Mainers Drop Third Straight, Lose 8-2 at Lowell
Game shortened to seven innings due to rain.

Lowell, MA – Holding an early 2-0 lead, the Sanford Mainers allowed eight unanswered runs as they drop their third straight contest, this time 8-2 to the Lowell All-Americans in a seven-plus inning rain-shortened contest Monday night at Stoklosa Alumni field. Lowell’s offense had struggled coming into the ballgame. Through their first six games, the All-Americans had only scored 13 times but reached more than half that total Monday night.

With the game knotted up at two, the All-Americans busted it open in the bottom half of the sixth. After a throwing error allowed Chris Rouches to score, Pat McKenna hit a towering three-run homer to right field to give Lowell a four-run cushion at 6-2. The All-Americans would tally two more insurance runs in the bottom half of the seventh.
The Mainers would tally single runs in each of the second and third innings. Devin Harris singled with one away in the second. He stole second and moved up to third on a errant throw by catcher Matt Colantonio. He would score on a Kyle Groth sacrifice fly. Moving to the top of the third, Mark Micowski and Steve Brooks ripped back to back singles. Branson Joseph plated Micowski on an infield single to give the Mainers an early two-run lead.

Jeff DeCarlo started for the Mainers. The southpaw was cruising through the first three innings, but allowed two runs in the fourth. Tony Chisman saw his personal two-game winning streak come to an end. After seven and two-thirds innings of hitless baseball, Chisman finally surrendered a base hit. The righty would end up allowing six runs if three innings. Lowell starter Mark Gormely evened up his record at 1-1. The lefty allowed just two runs in seven innings of work.

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Notes… After starting 2-0, the Mainers have dropped five of their last six… Sanford has allowed 12 runs in seventh innings so far this year… The Mainers will be off Tuesday before returning home to host Keene Wednesday night at Goodall Park.. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30. Audio and video streaming are both available at sanfordmainers.com