Mainers/Swamp Bats Suspended in 5-5 Tie Through Seven
Sanford and Keene will finish game Sunday night at 5:30 at Goodall Park.

Keene, NH – A pivotal division battle between the Sanford Mainers and the Keene Swamp Bats has been suspended due to rain. The game is currently tied 5-5 through seven innings. Sanford used two homers to account for all of their scoring on blasts by Greg Hopkins and Branson Joseph.

The Swamp Bats wasted no time getting on the board in the bottom of the first. Evan Chambers led of with a solo blast to left to give Keene an early 1-0 edge. The Swamp Bats would make it 2-0 in the first on an Alex Lee single, plating Danny Petro.

The Mainers struck back for three in the top of the second. Joseph led off with a rope to left for a single, which was followed by a Devin Harris single. Hopkins came to the plate an hit a high, towering fly ball to left, just over the wall for a three-run shot and his first homer of the year. Keene would tie the game up in the bottom half on a Chambers RBI groundout.

Sanford would power themselves to two-run advantage in the third. Anthony D’Alfonso walked with one away setting the table for Joseph. The right-handed hitting center fielder picked on a fastball and drove it deep to left, a no-doubter to give the Mainers a 5-3 lead. Keene would tie it up with solo tallies in both the third and fifth innings on run-scoring singles by Chris Tremblay and Josh Chester.

Phil Negus started for the Mainers. He gave up five runs in four and two thirds innings. Mark Schmidt came on in relief and hurled two and a third scoreless frames. Swamp Bats’ starter Sean Biermann gave up five runs in seven innings.

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Notes…Sanford is currently 1-3 against Keene this season... The Mainers finish up a home and home series with Keene Sunday night at Goodall Park…Keene will serve as the home team for the remainder of the game suspended on Saturday night… Audio and video streaming are both available at sanfordmainers.com for both games.