Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH 1-0

Bates BATES 1-6

Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH

1-0

Final

Mar. 13, 2025

Bates BATES

1-6

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Bates BATES	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

W: Noel, Alex (1-0) L: C. Cariello (0-2) S: Mayo, Greg (1)

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Baseball | 3/13/2025 7:07:00 PM | Christopher J. Kilmer, Asst. Director of Communications for Athletics

BB: Salvi’s extra-inning heroics lifts Panthers over Bates in season-opener

LEWISTON, Maine – Sophomore Sam Salvi (Southborough, Mass.) delivered a clutch RBI single in the top of the 10th inning to propel Plymouth State University to a 1-0 victory over Bates College in a season-opening pitcher's duel at Leahey Field on Thursday afternoon.

Locked in a scoreless battle, junior Chris Faherty (Phoenix, Ariz.) led off the 10th with a single and was sacrificed to second. Salvi followed with a sharp single through the left side, allowing Faherty to race home for the game's only run.

Sophomore Greg Mayo (Dorchester, Mass.) closed out the win, recording two quick outs in the bottom of the frame. The Bobcats worked a walk to put the tying run on base, but Mayo induced a grounder to shortstop to secure his first career save.

Senior Jason Smith (Charlestown, Mass.), junior Alex Noel (Dover, N.H.) and Mayo combined to limit Bates to just three hits over ten dominant innings while striking out 11 Bobcats.

Plymouth State starts the season 1-0, while the Bobcats slide to 1-6.

The Basics:

Plymouth State 1, Bates 0 (10 inn.)
- Plymouth State (1-0)
- Bates (1-6)

How it Happened:

Senior Danny Quinn (Holliston, Mass.) and graduate student Jackson Curtis (Jefferson, N.H.) hit back-to-back singles in the second inning, but Bates escaped the jam.
The Bobcats put two runners on with one out in the third, but Smith responded with a popout and a strikeout to keep the game scoreless.
Bates threatened again in the fifth, advancing a runner to second with one out, but Smith stranded him with his sixth strikeout of the game.
PSU had a scoring opportunity in the sixth, putting two runners on, but a pair of flyouts ended the threat.
In the seventh, Bates put a runner on third with one out following a triple to right, but Noel worked out of the jam with two ground balls.
In the 10th, Faherty reached on an infield single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and scored the game's lone run on Salvi's RBI single.
Mayo retired the first two batters in the bottom of the inning before walking a hitter, but a groundout to short sealed the win.

By the Numbers:

Quinn went 2-for-4 at the plate.
Faherty reached twice with a single and a walk.
Salvi also reached base twice with a single and a walk.
Smith allowed just one hit and struck out six over five innings.
Noel fanned five batters in four shutout innings to earn the win.
PSU pitchers combined to hold Bates to three hits while striking out 11.
Bates leads the all-time series 10-3. Plymouth State's last win over the Bobcats came in 2019.

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