Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Bay State Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 2 Metro Gators 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 1

The Bay State Pirates faced off against the Metro Gators in beautiful Lowell Massachusetts. Offense was at a premium early in this game as The Bucs' Matt Lucia battled against the Gators' Dan Poirier. The Gators struck first with a 2 run dinger for Bryan Watkins after a terrific lengthy at bat by the Gators shortstop. The Pirates had no answers for Poirier early as he held the bucs to one infield hit until the 6th inning when the wheels fell off. The big blows came on a Tyler Jackson RBI double and a go ahead RBI single by Todd Elkin. Rookie Matt Lucia rolled through the end of the game on the mound, limiting a tough Gators offense to 5 hits total on the day to take the win by a final score of 4-2. He was aided by three Pirates double plays - a season high.