ORONO, Maine – Tremayne Cobb Jr. paced the offense, going 3-of-4 at the plate with a solo home run and two RBI as the Hartford baseball team fell, 15-2, to Maine this afternoon. The Hawks fall to 6-30 overall and 5-15 in America East play while the Black Bears improve to 22-14 on the year and 17-3 in conference play.
MAINE 15, HARTFORD 2
Maine jumped out to an early 7-0 lead after the first inning. The Hawks would fire back in the top of the third as the Hawks loaded the bases to start the inning.
Martin Chavarria singled before
Kevin Koziol drew a walk and
Derek Tenney singled to left to put three runners on base. Cobb Jr. would take full advantage of the situation, ripping a single to right field, plating Chavarria and cutting the deficit to 7-1. However, the Hawks were unable to take further advantage in the rest of the inning.
After the Black Bears took a 12-1 advantage into the eighth, the Hawks looked to strike back, loading the bases onced again.
Daniel Burnett would be hit by a pitch, followed by a
Ben Maycock single. With two outs, Koziol also got hit by a pitch to load the bases. Unfortunately, Hartford would not cut into the Black Bears lead, but answered back in the top of the ninth. Cobb Jr. would launch a solo home run to lead off the ninth inning, but the deficit proved too much as Maine took game two, 15-2.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Cobb Jr. lead the team with three hits and two RBI
- Tenney and Maycock also had multi-hit games, slashing two singles each
- Koziol, Cobb Jr., Tyler Holmes and Chavarria all drew walks on the day
- Cobb Jr. stole the lone base for Hartford
- Tim Blaisdell (1-7) got the start on the mound, picking up the loss after allowing eight runs on 10 hits, throwing two strikeouts in 3.0 innings of work
- Nick Gatton, Julien Giroux-Harvey, Dan Cote and Manny Corporan all made appearances out of the bullpen
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks wrap up its three-game set at Maine tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is set for 12 p.m.
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