBC (14-37)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI

Williams, cf 3 0 0 0 Carpenter, ss 3 0 0

Saunders, cf 1 1 1 3 Orlando, cf 3 0 0

Izaryk, c 3 1 2 1 Clark, 1b 3 0 0

Barrett, 1b 4 1 2 0 Wildasin, lf 3 1 1

Creek, 3b 3 0 0 1 Gossard, c 2 0 0

Hough, rf 4 2 3 1 Scheffel, rf 2 0 0

Quintal, lf 4 1 1 1 Long, rf 1 0 0

Kabatznick,lf 0 0 0 0 Zaworski,dh 3 0

McGraw, dh 4 1 2 0 Saffron, 2b 2 0 0

Ferriggi, 2b 4 1 1 1 Buchholz, 3b 2 0 0

Harvey, ss 3 1 0 0

Totals 33 9 12 8 Totals 24 1 3 1

Maine 020 034 0 ? 9

UMBC 000 100 0 ? 1

E?Carpenter, Pavlis, Sauter; LOB?Maine 6; UMBC 3; 2B?Saunders, Barrett, Hough, Quintal, McGraw; HR?Hough, Wildasin; SF?Creek

Maine IP H R ER BB SO

Martin (W,5-1) 7 3 1 1 1 3

UMBC IP H R ER BB SO

Pavlis (L,2-10) 5 9 7 7 1 6

*Ballenger 0 2 2 2 1 0

Sauter 2 1 0 0 0 0

WP?Ballenger; T?1:45; ATT?59

*faced three batters in sixth