BELFAST — The Oceanside and Belfast varsity baseball teams met on the diamond Monday, May 2 in Belfast with the visiting Mariners earning its first victory of the season in dominating fashion. 

Oceanside tallied three runs in each of the first two innings, five in the third inning and two in the fifth inning. The guests recorded 11 hits and stranded seven runners on base. 

Belfast plated its lone run of the affair in the first inning while tallying five hits, committing two errors and leaving three on base.

Working the mound for Oceanside was Duncan Oakes-Nelsen, who tossed a complete game and allowed one earned run and five hits while fanning six batters. 

Pitching for Belfast were K. McGowen (one inning, five earned runs, three hits, one walk, one hit by pitch), Eli Veilleux (1.1 innings, six earned runs, five hits, two strikeouts, one walk, one hit by pitch) and Ollie Tarbox (2.2 innings, two runs, two hits, three strikeouts, one walk). 

Leading the way at the plate for Belfast was Tommy Littlefield (two singles). 

Belfast tallied its only run of the contest in the first inning when Curtis Littlefield reached base on a fielder’s choice and drove in Elias Howard.

Leading the way offensively for Oceanside were Austin Chilles (double, two singles), Bryson Mattox (single, double), Connor Calderwood (single, grand slam home run) and Blade Brann (double). 

Oceanside scored its first inning runs when an Alex Bartlett infield RBI single scored Chilles; Calderwood reached on fielder’s choice and drove in Jacob Watkinson; and when Bartlett scored off an Oakes-Nelsen RBI ground out.

In the second inning, Oceanside tallied runs when a Chilles RBI single drove in Brann; Alex Bartlett reaching on an error resulted in Taygen McAllister scoring; and Bryson Mattox being hit by a pitch with bases loaded drove in Jacob Watkinson. 

A Chilles RBI single drove in Brann in the third inning and a Calderwood grand slam home run to right field drove in McAllister, Chilles and Bartlett. 

Oceanside finished its scoring in the fifth inning when Calderwood scored on a throwing error and Oakes-Nelsen scored on a passed ball.

The next contest for Oceanside (1-4 record) will be Wednesday, May 4 at home against Winslow at 4 p.m. 

Belfast (2-4 record), meanwhile, will take to the diamond again Wednesday, May 4 on the road against Lawrence at 4 p.m.