No. 3/4 Baseball Bests Southern Maine, 21-7; Cannata Breaks Career Strikeouts Record

PORTLAND, Maine — The No. 3/4 nationally ranked Endicott baseball team picked up a 21-7 non-conference road win over Souther Maine on Wednesday afternoon at Ed Flaherty Field.

WP (1-0): Chris Jenkins (Mansfield, Mass.) — 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
LP (0-1): Sam Calder (Monmouth, Maine) — 1.0 IP, 6 H, 10 R, 8 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

The Gulls pounced on the Huskies for eight runs in the first, two in the second, two in the sixth, one in the seventh, three in the eighth, and three in the ninth in their impressive 21-run display.

In the first, the Gulls batted around before their were even two outs in the inning. Joey Frammartino (North Reading, Mass.), Kyle Grabowski (Westfield, Mass.), John Mulready (Peabody, Mass.), and TJ Liponis (Scarborough, Maine) all picked up RBI base hits in the inning.

The Huskies got themselves back into the contest in the bottom half of the frame after they sent five runs home, making it an 8-5 ball game.

However, the Gulls pushed the lead back to five after another RBI base-knock from Mulready and a sac fly from AJ Hamm (Shrewsbury, Mass.).

The Blue and Green continued to add on to their lead with big inning after big inning.

Up 18-7 in the top of the ninth, Caleb Clark (Gloucester, Mass.) put on the finishing touches with a three-run blast to left, the first homer of his Endicott career.

On the mound for the Gulls, Kyan Bagshaw (Amherst, N.H.), Jake Harmony (Fairfield, Conn.), Jenkins, Nicholas Cannata (Marlborough, Conn.), and Max Jarvie (Wilton, Conn.) combined to limit the Huskies' bats and seal the 15th straight win for Endicott.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Gulls advance to 18-22 all-time against the Huskies.
• They have won eight straight games in the all-time series.
• Jenkins has allowed just one earned run in his last 11 appearances. His season ERA lowered to a miniscule 0.74 after his 2.1 scoreless innings today.
• Mulready, Frammartino, and Zach Stephenson (Mansfield, Mass.) all tripled in the win.
• After fanning two batters in today's contest, Cannata became the program's all-time leader in strikeouts.
• Nine different Gulls registered an RBI in the contest. Clark and Liponis led the way with three apiece.

WHAT'S NEXT

No. 3/4 Endicott (23-3) welcomes Hartford to North Field on Saturday for a doubleheader (12/3 PM). Southern Maine (10-15) welcomes UMaine Farmington tomorrow for a 3:30 PM matchup. 

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(Photo Credit - Kaeli Talora '25)