NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The offense for the Sanford Mainers (10-11) formulated one of their best overall efforts of the season scoring in six different innings as the offensive assault produced 10 runs, 11 hits, 12 walks, and four stolen bases in a lopsided 10-3 win over North Adams Steeple Cats (11-12) Sunday night at Joe Wolfe Field.

The Mainers relentless offensive attack alternated single tallies in the first and third and a pair of runs in the second and fourth to take a commanding 6-1 lead after the first four innings. In cruise control, Sanford added two runs in both the sixth and seventh to take a swelling 10-2 led.

Shaine Hughes (Monmouth University) sparked the scoring in the game with an RBI double in the first. Johnny Slater (University of Michigan) stole home in the second to highlight the two run frame, finishing 2-for-4 driving in two runs. Brendan Skidmore (Binghamton University) added to the lead with an RBI single in the fourth, extending his on-base streak to 16 games. Andruw Gazzola (Stony Brook University) produced in the leadoff spot reaching base four times, with three walks and singled.

Eight different Moose recorded a hit while 11 different Mainers reached base. Slater, Skidmore and Chris Gaetano (Monmouth University) each drove in a pair of runs in the winning affair. Blake Morgan (1-1, N. Carolina Central University) earned the win tossing five solid innings of work after a shaky first, where the SteepleCats put seven men to the plate and scored just one of their three runs in the contest.

Sanford is back in action for their fifth consecutive road game, travelling to Plymouth to take on the Pilgrims in a cross-division match up.

Saturday

Mountaineers 6, Mainers 2

On a rainy July 4th in the capital city of Vermont, the Sanford Mainers (9-11) failed to capitalize on two, bases-loaded threats in the sixth and seventh, leaving the runners stranded in a 6-2 loss to the Vermont Mountaineers (12-9) in a Northern Division tilt at Recreation Field Saturday night.

The Moose had to play from behind after the opening frame when Sanford starter David Rosenberger (0-1/Univ. of Virginia) fell victim to a pair of infield singles and a two-run double highlighting a three run inning for the Mountaineers.

Down 3-0 through four complete, the Mainers struck for a pair of runs in the fifth inning. An error on Vermont’s right fielder Jack Parenty (Stony Brook University) allowed two runs to score on a Shaine Hughes (Monmouth University) single, making it 3-2, the closest the Moose would come in the contest.

In the sixth and seventh, the Mainers produced bases loaded threats but were unable to push any runs across, stranding six of their eleven base runners in the two frames. The threat in the seventh was the closest to produce runs but a slicing Chris Gaetano (Monmouth University) line drive to the gap in left field hung up long enough for the final out of the inning.

In his debut, Rosenberger tossed four plus innings allowing five runs on six hits and struck out two. Hughes was the lone Mainer to drive in a run while Hunter Wood (Western Kentucky University) reached base three times on three walks. Brendan Skidmore (Binghamton University) extended his team-high on-base streak to 15 games.