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CHARLOTTE, FL - Clark University (MA) used a 3-run 8th inning to get
past the Monks in a nine inning contest on Monday morning in the third
game of the team's southern trip. SR Dustin Spiller
(Gorham, ME) and FY Ian Lee (Hampden,
ME) each collected two hits in the loss.
JR Andy Pooler (Somesville, ME)
took the loss in relief to fall to 1-1 on the season. The Monks are
1-2 after the defeat and Clark University improves to 2-2.
The Cougars jumped to a lead early after Monks' SO pitcher Mike
Burdin (Gardiner, ME) gave up a three-run homer to
JR Matthew Tillo (Osterville, MA) in the first inning. Burdin settled
in after the rocky start to hold the Clark offense at bay and St.
Joe's tacked on runs in the 2nd, 4th and 5th innings to tie the game
at three apiece.
SR Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) drove
a hit up the middle for a single to send teammate SR Andrew
Wood (South Portland, ME) across the plate in the
seventh inning to provide the Monks with a 4-3 lead.
Pinch hitter FY Joe Douglass (Poland,
ME) tripled to the left-center gap in the eighth inning to notch his
first collegiate hit and drive in FY pinch runner John
Swasey (South Berwick, ME) to put St. Joe's up by
two, 5-3, with an inning to go.
The SJC bullpen was unable to hold on to the lead, however, as the
Cougars battled back to regain the lead in the bottom of the eighth
inning with 3 runs off of 4 hits to secure a 6-5 lead. The Monks offense
was unable to come through with the big hit in the top of the ninth
and stranded two runners on base. Overall, the Monks left nine men
on base in the loss.
SR Luke Enman (Milan, NH), Dustin Spiller
and Ian Lee all connected for doubles in the SJC
loss.
For Clark, Matthew Tillo was 2-2, SR Joseph Silva (Westbury, NY) was
3-4 with 2 runs and SR Matthew Adams (Jackson Heights, NY) was 2-5
in the game. SO Erik DiMarco (Bellingham, MA) picked up the victory
in relief for the Cougars.
The Monks will hit the diamond on Wednesday morning at 11:00 AM against
Thomas More College (KY) in a doubleheader.
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