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BASEBALL FINAL SCORES
Bates 3, Tufts 0 (7 inn.)
Tufts 6, Bates 5
At Lewiston, ME
Saturday, April 3, 2010
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Junior Ben Walkler was 2 for 3 in the
second-game victory for Tufts
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LEWISTON, Me. -- Junior CF David Orlowitz (Wakefield,
MA) hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to cap Tufts'
rally from a 5-1 deficit, earning the Jumbos a 6-5 victory in Game
2 of their doubleheader at Bates on Saturday afternoon.
Bates (10-5, 1-2 NESCAC East) won Game 1 by a 3-0 score, riding
a two-run home run by Noah Lynd and a complete-game shutout
pitching performance by Karl Alexander.
Tufts (11-3, 2-1 NESCAC East) took its second win in the
three-game series in stunning fashion. Bates starter Ryan Heide
limited the Jumbos to one run on four hits through the first seven
innings of the game. He came back out to start the eighth, but
junior LF Ian Goldberg (Lake Forest, IL) led off
with a single, sophomore 3B Sam Sager (Cranston,
RI) followed with another single, and junior RF
Ben Walkley (Trumbull, CT)
walked to load the bases. Pat Murphy came on
to relieve Heide from his center field position and struck out
sophomore catcher Matt Collins (Hopkinton, MA) for
the first out of the inning, but freshman DH Eric Weikert
(Avondale Estates, GA) drew a bases-loaded walk to close
the gap to 5-2.
Orlowitz then came up and drove a Murphy offering over the
center field fence for his first home run of the season, putting
the Jumbos in the lead for the first time all day, including Game
1, at 6-5. Murphy got the last two outs right after, but the damage
was done.
Mike Ciummei hit a two-out double to keep Bates' hope alive in
the bottom of the ninth, but Tufts reliever Chris DeGoti
(Miami, FL) got the third out by inducing a groundout by
Rich Velotta for the win, and DeGoti's third save of the season.
Tufts reliever Tom Hill (Robbinsville, NJ) earned
the win on just 2/3 of an inning of work, moving to 2-0 on the
season. The Bobcats had 14 hits in the game to Tufts' eight,
leaving 12 men on base.
Bates had kept the momentum from Game 1 going in the first
inning, scoring a pair of runs with four consecutive singles off of
Tufts starter Derek Miller (Whitman, MA). Tufts
got a run back in the second, as Orlowitz was hit by a pitch, stole
second and came home on a single by junior 2B Frank
Petroskey (Dallas, TX). Bates bumped its lead back to two
runs with another run in the third, as Jake Simon and Lynd drew
walks and Simon scored on a single by Gordy Webb.
Bates added two runs in the seventh for a 5-1 lead, as Velotta
hit a two-out, bases-loaded single up the middle off of Hill to
score Chris Burke (leadoff single) and Lynd, who had reached on an
error by Miller.
Lynd got the Bobcats off on the right foot in Game 1, following
Simon's leadoff single with a home run to right center, his
team-high sixth homer of the season. Lynd was 3 for 3 in the game,
and 5 for 7 on the day overall. with three runs and three RBIs.
Bates' two-run second followed a key first inning for the Bobcat
defense. The Jumbos loaded the bases with just one out, but
sophomore starter Karl Alexander worked out of the jam cleanly.
Senior 1B Nate Bankoff (Lynnfield, MA) hit a sharp
grounder to first baseman Kevin McGregor, who threw home for the
force out, then Alexander struck out Walkley swinging to end the
threat.
Tufts also put a man on third in the fifth inning and collected
two hits in the seventh, but Alexander was able to retain the
complete-game shutout, scattering seven hits and four walks while
striking out six Jumbos.
Bates handed Tufts starter Pat O'Donnell (Worcester,
MA) his first loss of the season. The Bobcats added an
insurance run in the fourth, as Lynd led off with a double and Webb
followed with an RBI single.
Bates plays at Thomas College on Tuesday at 3:30. Tufts will
host Brandeis on Tuesday at 3 pm.
Game release courtesy of Bates College.
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