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LEWISTON, Maine - Bowdoin College came back from a 3-0 deficit
with four runs in the sixth inning and registered a 5-3 NESCAC East
Division victory over Bates College on Friday at Leahey Field.
Entering the final day of regular season play on Saturday the Polar
Bears improve to 18-15 (5-5 NESCAC).
Bates got on the board in the first inning when Tom Beaton led off
with a walk, advanced to third on a passed ball and a ground ball,
and scored on Chris Burke's RBI groundout. Burke struck again in
the third, hitting a two-out, two-run double that scored Beaton and
Dave Farrell to make it 3-0 Bates.
Bowdoin came back with a four-run sixth on five hits, including an
RBI single by Joe Berte, an RBI double by Brett Gorman, and a
two-run triple by Jason Koperniak. The Polar Bears added an
insurance run in the ninth as Jordan Edgett doubled and came home
on a single by Reid Auger.
After allowing Bates three early runs, Bowdoin starter Tim Welch
(2-3) got stronger as the game grew longer. He retired the final 11
hitters he faced before giving way to Driscoll, who pitched a
scoreless ninth to earn his second save of the season. Welch
allowed only four hits and three walks while striking out 10 in
eight innings of work.
Bates starter Ben Shwartz (3-1) suffered his first loss, going six
innings and allowing four runs on eight hits and a walk while
striking out two. Chuck Murphy-Romboletti came on for two scoreless
innings, and Ryan Heide allowed one run in the ninth. Gorman and
Dan Hicks both had three of Bowdoin's 12 hits, with Hicks going 3-3
and Gorman 3-4. Beaton had two of Bates' five hits, going 2-3 with
two runs scored and a stolen base, while Burke drove in all three
of the Bobcats' runs.
