Buzzards Bay, Mass. – Massachusetts Maritime scored the game's final six runs to erase a one-run deficit and post an 8-3 win over Clark University in non-league baseball action on Friday afternoon at Commodore Hendy Field.

The win for the Buccaneers gives first-year head coach Mike Kelley his first home victory, sending their overall record to 3-4. For the Cougars, meanwhile, today's matchup was their first true road game under new head coach J.P. Pyne and they now sit at 6-8 in advance of a stretch where they will play their next five games at home.

Massachusetts Maritime junior Tommy Walls was the star of the day, collecting a career-high four hits as the Buccaneers banged out 11 on the afternoon. 

The hosts grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Logan Sullo (Acushnet, Mass.) and an RBI single off the bat of Kevin Troy (Braintree, Mass.).

The Cougars used a three-run rally in the top of the fourth on a run-scoring double by Tyler Hutchinson (Greene, Maine) that was followed by a two-run two-bagger by Teddy Downing (Cambridge, Mass.) to take their lone lead of the afternoon. 

Everett Walsh (Marstons Mills, Mass.) two-out RBI double off of his brother, Clark starter Conor Walsh (Marstons Mills, Mass.), plated Walls to give Massachusetts Maritime the lead for good at 4-3 in the bottom of the frame, and the Buccaneers extended that margin to 6-3 in the sixth on run-scoring singles off the bats of Casey Furnas (Boca Raton, Fla.) and William Keane (Braintree, Mass.) that were followed by an RBI groundout by Everett Walsh.

The Cougars threatened in the top of the seventh after a pair of one out walks, but freshman Brian Kwedor (Marshfield, Mass.) induced a fly ball and a ground out that enabled the Buccaneers to escape the jam with its three-run lead. 

The hosts iced their triumph with single tallies in the seventh and eighth frames on respective RBI singles by Walls and Jake Petruzzelli (Abington, Mass.) that closed out the scoring.

Walls and Everett Walsh keyed the Buccaneer attack on the day in support of Brian Kwedor, who earned his first career victory with three scoreless innings and three strikeouts in relief of his brother Kevin (Marshfield, Mass.), who allowed five hits and three runs while fanning three over the first four frames for Massachusetts Maritime. 

Brian Kwedor and senior Kyle Kennedy (Woodbury, Conn.) held Clark hitless over the final five innings of action, as senior Michael Eglow (Delmar, N.Y.) and sophomores Kyle Bonicki (Waterbury, Conn.) and Mikey Thomson (Northampton, Mass.) joined Hutchinson and Downing with hits for the visitors.

Conor Walsh allowed six hits and six runs while striking out a pair in five-plus innings of action for the Cougars, falling to 1-4 overall on the season.

Massachusetts Maritime hosts Thomas in a non-league doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Commodore Hendy Field beginning at 1:30 p.m., while Clark entertains Elms in a non-league outing tomorrow afternoon in Worcester, Mass. that begins at 3:30 p.m.