The Huskies improved to an impressive 15-7 after a busy week, earning three wins in their last four games. A robust offense delivered 41 runs over the four-game week, with the defense keeping opponents in check by allowing only 24 runs.
On Wednesday against Husson College, an offensive battle went the Huskies’ way as the hot bat of sophomore Chris Burleson (Portland) lit up on Husson’s pitching, earning him four runs, including two doubles and a triple.
A late offensive spurt by the Husson in the top of the ninth was soon quelled by the Huskies in the bottom of the inning as junior Ryan Gaffney (Salem, NH) reached second, setting up junior Ryan Pike (Saco) who singled off the left field wall to bring Gaffney home and close out the game.
Thursday brought a 13-2 trouncing of Salem State as the visiting Huskies exploded in the second inning, scoring eight runs off eight hits and a walk.
USM’s 15 hits included a sixth inning homer by senior Eddie Skeffington (Everett, Mass.) and four runs in the seventh to seal the victory.
The Huskies split a Friday doubleheader in an important conference pairing agaist Eastern Connecticut, winning the first game 4-2.
Sophomore left-hander Mark Schmidt (Gorham) entered the game in relief for injured sophomore starter Collin Henry (Penobscot) during the forth inning. Schmidt sparkled during a 5.2 inning relief stint, in which he allowed only two hits and one run.
In the nightcap, the Huskies couldn’t rally back after falling behind to Eastern Connecticut 5-0 in the first three innings.
Ryan Pike offered a glimmer of hope in the eighth with a grand slam during the five run inning, but Eastern Connecticut reliever Chris Wojick dashed any comeback hopes with a solid closing performance.
The Huskies play at home this week on Tuesday versus Bowdoin and Thursday in a doubleheader versus St. Joe’s.