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BRUNSWICK, Maine - Brendan Garner's two-run single in the bottom
of the seventh inning lifted the Bowdoin College baseball team to a
7-5 non-conference victory over St. Joseph's College on Tuesday
afternoon at Pickard Field. The Polar Bears (13-12) defeat their
rivals from Standish for the first time since 2004, snapping a
five-game winless streak (0-4-1) against the Monks (14-8).
Bowdoin's game-winning rally started when Jason Koperniak was hit
by a pitch. After consecutive singles by Dan Hicks and Brett
Gorman, Garner laced a single to center that put the Polar Bears
ahead for good. The rally completed a comeback for the Polar Bears,
who scored twice in the sixth on an error to tie the game at
five.
Bowdoin held a 3-0 after the first two innings but saw St.
Joseph's take advantage of a wild pitch and error to score four
unearned runs. The big blow came on a two-run double by Ian Lee.
Travis Adams collected a pair of hits to the lead the St. Joseph's
attack. Mason Roberge took the loss in relief, allowing a pair of
runs in 1.1 innings. Sam Murray started and went 5.0 innings for
the Monks, allowing two earned runs.
The Polar Bear offense was led by three hits from Reid Auger while
Hicks had two hits and two runs scored. Joe Pace started and tossed
three one-hit innings for Bowdoin. Sean Kleier pitched a perfect
inning in relief while Eric Chenelle took the victory after going
one scoreless inning. Tim Welch closed out the eighth and ninth
frames to earn the save.
