March 11, 2010

Final Stats

WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Georgetown University baseball team (6-5) fell behind early and was never able to catch up with Maine (7-6), who put the game out of reach, scoring seven runs in the top of the sixth inning to go on to a 17-3 victory on Thursday afternoon at Alfond Stadium.

Sophomore catcher Kevin Johnson (Peabody, Mass./Belmont Hill) went 2-for-3 with two runs, while Andy Lentz (Farmington Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) went 2-for-3 in the loss. Charles Steinman was charged with the loss, his first of the season, allowing four runs on two hits over 3.2 innings. Thomas Polus, who tossed 1.2 innings was the lone Hoya pitcher to not allow an earned run.

The Black Bears took a quick lead, as Joey Martin singled to drive in Michael Fransoso to take a 1-0 lead. Justin Leisenheimer drove in two of Maine's three runs in the fourth inning, as the Black Bears expanded the lead to four. They would all but put the game away in the sixth inning, as Joe Mercurio drove in three runs with a double and Taylor Lewis would drive in two more.

The Hoyas got on the board for the first time in the bottom of the sixth inning when Erick Fernandez's sacrifice fly drove in Lentz. They added runs in the eighth and ninth inning, but it would be too late for the Hoyas, who fell 17-3.

Steve Perakslis earned the win for the Black Bears, allowing one run on two hits over 7.0 innings to go with 11 strikeouts.