BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Bucs baseball team played their home opener on Sunday in a doubleheader against Colby-Sawyer at Hendy Field. Maritime had a tough go in game one losing to the Chargers 17-3 and turned it around in game two to split the doubleheader with a 14-7 win.

Game One

The Basics

Final: Chargers 17, Buccaneers 3

Records: Colby-Sawyer 1-2

               Maritime 1-3

On The Mound

Maritime: Hunter Dean (L, 1-1): 3 IP | 6 H | 7 R | 7 ER | 2 BB | 6 K

Colby-Sawyer: Zach Rogers (W, 1-1): 5 IP | 2 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 2 BB | 7 K

Inside the Numbers

Maritime

• Aidan Weir led the Bucs at the plate with two of the team's four hits.
• Brett Velzis and Rex Sullivan had one hit apiece.
• Evan Vieira, Sullivan, and Weir all had one RBI.
• Michael Logiudice, Velzis, and Vieira all scored a run.
• Weir recorded a stolen base for the Buccaneers in the loss.

Colby-Sawyer

• Four different Chargers had two hit in the win.
• Mike McLeer and Janai Cruz drove in three runs each. Three other Chargers had two RBI.
• Evan Dennis and McLeer scored three times. Four other Chargers scored twice in the game.
• McLeer hit the only home run of the game. Cruiz, Cevin Montalvo, and Jared Schmitt each had a double in the win.
• Dylan Watson and Schmitt both stole two bases in the game. Dennis and Cruz stole one apiece.

How It Happened

The Chargers controlled the scoring throughout the game though they didn't put their first runs on the board until the top of the third inning. They scored seven times in the third to take a 7-0 lead and extended that lead to 11 runs in the fourth inning. They scored two more in the top of the fifth to make it a 13-0 advantage. 

The Buccaneers crossed the plate for the first time in the bottom of the fifth on a Weir single that brought in Vieira to score to make it 13-1. Maritime added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to bring the score to 13-3 after six.

In the top of the seventh, Colby-Sawyer added some insurance with four runs to take a 17-3 lead that went on to be the final score in game one.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 14, Chargers 7

Records: Maritime 2-3

               Colby-Sawyer 1-3

On the Mound

Maritime: Sam Huffman (W, 1-0): 4 IP | 5 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 4 K

Colby-Sawyer: Dylan Watson (L, 0-1): 2.2 IP | 6 H | 6 R | 3 ER | 2 BB | 5 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Aaron Cole and Brett Velzis both had three hits for the Bucs in the win.
• Freshman Colson Loughren, Michael Logiudice, and Evan Vieira all had two hits.
• AJ Pietrafesa, Costa Beechin, and Michael Estrada had a it apiece. 
• Velzis and Loughten both drove in three runs in the win. Cole added two RBI. Beechin, Estrada, and Logiudice all drove in one.
• Cole scored four times for the Bucs while Velzis and Loughren scored twice, and Aidan Weir, Pietrafesa, Beechin, Estrada, Logiudice, and Vieira all scored once. 
• Beechin recorded a triple while Velzis had two doubles, and Cole and Loughren both had a double.
• Cole and Vieira both had a stolen base.

Colby-Sawyer

• Three different players recorded two hits for the Chargers. Five others had one hit in the game.
• Griffin Wheeler drove in three runs and Evan Dennis drove in two. Sean Roeger and Devin Montalvo both drove in one.
• Seven different Chargers scored in the game.
• Wheeler hit the lone home run of the game. Dennis and Vinny Digiacomo both had doubles.

How It Happened

Maritime struck first in game two with a run in the bottom of the first inning on a single by Velzis to drive in Cole.

In the bottom of the third, the Bucs scored five more times, two on a Loughren Double, two on an Estrada batted ball that was booted by the Charger defense, and another on a Logiudice single to bring in Estrada.

Colby-Sawyer struck in the top of the fourth on a Montalvo single to make the score 6-1. In the bottom of the frame, Velzis drove in Cole again, this time on a double to bring the Bucs advantage to 7-1. 

In the top of the fifth, the Chargers scored three times to make the score 7-4. 

The Bucs scored again in the bottom of the sixth, again on a Velzis double, then on a Loughren single, another on Beechin's triple and one more on an Estrada ground out. Then, Cole singled to drive in two more and make the score 14-4. 

In the top of the seventh, the Chargers scored three times on Wheeler's home run to cut the Bucs lead to seven, 14-7. Maritime held on from there to earn the 14-7 win over the Chargers and split the doubleheader.

What's Next

The Buccaneers are back home on Monday to take on Brandeis in a non-conference doubleheader at Hendy Field.