WATERVILLE, Maine — Husson’s Brandon Reilly scattered seven hits over seven innings to lead the Eagles to an 11-1 North Atlantic Conference baseball win over the Thomas College Terriers in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday at H. Allen Ryan Field.
Husson won the second game 6-3 for a sweep.
Reilly (4-3) walked only one and struck out one in the first game for the Eagles (17-18, 12-8 NAC).
Christian Corneil sparked the offense with a 4-for-4 effort with three RBIs while J.T. Whitten added two doubles, a single and an RBI. Andrew Curran and Mike Wong each drove in two runs and Ryan Rebar added a double, single and an RBI.
Nik Beeson had double, single and RBI to pace Thomas (19-18, 13-11) and Anree Benitez had two hits.
Husson picked up the win in the second game behind another complete-game effort, this one from Dan Whitney (4-2), who scattered four hits and three runs while walking one and striking out seven.
Rebar doubled, singled and drove in two runs for the Eagles while Curran chipped in with three singles. Zach Sugar added two hits and an RBI.
Benitez tripled and drove in two runs for Thomas and Zach Mathieu added two hits.
UMF, UMPI split
At Farmington, the University of Maine-Farmington Beavers beat the UM-Presque Isle Owls 3-1 in the first game of a doubleheader to tie the program’s season records with wins at 19.
UMF, now 19-14, dropped the second game 8-5.
Brett Elliott (1-1) picked up the win in the first game for UMF after giving up four hits and a run in five innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out four before receiving an inning of scoreless relief each from Tyler Flayhan and Riley Chickering, who picked up a save.
The Beavers scored single runs in each of the first, third and fifth innings. Tom Grady smacked an RBI triple in the first, Grayson Beressi had a run-scoring double in the third and Grady added an RBI single in the fifth.
Brady Rowe and Matt Curry hit back-to-back singles in the fourth for UMPI. Each runner moved up a base on a fielder’s choice and Rowe scored on a wild pitch.
In the second game, the Owls (10-25) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning, highlighted by Ryan Sanderson’s three-run homer.
Sanderson finished with four RBIs and Curry added a double, single and an RBI. Jesus Garcia also had two hits. Saul Nunez (3-5) earned the win after giving up two earned runs and eight hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Ben Keene doubled, singled and drove in two runs for UMF.