Mainers Drop Second Straight to Navigators, Fall 13-2
Sanford hosts Vermont Friday night.

Lynn, MA – For the second straight night, the Sanford Mainers fall to the North Shore Navigators, this time 13-2 on the road Thursday night at Fraser Field. The Mainers fell in an early 4-0 hole and watched the Navigators bust it open late as Sanford’s record drops to 2-2 on the young season.

Already leading 1-0, the Navigators tacked on three more in the fifth. Sean McNaughton started the frame with a double that one-hopped the wall in left-center. Peter Fottsee followed that up with a bunt single. McNaughton then came in to score on a wild pitch with Mike Provencher at the plate. Tyler Kuehll plated two more with an RBI double to left to make it a 4-0 ballgame.

The Mainers would cut their deficit in half in the top of the sixth. With two outs and Mark Micowski on second base, Branson Joseph drilled an RBI double to left-center. A.J. Casario followed that up with a run-scoring single to left to make it a 4-2 score.

North Shore would break it open in the seventh. After plating one in the sixth for a three-run cushion, the Navigators sent 10 men to the plate in a six-run seventh inning. Two RBI hits by Kent Graham, McNaughton and Nick Belcher off of reliever Jeff DeCarlo were responsible for the six-run outburst. The Navigators would tally two more in the eight to polish off the scoring at 13-2.

Sanford starter Mark Schmidt suffered the loss. He lasted four innings, allowing one run on two hits, while walking three and hitting two batters. Kyle Davis and Jeff DeCarlo came on in relief and combined to allow 12 runs in five innings of work. Mike DiCato was the winner for the Navigators. He gave up just two runs on four hits in six frames.