Scarborough’s aggressive offense and a solid pitching performance from Joe Townsend was too much for Falmouth as the Red Storm beat the Yachtsmen 9-3 on Tuesday. Each offense got nine hits, but Scarborough was able to take advantage of a few Falmouth miscues and the Yachtsmen were unable to capitalize on the opportunities they had.  

Scarborough got on the board in the first inning. Donahue doubled and Nick Frink hit a 2-run homer. In the Falmouth half of the inning, Sam Kidder singled and stole second, but was left stranded on third base.

In the third inning, Scarborough had a runner reach on an error and moved to third base on a base hit. With runners on first and third, Scarborough attempted a double steal that was mis-played and resulted in a run scoring. A sacrifice fly led to the second run in the inning. Ethan Hendry threw out a runner attempting to steal third base – limiting the damage.

In the bottom of the third, Brady Coyne singled for the Yachtsmen. Kidder hit a deep fly ball to center field but was robbed of a home run by a nice catch by the Scarborough center fielder. Scarborough kept their 4-0 lead and prevented any momentum shift to Falmouth.

In the fourth inning, Falmouth’s Gus Ford singled, and Patrick Gill doubled to put runners on second and third. Bennet Smith delivered an RBI groundout for the Yachtsmen’s first run. Ben Keller had another ground out RBI that cut Scarborough’s lead to 4-2 after four innings.

Falmouth threatened again in the fifth. Brennan Rumpf and Kidder each singled, but a hard line drive to the outfield was caught to end the inning.

Scarborough broke the game open in the sixth inning. The first two batters reached with singles. A double steal and a Falmouth error resulted in one run. An infield hit plated the second run of the inning. With two outs and runners on first and third, Ashton Blanchette sliced a line drive down the left field line that was just outside the reach of Gus Ford’s diving attempt. Blanchette ended up with a triple driving in two more runs.

With one out in the Falmouth half of the sixth, Smith reached on an error, Keller walked, and Hendry singled. With the bases loaded, Pete McCluskey delivered a sacrifice fly to score Smith. The next Falmouth hitter went down on strikes limiting Falmouth to only 1 run for the inning. Scarborough led 8-2 after six innings.

In the seventh inning, Scarborough drew a walk and scored on a Frink double. Falmouth threatened again when Coyne reached on a base hit, Kidder reached on an error and Gill reached on a base hit, but a line drive double play ended that threat.

Bennet Smith took the loss in 6 innings of work for Falmouth. He struck out 2, allowed 8 hits and did not walk anyone. He was charged with 8 runs, but several of them were un-earned. Ben Wilson pitched the 7th inning for Falmouth. He struck out 1, walked 1, and allowed 1 run on 1 hit.

Scarborough’s Joe Townsend went the distance. He allowed 3 runs on 9 hits and 1 walk. He struck out 5 in earning the victory.

Scarborough moved to 3-0 on the season while Falmouth fell to 5-1. Falmouth will host Portland for a double header on Saturday beginning at 11:00AM.

	Records	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Scarborough	3-0	2	0	2	0	0	4	1	—	9	9	3
Falmouth	5-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	—	3	9	4

Batteries—Townsend and Frink; Smith, Wilson (7) and Hendry.
WP—Townsend.
LP—Smith.
2B—S, Donahue, Frink; F, Gill.
3B—S, Blanchette.
HR—S, Frink.
Repeat hitters—S, Donahue, Frink; F, Coyne, Gill, Kidder.