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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College baseball team scored four
times in the first inning and cruised to an 8-4 win over Bates on
Friday afternoon. The win moves the Polar Bears to 22-11 (5-5
NESCAC) this season while the Bobcats fall to 22-9 (5-5 NESCAC).
Bowdoin needs just one win against Bates in tomorrow's doubleheader
to clinch a postseason playoff bid while the Bobcats would need a
sweep to earn the final spot in the NESCAC Tournament.
Brendan Garner reached base five times for Bowdoin and stole two
bases while Matt Ruane reached four times Carter Butland
earned the win thanks to 8.1 innings, allowing no earned runs. Paul
Chiampa took the loss for Bates after allowing ten hits and six
earned runs over six innings. Chris Burke led the Bobcats with a
pair of hits.
The Polar Bears wasted little time piecing together a first-inning
rally, getting run-scoring singles from Brett Gorman, Joe Comizio,
Kevin Zikaras and a sacrifice fly from Danny Findley to take a
four-run lead. Ben Higgins plated Zikaras with a third-inning
single before Garner scampered home on a wild pitch in the sixth.
Garner collected an RBI single in the eighth as Bowdoin upped their
lead to 8-0.
Bates was able to mount a four-run rally in the ninth with Noah
Lynd delivering a two-run single to spark the Bobcats. But Joe Pace
came in to squelch the comeback, getting Chris Burke to ground out
to Gorman with runners on first and second to end the game.
Saturday's doubleheader begins at noon in Lewiston. Bowdoin is
looking for their fourth trip to the NESCAC Tournament and first
since 2007. The Bobcats have never qualified for the NESCAC
Tournament.
