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Trinity Takes Baseball Doubleheader, Clinches NESCAC Postseason Bid

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HARTFORD, Conn. - The Trinity College baseball team clinched a spot in the NESCAC postseason with a doubleheader sweep of Bowdoin on Saturday, 6-3 and 5-3.

Freshman 1B Bryan Wolfe went 4-for-7 with a double and two runs to lead the Trinity, who improves to 21-6 overall and 8-1 in the division which clinches a spot in the NESCAC Championship Tournament for the Bantams after a two-year hiatus.  Bowdoin, which had taken the first game of the three-game set in Hartford, 12-11, yesterday, drops to 15-10 overall and 3-3 in the league.

Trailing, 2-0, after two innings, Trinity scored six runs in the bottom of the third frame, as senior CF David Casanova drew a leadoff walk and later capped off the rally with a two-out, two-run double later in the inning.  Wolfe added an RBI single and senior tri-captain James Ramsey belted a two-run single in the inning.  Trinity senior RHP Edward Donovan earned the win, scattering 10 hits and walking one with three strikeouts over 6.2 inning of work, and junior righty Ben Goldberg recorded a deep fly ball to center field with two runners on base to collect the first of his two saves in the twinbill.  Ramsey was 3-for-3 as the Bantam DH.  Junior Luke Regan went 2-for-4 with an RBI double, and classmate Dan Findley also had a pair of hits for Bowdoin.

In the nightcap, Trinity scored twice in the second inning on a two-run double by junior OF Michael Rueger and added runs in the third and fifth frames to take a 4-0 lead into the seventh, but Bowdoin scored its first run of the game on an RBI single by senior Andrew Belmonte in the top of the seventh and pulled within a run with two more runs in the top of the eighth stanza.  Junior Tim McGarry doubled to start the eighth inning, and scored on a single by sophomore John Lefeber who later scored on a sacrifice fly by Regan.  Trinity answered with a solo homer by junior IF Bryan Ginsberg in the bottom of the eighth, and Goldberg tossed a perfect ninth to save the game for rookie starter Sean Meekins.  Meekins improved to 5-0, allowing four hits and an unearned run with two walks and two strikeouts in 6.2 innings of work.  Rueger and Ginsbgerg each had two hits for the Bantam offense, while Bowdoin's Lefeber retired every batter he faced but Ginsberg in the eighth to keep the Polar Bears in the game over the final 3.1 innings.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Tuesday afternoon with a home game against Husson at 4:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Belmonte

#34 Andrew Belmonte

P/OF
6' 3"
Dan Findley

#22 Dan Findley

C
6' 0"
John Lefeber

#23 John Lefeber

P/OF
6' 0"
Tim McGarry

#30 Tim McGarry

C/OF
5' 11"
Luke Regan

#19 Luke Regan

C/1B
6' 2"

Players Mentioned

Andrew Belmonte

#34 Andrew Belmonte

6' 3"
P/OF
Dan Findley

#22 Dan Findley

6' 0"
C
John Lefeber

#23 John Lefeber

6' 0"
P/OF
Tim McGarry

#30 Tim McGarry

5' 11"
C/OF
Luke Regan

#19 Luke Regan

6' 2"
C/1B