HAVERILL, Mass. – Jordan Croteau’s (South Paris, Maine) eventual game-winning double lifted the University of Maine at Farmington baseball team (7-2) to a, 1-0, non-conference win over Fisher College in the first game of today’s doubleheader.
The game was scoreless for six solid innings before the Beavers plated the game’s only run in the top of the seventh inning. The rally started with one out when Tom Grady (Whitefield, Maine) roped a single to right center field. After Grady advanced to second on a balk, Croteau stepped up to the plate with two outs and lined a double, which allowed Grady to score easily from second.
In the bottom of the frame, UMF hurler Jory Humphrey (Jefferson, Maine) kept his composure after getting into a jam. Fisher led off the inning with a single by Jose Fortuna (Salem, Mass.). The Falcons’ attempt to play small ball backfired when a sacrifice bunt attempt popped up to Croteau and the catcher made the easy out. Fortuna stole second and then advanced to third on a ground out.
With two outs and the tying run standing 90 feet way, Humphrey got the final batter to ground out to second baseman Dustin McCrossin (Yarmouth, Maine).
Humphrey pitched a complete game two-hitter for the Beavers and struck out six Falcons in the process. Fisher’s only two hits come from a bunt in the third inning and Fortuna’s single in the seventh.
UMaine-Farmington will play Fisher in game two of today’s day-night doubleheader at 7 p.m.
