They won the title in 2008 by defeating the Newport Gulls, and in 2004. The Mainers’ last playoff appearance was in 2016, when they fell to the Mystic Schooners. On the mound, brothers Bryce and Brady Afthim (Connecticut) led the team to a top-five opponent batting average (.222) and held teams to a league low. The Mainers were led offensively by Quinn McDaniel (Maine Orono), who paced the team with eight home runs and 30 RBI and were top 10 in both categories in the league. After going 1-10 at the beginning of the season, the Mainers closed out with 21 wins out of 34 games. The Sanford Mainers snagged a playoff spot at the last minute with a 4-2 win against the Keene Swamp Bats on the final day of the regular season. The last postseason appearance for the Mountaineers was back in 2015, when they took the Fay Vincent Cup. On the mound, Brendan McFall (Tufts) has earned a league leading seven wins for Vermont, while Christopher Kahler (George Washington) led the team with most innings pitched and 38 strikeouts. 260 and second in the league in RBI (239). That trio helped the Mountaineers to be third in league batting average with.

Ruscitti was second in home runs with three and Cox was second in RBI with 22. Not far behind in both categories were Tom Ruscitti (Fairleigh Dickinson) and Tyler Cox (Dartmouth). Stephen DiTomaso (George Washington) led the Mountaineers offensively with five home runs and 25 RBI on the season with a. The Vermont Mountaineers clinched the division early on and by the end of the season, took the top spot in the league with 32 total wins, tied with the 2016 Newport Gulls and this year’s Bristol Blues for the most wins in a season. The Mainers shut out the Mountaineers in their lone win, with Bryce Afthim (Southern Maine) pitching all 9 innings only allowing seven hits and a 0.00 ERA along with five strikeouts. Since then, the Mainers garnered one win over their six meetings, as Vermont claimed a 5-1 record between the teams.

500 batting average in the second game of that doubleheader. Mountaineer’s third baseman Ben Williamson (William & Mary) was 3-for-4 at bat with an RBI and a run along with a. In the first meeting of the season between these two teams, the Mountaineers swept a doubleheader with 2-0 and 4-2 scores.

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