Little Falls, N.J. - The NJIT baseball team dropped the middle game of the series, 7-3, to Maine on Saturday night at Yogi Berra Stadium.
 
How it Happened
NJIT scored a run in the first inning again, with Ty Sallie coming home on a wild pitch after hitting a single. In the third inning, Mattie Thomas scored on a wild pitch to give the Highlanders a 2-0 lead.
 
Maine rallied in the fifth inning, scoring five runs to take the lead. The Black Bears added insurance runs in the eighth with a pinch-hit two-run home run.
 
The Highlanders answered in their half of the eighth, starting with walks by Cole Campbell and Sallie. Campbell came home on a Ray Ortiz RBI single to left field. However, Maine got out of the jam with two strikeouts and a ground out by NJIT.
 
MT Morrissey got the start on the mound for the Highlanders, pitching 4.2 innings with a career-high nine strikeouts. Andrew Eppinger and Thomas each recorded two hits.
 
Up Next
NJIT plays its final game of the series against Maine tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. at Yogi Berra Stadium.