act_base_burnett 2
Steve McLaughlin
8
Hartford HART 6-31
9
Winner Maine MAINE 23-14
Hartford HART
6-31
8
Final
9
Maine MAINE
23-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hartford HART 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 8 14 1
Maine MAINE 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 X 9 14 1

W: Jordan Schulefand (5-1) L: Couture, Alec (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Hartford Athletic Communications

Burnett Tallies Five RBIs; Baseball Falls to Maine in Series Finale

ORONO, Maine – Daniel Burnett went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with five RBI while Ben Maycock tallied three hits and two RBI of his own as the Hartford baseball team fell in heartbreaking fashion, 9-8, in its series final at Maine. After using a five-run eighth inning to tie the score at 8-8, the Black Bears would take the lead in the bottom of the inning and hold on for the win The Hawks fall to 6-31 overall and 5-16 in America East play while the Black Bears improve to 23-14 on the year and 18-3 in conference play.

MAINE 9, HARTFORD 8
The early portion of the game started out with both teams getting good chances of opening up the scoring. In the top of the second, Noah Rivera would lead off with a single followed by a Maycock drawn walk to get two runners on base for Hartford. After moving over a base via a sac bunt, Martin Chavarria would be hit by a pitch, loading the bases for the Hawks, but Hartford could not capitalize leaving the bases loaded. The Black Bears loaded the bases themselves in the bottom half of the inning, but Ryan Dee forced a flyball to the outfield, ending the inning and keeping the game scoreless through two.
 
Maine opened the scoring with two runs in the third, but Hartford quickly responded in the top half of the fourth. Maycock would single to the outfield, before stealing second base to get in scoring position. With the next at-bat, Burnett ripped a single back up the middle, plating Maycock and cutting Maine's lead to 2-1. The Black Bears would go on to establish a 7-1 edge heading into the seventh inning. Burnett would come up big once again for the Hawks, hitting a no-doubt two run homerun in the top half of the seventh, cutting the gap to 7-3.
 
Hartford kept the momentum going into the eighth, scoring five runs. Kevin Koziol and Derek Tenney lead off the inning with back-to-back singles, setting up Tremayne Cobb Jr. Cobb Jr. found the gap in left center, bringing home Koziol and cutting the gap to 8-4 with an RBI double. Maycock kept the run parade going, launching a double of his own to right center, plating Tenney and Cobb Jr. and pulling the Hawks within two, 8-6. Burnett would follow up the double with yet another clutch at-bat, launching his second two-run homerun of the game, tying the score at 8-8.
 
However, Maine would respond with a run in the bottom of the eighth, taking a 9-8 lead into the ninth. The Hawks would look to equalize the score in the top of the ninth as Cobb Jr. and Rivera hit back-to-back singles with two outs, but the Black Bears would escape with a 9-8 victory.

NEWS AND NOTES
  • Burnett had a career-day, slashing a game-high five RBI
  • Burnett, Maycock, Rivera, Cobb Jr. and Koziol all had multi-hit games
  • Burnett and Maycock had three hits, while Rivera, Cobb Jr. and Koziol tallied two hits each
  • Maycock scored a game-high three runs, while Burnett crossed the plate twice
  • Maycock stole the lone base for Hartford
  • Ryan Dee got the start on the mound, picking up a no-decision after allowing four runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings of work
  • Dee tossed two strikeouts on the afternoon
  • James Judenis, Alec Couture and Will Nowak all made appearances out of the bullpen
  • Couture (1-3) picked up the loss after allowing two runs off four hits in 1.1 innings of relief

NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks return to Fiondella Field for a midweek matchup against local rival Central Connecticut on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
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