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Box Score 2 Bangor, ME – Husson baseball (6-7; 4-0 NAC) picked up two North Atlantic Conference (NAC) wins on Saturday downing Colby-Sawyer College (0-12; 0-4 NAC) of New London, New Hampshire 6-1 and 9-0.
Game 1 – Husson 6, CSC 1
Game one remained scoreless through the first three frames and the Chargers lit up the board first in the top of the fourth on a Rob Wallace sacrifice fly to left plating Justin Devoid.
Husson came storming back however, scoring two in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead. Christian Corneil and Darik Messier scored on a Jordan Carter single placed perfectly to right field.
The Eagles added on three more runs in the fifth with Kyle Bishop, JT Whitten and Corneil all driving in runs. Bishop added another in the 6th to insure the Husson lead and make it 6-1.
"We had great approaches at the plate all day," said head coach Jason Harvey after the wins. "Even our outs were hard hit."
Zak Kochis pitched a scoreless seventh in his second appearance for the Eagles. Dan Whitney improved to 1-1 with the win, while Chris Mitchell Jr. picked up the loss for the Chargers.
All nine of Husson's hitters reached base, with Messier being the only without a hit, in a game that only took an hour and thirty-five minutes to complete.
Game 2 – Husson 9, CSC 0
Husson picked right up in game two where they left off in game one, scoring runs in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth to improve to a perfect 4-0 since returning from Florida.
Brandon Gendreau deposited a Mike Peters pitch over the wall in left in the third that plated himself and Ryan Rebar for a 2-0 lead.
With the bases loaded in the fourth, Seth Freudenberger singled to right scoring JT Whitten and Ryan Rebar got into the action by flying out to center to score Darik Messier on the sacrifice fly. Moments later Andrew Curran singled to left plating Zach Sugar. Husson led 5-0.
In the fifth Bishop led things off with a solo bomb to right that cleared the Winkin Complex netting above the fence in left. Messier doubled later in the inning to push the lead to 7-0, and Sugar added an RBI two-bagger of his own to move to 8-0 after five.
JT Whitten gave Husson its final 9-0 score in the sixth with a sac fly to right that scored Brandon Gendreau.
Brandon Reilly earned the victory for Husson while Mike Peters was handed the loss. Tommy Burns pitched a perfect seventh in his second appearance to seal the win.
"Our pitchers threw extremely well and competed hard through both games," Harvey added.
Both teams will be back in action in Bangor on Sunday for another doubleheader starting at noon.