BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Buc Baseball hosted MCLA on Friday afternoon in the first game of the three-game MASCAC series between the teams on Taylor's Points. Despite leading 2-0 after two innings, the Buccaneers gave up five runs in the late innings to lose the game, 5-4.

The Basics

Final: Trailblazers 5, Buccaneers 4

Records: Maritime 13-12 (4-3)

               MCLA 5-14 (2-5)

On the Mound

Maritime: Greyson Sandoz (L, 2-1): 0.1 IP | 3 H | 3 R | 3 ER | 2 BB | 0 K

                 Ben Zchau: 5 IP | 1 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 6 BB | 2 K

MCLA: Aidan Brett (W, 1-4): 6.1 IP | 5 H | 3 R | 2 ER | 6 BB | 3 K

           Brady Hamel (Sv, 2): 1 IP | 2 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 0 BB | 1 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• AJ Pietrafesa recorded two hits in the game. Aaron Cole, Brett Velzis, Colsen Loughren, Michael Estrada, and Aidan Weir had one.
• Loughren drove in two runs in the loss. Pietrafesa and Velzis drove in one.
• Evan Vieira scored twice, and Velzis and Jake Houston scored once.
• Estrada recorded a stolen base in the game. 

MCLA

• Joshua Bissaillon had two hits in the win. Five other Trailblazers recorded a hit.
• Bissaillon drove in two runs in the game. Rochan Warriar, Joe Sardo, and Chris Vargas knocked in one.
• Five different players score for MCLA.
• Vargas hit a home run, and Bissaillon recorded a double.
• Sardo had a stolen base for the visitors.

How It Happened

The Buccaneers scored in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead on a Loughren sacrifice fly that drove in Vieira.

In the bottom of the second, Maritime extended their lead to 2-0 with an RBI single off the bat of Pietrafesa, scoring Houston.

After scoreless innings in the third and fourth, MCLA jumped on the board with a bases-loaded Walk of Warriar to bring in one. Maritime led 2-1 after five.

In the top of the seventh, the Trailblazers struck for three runs to take a 4-2 lead. Bissaillon singled in tow runner, and Sardo executed a sacrifice bunt with a runner at third to bring in the third run of the inning. The Bucs got a run back in the bottom of the seventh on a Velzis groundout that brought in Vieira from third. The Bucs trailed 4-3 after seven.

In the top of the eighth, Vargas went yard for the Trailblazers to go back up by two runs, 5-3. 

Down to their final three outs, the Buccaneers scored a run in the bottom of the ninths on a Loughren single that brought in Velzis. Hamel was able to shut the door on the Bucs and strand the tying run at first base to secure the 5-4 win for MCLA.