LACONIA, N.H. — After a slow start offensively for the Sanford Mainers, three runs in the final two innings as the Moose needed all nine innings to beat Winnipesaukee 4-3. Michigan teammates Jimmy Kerr and Brock Keener would lead the rally in the ninth inning, as the Mainers took their first lead in the last 22 innings of play in the final frame.

Stephen Arntsen would get his second start and no decision of the season against Winnipesaukee, going five complete and giving up three runs on six hits and a strikeout. Ben Greenberg would come on in middle relief, throwing two solid innings and striking out three, and Dalton Brown would get his first win of the season in the final two frames of action.

The Muskrats would get on the board first, after a two-run blast in the second from Greg Ludwig sailed over the right field scoreboard. A one-out walk followed by a base hit and a throwing error would score the third run of the game for Winnipesaukee, and the lead would stay at three until the fifth inning.

Shaine Hughes would draw a leadoff walk in the fifth, and would later be walked in after a Brian Sturges walk, an error at shortstop, and a Carmine Pagano walk. The Mainers would strand the bases loaded, and would find themselves in the same situation in the eighth. The first two Mainers runs would be walked in, and both instances saw the offense leave the bases loaded.

Sanford would see a one out walk drawn by Colby Maiola in the top of the ninth. With a hit-and-run in play, Jimmy Kerr would drive an outside fastball down the left field line that would one-hop the wall and score Maiola from first. Michigan teammate Brock Keener would pinch hit after Kerr, and would hit a ground ball to the right side of the infield that would sneak past the Muskrats’ second baseman and score Kerr from second. 

Dalton Brown would come out in the bottom of the ninth, and would put the Muskrats down in order to pick up the first road win of the season for the team.