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 Keith Laird got on base four times with two walks, two hits while also driving in two runs for the Bears.
The host Buccaneers (8-12) trailed 7-6 heading into bottom of the extra frame, as an RBI double off the bat of senior Brian Yurovich had given the visiting Bears (6-20) the one-run cushion. Junior Joe Albano led off with a walk and advanced to second when Rodriguez reached on a fielder's choice, and after a sacrifice, freshman pinch-hitter Kyle Armstrong walked to load the bases. Nahigian, who was pinch-running for Albano, scampered home on the first wild pitch with a 1-0 count on freshman Nick Montalto and Rodriguez plated the game-winner on the third pitch of Montalto's at-bat for the hosts.
Coast Guard grabbed a 1-0 first inning advantage on an RBI double by freshman Eddie Kalankiewicz, but Massachusetts Maritime took a 2-1 edge in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by senior Mark Mozelak as well as a balk before plating single tallies in the second on an error and in the third on an RBI single by sophomore Ross Hickey to take a 4-1 lead.
The Bears took advantage of three hits, including a two-run single by junior Keith Laird and Yurovich's RBI single, and a pair of errors to score five times and take a 6-4 fourth inning lead, but the Buccaneers evened matters in the seventh on RBI singles by Hickey and senior Tyler Spofford, setting up the 10th inning heroics.
Montalto, Hickey and Rodriguez each had two hits as part of a nine-hit attack in the win for Massachusetts Maritime, as sophomore Nick Levitre improved to 2-1 on the mound for the Buccaneers with 6 2/3 innings of three-hit relief that featured nine strikeouts.
Yurovich, Laird and junior Ryan Milligan each had two hits as part of a 10-hit effort for Coast Guard, as freshman Nic Freburg suffered the setback on the mound for the Bears, allowing just one hit in 3 1/3 innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts.
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