NEW LONDON, Conn. –

On Tuesday afternoon, Coast Guard fell 6-2 to Clark to drop their 3rd straight. For the Bears, defense was the difference in the game. CGA lost by four runs, making four errors, and giving up four unearned runs. Clark improves to 13-5(2-0 NEWMAC) with the win. The Cougars will host the University of Saint Joseph tomorrow at 2:30 PM. 

On the mound for the Bears was freshman right-hander Alexander Smith (Fairfield, OH). Smith pitched four innings, allowing just one run, striking out three. After giving up one run in the third, the first year starter escaped with just one run after a great play by Luke Percifield (Pinellas Park, FL) kept runners on first and third on a ball that appeared destined to be a double down the line. On the next pitch, Smith forced a fly out to center to stop the Cougar rally. Alexander exited the game with the score tied at 1-1 after Ayden Gurevich (Lake Worth Beach, FL) hit a deep sacrifice fly to score Nate Stafford (Jupiter, FL) in the bottom of the 4th. 

In the 5th and 6th innings, Clark tacked on three runs to retake a 4-1 lead. The Bears tacked on a run in the 6th on a Max Van Auken (Franklinville, NJ) sac fly to score Luke Percifield and keep the pressure on Clark. Closing out the 6th and then in the 7th, Conor Watts (Mahopac, NY) was nails out of the pen, throwing 1.2 innings of one hit ball, allowing no runs and striking out four. In the top of the 8th, a pair of errors on a bloop single gave Clark a little league home run to put the game out of reach at 6-2. 

The Bears fall to 6-10 with the loss, 0-4 NEWMAC. Coast Guard's game at Mass. Maritime scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed with a makeup date TBD, so they will next get out this Saturday April 4th with a noon doubleheader at MIT.