PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Freshman closer Manny Garcia (Boston, Mass.) set the single season record for saves, as the lefty recorded his 6^th and 7^th of the campaign to lead baseball to a pair of come-from-behind victories as the Beacons swept Plymouth State University by the final of 8-6 and 9-7 in a Little East Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Panther Park.

THE BASICS

GM1 – UMass Boston 8, Plymouth State University 6
GM2 – UMass Boston 9, Plymouth State University 7

UMass Boston (23-12, 8-4 Little East Conference)
Plymouth State (18-18, 6-6 Little East Conference)

HOW IT HAPPENED

For Garcia, he lead the Beacons to their program record 10^th straight win, as the Beacons moved to the top of the conference standings with only one week left in the regular season. 

A Kyle Boudrias (Medford, Mass.) two-run single, coupled with a Charlie Huegi (Sandy Hook, Conn.) RBI groundout gave the Beacons a 7-6 lead through six in the opener.  They would then put-up their second run of the afternoon to clinch the victory, thanks to a sacrifice fly by Dave Murphy (Plymouth, Mass.)

Sal Frosceno (Derby, Conn.) proved to be the deciding factor in game two as he crushed a two-run homer to give the Beacons an 8-6 lead.  Freshman Louis Martinez(Chelsea, Mass.) recorded his first collegiate hit and RBI in the nightcap to secure the Beacons 9-7 victory. 

GAME 1

Trailing 3-1 through four innings, baseball got took their second lead of the afternoon after scoring three runs in the top of the fifth.  However the Panthers clawed right back with three more runs in the bottom of the same inning to make it 6-4 in favor of PSU. 

Down but not out, the Beacons tacked on three more runs of their own in the top of the sixth and added an insurance run in the seventh to earn the come-from-behind 8-6 win. 

Boudrias led UMass in the game one victory as he went 2-for-5 with three RBI.  Murphy and Dan Mantoni (Northbridge, Mass.) each put-up two hits and had two runs, with Murphy also driving in a run.

On the hill, Mantoni went just four innings in the no-decision, as he allowed three runs on four hits and walked five.  He also had three strikeouts.  Bobby Tramondozzi (Peabody, Mass.) collected his fifth win of the year in relief after holding the Panthers to just three runs on three hits over four complete innings.  He allowed just one walk, and had a season-high seven strikeouts, in his longest outing to-date. 

Garcia became the single-season saves leader at UMass with his sixth of the campaign as he struck out two to close out the ninth.

Taylor Doyle dropped to 4-5 for the Beacons after surrendering four runs, three earned, on three hits over the final 4.2 innings.

GAME 2

Of the nine runs scored in the nightcap, seven came via the long ball.  Anthony Searles (Shelton, Conn.) gave the Beacons a 3-0 lead with a two-run shot in the top of the 3^rd inning.  Mantoni would then tie the game at 6-6 with a three-run blast over the center field fence in the top of the seventh. 

After a scoreless bottom of the seventh for the Panthers, Frosceno put UMB back out in front for the final time in Saturday's twinbill, as the sophomore ripped a line shot over the right field fence in the top of the eighth. 

The Panthers did respond with a run in the bottom of the ninth, but Garcia would get the final out to give UMass their 23^rd win of the year, and his seventh save. 

James Leidhold (Mattapoisett, Mass.) picked-up his first win of the season, after going just 2/3 of an inning.  Garcia allowed the lone run, unearned, on three hits and had one strikeout. 

JT Morin (Wilton, Conn.) lasted just 3.1 and surrendered six of the Panthers seven runs on eight hits and had four strikeouts.

Ryan Perro dropped to 2-3 on the year after surrendering the go-head run, on five hits over the final three innings. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Beacons combined for 22 hits in the sweep
• Their 10 straight wins sets a new program record surpassing the previous record of nine set in 2010
• Garcia now needs just one save to tie the all-time program record of eight set by Daniel Heefner
• UMass Boston has now won four straight over the Panthers, and have won seven of their last eight contests with PSU
• In total there were a combined five home runs in game two, with the Panthers recording two home runs in the fourth inning

WHO'S NEXT

The Beacons will travel to Endicott College tomorrow for a non-conference game.  Start time for that contest has been moved to a 12 p.m. start.