Beverly, Mass. – Endicott improved to 18-7 and 10-2 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) play with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Colby-Sawyer on Saturday afternoon. The Gulls jumped ahead early in both games on their way to extending their winning streak to seven games.   The Chargers drop to 6-11 overall and 1-7 in the TCCC with the losses.

Game One Recap: Endicott 6, Colby-Sawyer 2
Game One Boxscore

The Gulls claimed a 6-2 win in game one of the doubleheader over the Chargers thanks in part to a four-run bottom of the first inning that jump started the Endicott offense.

In that top of the first, the Gulls loaded the bases with no outs which set up a two-RBI single through the left side of the infield by freshman Jake Northrup (Boxborough, Mass.). The Blue and Green scored twice more on a first and third successful double steal attempt by Tad Gold (Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.) and Eric Lemke (Southington, Conn.) and on a triple over the right fielder’s head by junior Colin Sitarz (West Hartford, Conn.) that scored another. 

Colby-Sawyer got a run back in the top of fourth on a Sean Gavin (Keene, N.H.) RBI single to left that scored junior Greg Mehuron (Waitsfield, Vt.) who had reached on a single to lead off the inning. 

Endicott came right back in the bottom half of the inning with two runs on a rope through the left side by Lemke that scored Danny Mello (Peabody, Mass.) and Mike Russo (Natick, Mass.). 

Colby-Sawyer scored their second and final run of the game in the top of the fifth on a 5-4-3 double play with runners on first and third. The runner on third base, senior Shane Hoagboon (Mayfield, N.Y.), crossed home plate to make the score 6-2 in favor of the home team. 

Both teams went scoreless over the final two innings to finalize the 6-2 win for the Gulls. 

Both starting pitchers went the distance with Endicott’s Mike Nich (Orange, Conn.) scattering 11 hits and one walk for his fifth win of the season. He gave up two runs, one earned, and struck out three in the win. Colby-Sawyer’s Kevin Keith (Quincy, Mass.) allowed six runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out two in the loss.

Game Two Recap - Endicott 5, Colby-Sawyer 2
Game Two Boxscore

Steven Carter (Brunswick, Maine) went 4.2 innings, allowing two runs and striking out five to improve to 3-0 on the season.

Endicott plated one run in the bottom of the second inning and two more in the bottom of the third to build a 3-0 lead it would not relinquish. 

Colin Sitarz tripled with one out in the bottom of the second before Russo’s single through the left side put the first run on the board.

One inning later, Jake Northrup clubbed an RBI double to right-center to drive in Chris Dominguez from first base. Tad Gold followed with an RBI single up the middle to stretch the lead to 3-0.

The Chargers scored twice in the top of the fifth inning as they looked to stage a late rally. Jon Wylie’s (Middleboro, Mass.) RBI double scored Sean Gavin (Keene, N.H.) from second base to trim the deficit to two. One batter later, Martin singled to right to score Gavin and pull within one. 

The Gulls responded with two runs of their own, thanks to a two-RBI single from Sitarz, in the bottom half of the fifth to keep the visitors at bay. 

Freshman Connor McLaughlin (Clinton, Mass.) pitched the final two innings of relief for Endicott to pick up his first save of the season. 

Endicott returns to the diamond tomorrow (April 10) for a conference doubleheader against Anna Maria beginning at noon.

Colby-Sawyer is also in action tomorrow when it travels to Henniker, N.H. for a doubleheader against NEC at noon.