SANFORD — Sanford’s Bryan Sturges (Katy, TX) and Ryland Kerr (Bellevue, WA) combine for six hits as the Mainers went on to pick up their second win of the 2017 season. With four funs coming in the first three innings, the Mainers would hold on for a 6-4 win against the Winnipesaukee Muskrats.

SUNY Cortland pitcher Andrew Barnes (Rochester, NH) would pick up the win, going 3.2 innings in the start. Barnes, a 1.42 ERA, gave up a solo shot in the third inning, the only hit in the win. With five strikeouts in 3.2 innings of play, the Mainers saw work from Ian Burns (Westport, CT), Jake Dexter (Oakland, ME) and Connor Johnson (Taunton, MA). Johnson would go on to pick up his first save of the season in 1.2 innings of work.

Connor Aube (Falmouth, ME) walked and took second in the first inning. The first of Sturges’ three hits would be an RBI single back up the middle that put the Mainers ahead in the first frame. They would tack on another in the second, when Ryan Hogan (Kingston, PA) would score on an Aube double. 

Sturges would get on again in the fourth, and would eventualy score on a sacrifice fly from Hogan. Ryland Kerr would take a fastball to right-center field, and the first Mainer triple of the season would drive in another run. Kerr would pick up another base hit in the fifth, and would score after driving a stand up double off the left-center field wall. 

Walks and pass balls would be the reason for three of the four Muskrat runs, as the pitching staff for the Moose would give up a total of six hits while fanning 10.

The Mainers are back at home Wednesday night against New Bedford, with game time slated for 6:30 p.m.