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April 23, 2008
Southern Maine rallies past Thomas
Thomas 8, USM 11
Gorham, Maine -- Junior OF Anthony D'Alfonso (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) drove in four runs on a pair of home runs and two singles to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to an 11-8 win over the Thomas College Terriers in a non-conference
baseball game Tuesday afternoon at Towers Field in Gorham.
Earning their second straight win, Southern Maine improves to 21-9 on the season. Suffering its fourth
consecutive loss, Thomas College dips to 9-12.
D'Alfonso, who has a team-leading nine home runs on the
season, was one of three USM players to hit at least one home run in the contest as the Huskies tagged the Thomas College pitchers for five in the game. Junior SS Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) connected on his sixth and seventh home runs of the season and sophomore 2B Josh Mackey (Danver, Mass.) blasted out his third of the year.
D'Alfonso finished the game 4-for-5 at the plate.
After opening up a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the
first on a solo shot from Burleson, the Huskies trailed Thomas
5-1 after two and a half innings. Sophomore 2B Ryan Cotnoir
(Augusta, Maine) pulled the Terriers even with the Huskies in the top of the second with an RBI double scoring sophomore C Nick Cloutier (Topsham, Maine). Thomas plated four more runs in the top of the third, including a three-run double from Cloutier. Cloutier led the Terriers offensively with three RBI on two singles and double.
USM took two runs back in the bottom of the
inning on back-to-back home runs from D'Alfonso and
Mackey to trail 5-3.
After a scoreless fourth inning, Thomas added a run to
lead 6-3 when junior OF Michael Chamard (Livermore Falls, Maine)
came around to score on a USM error after reaching base safely
with a single. However, the Huskies were able to rally for four
runs in their at bat in the bottom of the inning on three hits,
two walks and an error. D'Alfonso plated two of USM's runs
connecting on his second home run of the game, while junior
DH Josh Stowell (Portland, Maine) added an RBI single.
Southern Maine added two more runs in the top of the sixth and another in the seventh to
lead 10-6. Burleson drove in both of USM's runs in the sixth inning on a two-run home run. Stowell collected his second RBI single of the game in the seventh
to score Mackey who led off the inning with a double.
Thomas cut the lead to two, plating two runs in the top of the eighth on RBI from Cotnoir and freshman OF Scott Geel (Calais, Maine), but it was not enough
as USM added a run in the bottom of the inning for the 11-8 final.
Southern Maine freshman Nick Hahn (Guilford, Conn./Guilford)
earned the win, coming on in relief for the Huskies in the sixth
inning. Hahn pitched 2.3 innings allowing three hits, and two
earned runs. Junior Tim Therrian (New Portland, Maine) earned
the save in the ninth inning. Thomas College junior Sam
Shain (Hallowell, Maine) took the loss
allowing seven runs on seven hits and four walks in five innings.
Thomas will host Husson on Saturday April 26 in a NAC double-header. Game one will start at 1:00 on the Thomas Campus.
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