BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin baseball team came back to defeat Bates 12-7 in a rescheduled and halted game that started at Bates over a week ago and finished on Pickard Field Wednesday night.
 
The Polar Bears are 15-13 on the season with a 4-4 NESCAC record. The Bobcats call to 11-14 with a 2-6 conference record.
 
Game Highlights

• The Bobcats were up 3-0 after two innings of action before the game was suspended in Lewiston a week ago.
• Bates added two more runs in the third in, in Brunswick, to make it 5-0.
• Bowdoin began to rally in the middle innings as Chris Dirks drove in Luke Chessie.
• Reuban Siegel put the ball in play and allowed two runs to score, pulling the Polar Bears within two.
• Kevin Murray followed up with an RBI single to make it a one-run game.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Bates pushed its edge back to two with an RBI double.
• A big sixth inning put Bowdoin ahead 8-6. Liam Foley recorded a sacrifice fly RBI, and Cal Thompson had an RBI groundout. Ben McKenzie tagged a triple to right that plated two runs.
• Bowdoin extended its lead in the top of the seventh, capped by a two-run Thompson single through the right side.
• Bates got one run in their last inning but could not erase the gap.

 
By the Numbers

• Murry and Chris Dirks both had multi-hit games.
• Bowdoin scored 12 runs on nine hits, capitalizing on costly Bates errors.
• Luca McKerley Coronado pitched 2.1 innings and allowed four runs off three hits.
• Connor Cassady, Ryan Novitski, and Chessie combined to complete the game, each allowing one run. Novitski struck out four batters in three innings of work to earn the win.

 
Up Next

• The two teams play their final game of the three game series tomorrow afternoon at Bates.