MEDFORD, Mass. – The Bowdoin baseball team shut out Tufts 8-0 in the opening game Friday's doubleheader and fell 6-2 in the nightcap.
 
The Polar Bears are 20-5 (6-2 NESCAC) while the Jumbos are 11-13 (3-2 NESCAC).
 
Game One Highlights

• Lukas Tsai had Bowdoin's first two RBI with a single in the first and groundout in the third. Liam Foley added an RBI single up the middle in the third to make it 3-0.
• Bowdoin added three more runs in the fifth inning including RBI from Will Cooke and Chris Dirks.
• Cooke stole home in the seventh and Bordes added an RBI single to wrap the scoring.
• Bordes went 4-for-5, while Foley and Dirks both had a pair of hits.
• Jason Bogdanos pitched a complete seven innings with seven hits allowed. The senior walked one batter and fanned three.

 
Game Two Highlights

• Tufts scored in the first and third innings to take a 3-0 lead.
• A two-run homer in the fourth made it 5-0 and another solo shot in the sixth made it six for Tufts.
• Bowdoin rallied late with two runs in the eighth innings. Reuben Siegel singled to right center and Will Bordes plated Cal Thompson with a sacrifice fly.
• Siegel, Tsai, and Thompson were the only three Bowdoin batters with a hit in the game.
• Jackson Melendy went three innings with three walks and four hits allowed. Melendy allowed three runs with one strikeout.
• Sam Sacerdote pitched three innings with three runs and three hits allowed. Jeremiah Chessie closed out the game with two shutout innings without allowing a hit.

 
Up Next

• Bowdoin plays at Tufts on Sunday afternoon with a 2:00 p.m. start.