Bates splits twinbill vs. UM-Farmington

FARMINGTON – Marco Charmella allowed just one run, three hits, and three walks while striking out two to help lead Bates College to a 4-1 baseball win over the University of Maine-Farmington Tuesday.

UMF won the second game 7-6.

In the first game, Charlie Engasser hit a solo home run for Bates and Adam Taranto singled twice.

Justin Quimby drove in a run for UMF as Jacob Turner, Corey Provencer, and Eric Cummings each singled.

In the second game, Eric Cummings hit a two-run homer for UMF and Justin Quimby had a double and a single. Jacob Turner hit an RBI triple.

Brian Mahoney drove in two runs on a home run and a single for Bates and Erik Hood had a double three RBIs. Adam Worral doubled and scored twice.

(First Game)

Bates 010 300 0 – 4 5 1

UM-Farmington 100 000 0 – 1 3 3

Charmella and Engasser; Wales, Dyer (4) and McLaughlin

(Second Game)

Bates (10-14) 002 030 1 – 6 6 1

UM-Farmington (7-20) 001 221 1 – 7 7 4

Ribas, Buckley (6) and Engasser; Doubleday and McLaughlin

Softball

Colby 4, Saint Joseph’s 2

At Waterville, Kate Hurd had two singles and an RBI to help Colby win its final game.

Shannon Emerson hit two singles and scored a run for the Mules and Miki Starr and Kara Fagan each doubled. Wendy Bonner and Elizabeth Riley each had an RBI single. Toni-Lynn Robbins struck out 10.

Amanda Roy hit an RBI single for Saint Joseph’s College of Windham and Darcy Lee drove in a run on a sacrifice fly. Allyson Ferguson and Leanne Morton both had two singles.

Saint Joseph’s (12-23) 000 000 2 – 2 7 1

Colby (11-15) 000 040 x – 4 11 1

Ferguson, Melendy (6) and Grindle, Daugherty (5); Robbins and Riley

Mainville records no-hitter

At Willamantic, Conn., junior pitcher Katie Mainville of Coopers Mills fired her second career no-hitter to lead the University of Maine Huskies to a 2-0 win against the Eastern Connecticut State Warriors in the second game of a Little East Conference doubleheader Sunday. USM won the first game 4-1.

Mainville (3-3) struck out 13 batters while allowing just one baserunner on a hit-batsman in the bottom. She allowed just two balls out of the infield. She threw her first collegiate no-hiter on April 15, 2004, in a 2-0 win over Salem State.