April 30, 2022

Southern Maine's Joy no-hits Keene State

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GORHAM, Maine – Seniors Joshua Joy (Smithfield, Maine/Messalonskee) and James Sinclair (Portland, Maine/Deering) each spun gems and sophomore Cam Seymour (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) drove in five runs over two games to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a Little East Conference doubleheader sweep of the Keene State College Owls Saturday afternoon at Ed Flaherty Field.

Sinclair threw a solid 8.0 inning, allowing two runs on eight hits and a pair of walks in a 5-2 game one win. Sinclair earned his fourth consecutive win for the Huskies striking out three, while Seymour pickd up his third save of the season pitching a scoreless ninth inning.

In game two, Joy was lights out firing the Huskies first-ever nine-inning no-hitter as USM shut out the Owls 7-0. Joy matched his career high with 11 strikeouts in the win, and is now the only Husky hurler to record a nine-inning no hitter. His no-hitter is the program's first since John McCarthy's seven-inning no-hitter against Thomas College on April 22, 1986.

THE BASICS:
Records:
Keene State (6-25, 2-11 Little East)
Southern Maine (18-16, 8-5 Little East)

Score:
GM 1: Southern Maine 5, Keene State 2
GM 2: Southern Maine 7, Keene State 0


GM 1 Pitching: USM 5, Keene State 2
Winning Pitcher: SM, James Sinclair (4-4) 8.0 IP, 2 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts
Losing Pitcher: KSC, Brendan Muhs (2-5), 6.0 IP, 5 runs (4 earned), 10 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts
Save: SM, Cam Seymour (3), 1.0 IP, 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 walk, 1 strikeout

GM 2 Pitching: USM 7, Keene State 0
Winning Pitcher: SM, Joshua Joy (3-5), 9.0 IP, 0 runs, 0 hits, 3 walks, 11 strikeouts
Losing Pitcher: KSC, Phil Nichols (1-5), 5.0 IP, 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts
Save: None

HOW IT HAPPENED: USM 5, Keene State 2

  • Southern Maine grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on the first of Seymour's five RBI of the day, and added two more runs in the bottom of the second and third to roll to a 5-2 win in the LEC opener vs. Keene State.
  • Junior Tom Vesosky (Colchester, Vermont) led off the game with a triple and touched home on an RBI ground out from Seymour for the first run of the game.
  • In the second inning, Vesosky and Seymour each had RBI singles to put USM up 3-0. Vesosky laced a single up the middle to score freshman Zach Mooers (Winchester, N.H./Keene), while Seymour placed his single to right field to score junior Colby Dexter (Belgrade, Maine/Messalonskee).
    Vesosky made it 5-0 in favor of the Huskies in the bottom of the third with a two-run single to right. Vesosky finished the game 3-for-5 at the plate with three RBI and a run scored.
  • Keene cut the lead to 5-2 scoring a run in the top of the fourth and fifth. KSC's Eli Oliver had a sacrifice fly RBI to deep center for the Owls first run of the game. Oliver's RBI scored Joe Barter who led off the inning with a single to center field.
  • In the fifth, Josh Beayon had an RBI single up the middle scoring Wyatt Daft. Daft led off the inning with a walk for KSC and moved to second on a stolen base to put himself in scoring position.
  • With the lead cut to three, Sinclair turned in strong performances in sixth, seventh and eighth. Sinclair retired the Owls in order in the top of the sixth, and then worked around an infield single in the seventh. In the eighth, Sinclair sat KSC in order on a ground out, strikeout and a pop up.
    Seymour took over for Sinclair in the ninth, and after giving up a lead off walk, Seymour got a pop out to short, a strikeout and a fly out to right for the save.
  • Seymour finished the game 1-for-4 at the plate with two RBI. Junior Jonathan Wilson (East Granby, Conn.) and Mooers each had two hits for the Huskies. Both Wilson and Mooers were 2-for-3 with a run scored.


HOW IT HAPPENED: USM 7, Keene State 0

  • After a scoreless two and a half innings, Southern Maine erupted for five runs in the bottom of the third and added a run in the sixth and eighth for the 7-0 win.
  • Joy was in command from the start retiring the first seven Owls he faced in order, including three via strikeout.
    Seymour started the Husky offense in the third with a two-run home run down the right field line. Up 2-0, the rest of the Huskies three runs in the inning came with two-outs against them.
  • Junior Arlo Pike (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle) hit a double to right and then scored on an RBI single from Wilson. Senior Brogan Searle-Belanger (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) laced a triple to the gap in right to score Wilson, before Mooers made it 5-0 with single down the left field line to score Searle-Belanger.
  • With Joy fanning five more through the top of the sixth, Southern Maine remained in front 5-0 headed to the bottom of the sixth. Seymour made it 6-0 in the inning with an RBI single to right scoring Dexter. Dexter had reached safely with a single to right and stole second before advancing to third on a failed pick off attempt.
  • In the top of seven, Joy earned the first out before yielding a walk to the Owls. He was picked up defensively as USM turned two to end the inning.
    In the bottom of the eight, USM scored its final run of the game making it 7-0. Pike picked up the RBI with a single to right scoring Seymour. Seymour drew a two-out walk and moved into scoring position on a KSC fielding error.
  • Joy finished the ninth strong to earn the no-hitter. Sophomore Janek Luksza (South Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills) made a smooth play at short to get the first out, before Mooers ranged to get a foul out near the third base fence. Joy ended the game with his 11th strikeout for the 7-0 win.


UP NEXT:
Southern Maine hosts MIT on Sunday (12:00 pm) in a non-conference doubleheader. The Huskies and Engineers will play two seven-inning games. The Huskies return to Little East Conference action at Plymouth State on Tuesday (3:00 pm).