Sinacola dominates again, Maine baseball splits with Binghamton

April 2, 2021

 

Maine baseball entered their second week of America East play on Friday afternoon by hosting the Binghamton Bearcats at Mahaney Diamond in Orono for a doubleheader to kick off a four game weekend series.

In game one, Maine starting pitcher Nicholas Sinacola continued his early season brilliance by throwing a complete 7.0 inning shutout in a 2-0 Black Bears win. The hosts got all they needed in the bottom of the first inning on a Sean Lawlor RBI single, and on an error that allowed Jeff Mejia to score. Once again the rest was all Sinacola. The junior right hander improved to 4-0, allowing no runs on three hits with just two walks and 15 strikeouts. The North Attleboro, Massachusetts native has a 1.01 earned run average so far this season, allowing just three earned runs on 12 hits with 54 strikeouts in 26.2 innings pitched. He has held his opponents to a .132 batting average.

In game two, Binghamton was able to pick up the afternoon split with an 8-3 win. Maine was down 3-0 into the bottom of the fourth. The Bears would rally when Joe Bramanti had an RBI single and Ryan Turrene an RBI groundout to cut it to 3-2. They tied it when Bramanti hit a sacrifice fly for an RBI in the sixth. The Bearcats took over late in the game when TJ Wegmann had a bases loaded walk, and Daniel Franchi had a two run single in the eighth to make it 6-3. In the ninth, Jake Evans had a bases loaded walk and Wegmann had an infield RBI single to end the scoring. Noah Lewis started on the hill for Maine and got a no decision allowing two earned run on six hits in 6.0 innings. Colton Corson (0-1) was tagged with the loss allowing three runs with four walks in 1.2 innings. Lawlor, Scout Knotts, and Connor Goodman each had two hits.

Maine is now 8-5, 3-2 in America East. Binghamton is 3-5, 3-5. A doubleheader is scheduled on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.