Joe Ogren and Miles Moore each rapped an RBI double to spark a four-run eighth inning that carried the Bucknell Bison to a 6-3 baseball victory over the University of Maine Black Bears Tuesday at Chain O’Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida.
The Bison (6-8) collected 11 hits and were the beneficiaries of six errors by UMaine, which slipped to 4-12 with its fourth straight loss.
Sam Clark (two singles) and Powell (double, single) led Bucknell with two hits each, and Miles Moore and Aaron Fritz each had an RBI single. Max Kra (1-0) pitched 2⅔ innings of two-hit, shutout ball in relief of starter Dan Keller, who spaced seven hits and three runs.
Kevin Stypulkowski (double, single) and Brett Chappell (two singles) led UMaine, which also received a solo home run from Brenden Geary. Jeremy Pena posted a single and a sacrifice fly.
Connor Johnson (1-1) took the loss, surrendering three runs while facing five batters in the eighth. Starter Justin Courtney of Bangor scattered seven hits and three runs (two earned) with three strikeouts and a hit batter.
Jake Marks worked the last 1⅓ innings.
Geary’s solo shot off Keller with one out in the seventh gave the Black Bears a 3-2 lead, but Bucknell broke it open with four in the eighth.
The Bison chased Courtney as Powell and Ogren doubled to lead off the eighth, tying the game 3-3. Johnson came on and walked Sam Clark, then gave up Moore’s run-scoring double.
One out later, Alex O’Neill reached on an error by third baseman Danny Casals, which opened the door for Fritz’s RBI single that made it 6-3.