GAME ONE BOX
SCORE
GAME TWO BOX
SCORE
MEDFORD, Mass. - Tufts University and Bowdoin College split a
NESCAC East Division baseball double-header on Saturday afternoon
at Huskins Field. The Jumbos scored seven runs in the fifth inning
of the first game and then withstood a Polar Bears comeback to win
11-9. Bowdoin senior DH Jason Koperniak and sophomore CF Brendan
Garner combined for seven RBI in a 13-7 game two victory.
Including Friday's 15-3 Tufts win, the Jumbos took the series two
games to one. Tufts is now 12-15 overall and 4-5 in the league.
Bowdoin is 17-14 and 4-5. Both teams are competing with Bates
College for the East Division's second berth into the conference
tournament May 8-10.
Both teams scored three runs in the first inning of game one.
Senior 1B Joe Berte hit a two-run home run for Bowdon in the
inning. Tufts sophomore SS David Leresche singled home a run and
scored in the bottom half. Tufts sophomore starter Derek Miller
settled in nicely after that, allowing just two hits and no runs in
the next five innings. The Jumbos led 11-3 through six innings. In
the big fifth inning, Tufts had five hits and Bowdoin made four
errors along with allowing a strikeout victim to reach base on a
wild pitch. Jumbo senior 3B Kevin Casey hit a two-run single and
scored in the inning. The Polar Bears rallied in the top of the
seventh, scoring six runs on six hits. Junior catcher Reid Auger
and sophomore RF Dan Hicks both hit two-run singles in the inning.
Bowdoin had the tying run at the plate, but Tufts reliever Chris
DeGoti got a strike out to end it.
Auger was 2 for 4 with two RBI and two runs scored at the top of
the Bowdoin line-up. Junior 2B Kevin Zikaras was 2 for 4 and scored
two runs. Junior Carter Butland was the losing pitcher, giving up
seven hits and five earned runs in four innings.
Bowdoin scored in each of the first thee innings of the second
game to lead 6-1. Auger tripled to lead off the game and scored in
the first, then doubled home a run and scored in the second. The
visitors scored without a hit in the third and cut the gap to 6-4
with three in the fourth. The Polar Bears built their lead to 11-4
with three in the fifth and two more in the sixth. Koperniak and
Garner had RBI in both innings, while Hicks and sophomore 3B Brett
Gorman scored runs in both innings. With Bowdoin up 11-5 in the
ninth, Koperniak hit a two-run single for a 13-5 advantage. Tufts
sophomore CF David Orlowitz hit a two-run homer in the bottom of
the ninth for the final runs.
Auger finished a fine day 3 for 6 with two runs and an RBI in game
two. Gorman was 3 for 5 with three runs and an RBI, Koperniak was 2
for 4 with four RBI and Garner was 2 for 4 with three RBI and a
run. Junior Joe Pace pitched five innings allowing four hits and
three earned runs to get the win. Freshman Tim Welch pitched the
final four innings to earn his third save.
