It was a pitcher\u2019s duel at Southampton High School on Thursday evening, as the Sag Harbor Whalers defeated the Southampton Breakers 2-0 on the road. Sag Harbor advances to 11-9 on the season, while Southampton falls to 5-14-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nick Murray<\/b> of the University of Cincinnati got the start on the mound for Sag Harbor. <\/span>Murray<\/b> received the victory as he shutout the Breakers through seven innings, giving up three hits and three walks, striking out seven. On the losing end for Southampton was Southpaw <\/span>Cole Humes<\/b> of Lehigh, who went seven and a third, giving up two runs, on five hits, with three strikeouts and a walk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Both teams threatened in the first inning but failed to score. Sag Harbor second baseman <\/span>Matt Woods <\/b>(Bryant)<\/span> singled with two outs in the top of the first, and advanced to second after an infield single from <\/span>Ramon Jimenez<\/b> of Boston College. Southampton\u2019s <\/span>Humes<\/b> induced a groundball out to keep the Whalers off of the board in the first frame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Just like <\/span>Humes<\/b>, Murray retired the first two batters he faced in the first inning. Southampton Shortstop <\/span>Chris Wasson<\/b> of LIU singled up the middle with two away to keep the inning alive. On the very next pitch, first baseman <\/span>Robbie Holmes<\/b> (Monmouth) singled up the first base line, advancing <\/span>Wasson<\/b> to third. With two away, and runners on the corners, Murray struck out <\/span>Johnny Hipsman<\/b> (Richmond) to end the first inning, keeping the game scoreless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Southampton\u2019s <\/span>Cole Humes <\/b>went on to retire nine straight batters in the second, third, and fourth innings. His counterpart <\/span>Murray<\/b> struggled a bit, but didn\u2019t give up any runs. <\/span>Murray<\/b> allowed three base runners during that three inning span, two walks and a hit by pitch, but no baserunner made it past second base. <\/span>Humes\u2019 <\/b>streak of retired batters would be snapped at nine, as Sag Harbor Shortstop <\/span>Brock Franks<\/b> of Northwest Florida State double off of the base of the right center wall. He advanced to third on a fly ball to deep center, but a strikeout, and a chopper to second got the Breakers through the fifth inning, still tied with the Whalers at zero.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both starters worked through seven scoreless innings. Whalers Center fielder <\/span>Andrew Bates<\/b> (South Alabama) lead off the top of the eighth with a walk, and was bunted to second by <\/span>Brendan Dowd<\/b> (NYIT). <\/span>Tommy Courtney<\/b> (Penn) followed it up with a single into the 5-6 hole, bringing <\/span>Bates<\/b> to third, and the throw home by Breakers\u2019 Left fielder <\/span>Michael Ferrara<\/b> (UNC Greensboro) sailed over the backstop, scoring <\/span>Bates<\/b>, and advancing <\/span>Courtney<\/b> to third. <\/span>River Town<\/b> then singled in <\/span>Courtney<\/b> for the second run of the game, ending <\/span>Humes\u2019<\/b> outing, with Sag Harbor up 2-0 in the top of the eighth. LIU\u2019s <\/span>Michael Lazos<\/b> entered the game in relief for Southampton, with one out. He struck out the first batter he faced on three pitches, and during the next at bat, <\/span>Town<\/b> was caught stealing at third by Breakers Catcher <\/span>Reed Babin<\/b> (LSU Eunice).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Leading 2-0 heading into the bottom of the eighth, Sag Harbor sent <\/span>Miller Freeman <\/b>(Georgetown) to the mound. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning, walking one batter. Lazos threw a scoreless top of the ninth for Southampton, so the Breakers were down 2-0 heading into the bottom of the ninth. The Whalers sent another Cincinnati right hander to the mound for the save, <\/span>Nathan Moore<\/b>. <\/span>Moore <\/b>retired the first two batters of the inning, but gave up a two out single to <\/span>John Raucci<\/b> (St Joes) and a walk to leadoff man <\/span>Tony Zambito<\/b> of Southern Connecticut State. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tying run on first, and potential winning run on second, <\/span>Moore<\/b> buckled down and induced a fly ball out to second base to end the game, sealing the 2-0 victory for the Sag Harbor Whalers, breaking their five game losing streak.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The @SagHbrWhalers<\/a> defeated the @SH_Breakers<\/a> 2-0 tonight behind 7 shutout innings from starter Nick Murray. The Cincinnati right hander picked up 7 K\u2019s on his way to his first victory of the season. He spoke with @mattytredeuce<\/a> after the win, brought to you by @hamptoncoffee<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/TT0d5n62Su<\/a><\/p>\n

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