GAME ONE BOX
SCORE
GAME TWO BOX
SCORE
BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College baseball team completed a
season sweep of Bates on Saturday, taking a doubleheader by scores
of 5-4 and 8-6 against the Bobcats. Despite the victories, the
Polar Bears (20-15, 7-5 NESCAC) were eliminated from playoff
contention as Tufts earned a twinbill sweep of Colby. Bates falls
to 8-19 (3-9 NESCAC) with the loss. The Polar Bears senior class
completes their career with an 11-1 record against their rivals
from Lewiston.
In the opener, Bowdoin stunned Bates with another late-inning
rally to take a 5-4 victory. The Bobcats jumped out to a 4-0 lead
after scoring a pair of runs in the first inning and two more in
the top of the fifth. Noah Lynd brought home Tom Beaton and Chris
Burke in the first and the visitors added two more with a Chris
Burke RBI single and Mike Ciummei RBI groundout. Down to their
final nine outs, Bowdoin plated three innings in the bottom of the
fifth to trim the lead to 4-3 after Kevin Zikaras capped the frame
with a towering home run.
In the bottom of the sixth, Joe Berte wasted little time tying the
game as he rapped a no-doubt blast over the right field wall to tie
the game at 4-4. After Bates catcher Jake Simon dropped a foul pop
up that would have ended the inning, Bowdoin started a two-out
rally, climaxing with a Ben Higgins RBI single that scored Brendan
Garner to give the hosts a 5-4 lead. Sean Kleier retired the
Bobcats in the seventh to seal the victory. Paul Chiampa took the
loss for Bates after permitting four earned runs over 5.1 innings
of work. Pat Driscoll got the no-decision on the hill for Bowdoin,
going 5.0 innings and scattering nine hits and four runs. Jordan
Edgett led all batters with three hits in the game.
Game two saw both offenses explode for 14 runs and 21 hits.
Bowdoin's Brett Gorman led the way, hammering home runs in his
first two at-bats, the second of which gave the hosts a 5-3 lead.
Bates would cut the Bowdoin lead to 6-5 in the fifth on a Beaton
RBI triple and Noah Burke groundout that played Beaton. The Polar
Bears got a pair of key insurance runs in the bottom of the frame
when Edgett ripped a run-scoring double and Adam Marquit laced an
RBI single to push the lead to 8-5. Joe Pace got the win for
Bowdoin with 5.0 innings and three earned runs before giving way to
Carter Butland, who collected the save with four strong frames of
work to clinch the win. Ryan Heide allowed all eight Bowdoin runs
to be charged with the loss.
Edgett had three more hits in game two and was joined by Garner
and Marquit with a trio of base knocks. Beaton and Ciummei had
multiple hits for the Bobcats.
Photos courtesy of Brian Beard and Creative Images
Photography.
