BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin baseball team came up short, despite a ninth inning rally, and fell to visiting Husson 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Polar Bears drop their second straight game and fall to (13-9-1), while the Eagles improve to 13-9 with the win.

Bowdoin was able to escape a bases loaded situation in the first inning, and turned around to take the 1-0 lead. Aaron Rosen led off for the Polar Bears with a double to right field, eventually scoring on an RBI single from Peter Cimini. The Polar Bears tacked on three more runs in the second beginning with another Rosen. Erik Jacobson followed up with another RBI groundout and Cemini reached on an error by the first baseman that allowed Rosen to score from third.  Trailing 4-0 in the top of the third, Husson cut Bowdoin's lead in half with pair of runs off fielding errors.

Husson's big inning came in the top of the sixth, scoring four runs off two hits and two errors. J.T. Whitten singled to drive in a run, with Kyle Bishop tacking on a sacrifice fly to right. Josh Gaudette put the ball in play and reached first on a fielding error, which allowed a pair of runs to cross the plate. Bowdoin looked to rally in the bottom of the ninth as Jacobson opened the inning with a walk. Cole DiRoberto singled, putting two runners on, before Sam Canales hit an RBI single to pull within one. The Polar Bears fell just short as the side was retired on the following batter.

Michael Staes started on the mound for Bowdoin, going five complete innings, allowing no earned runs. Kevin McDonough took the loss for Bowdoin, responsible for four runs, before giving way to Sam Herzig, David Zabinksy, and John Lefeber who allowed a combined one hit in 3 2/3 innings. Ryan Rebar pitched five innings for Husson, allowing four runs off six hits, before giving way to Ben Walls who completed the game allowing just one run.

Bowdoin travels to Southern Maine on Friday for their rescheduled matchup, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Husson will play its seventh consecutive road game as the Eagles travel to St. Joseph's.