Lewiston, Maine - The Trinity College Bantams scored eight runs
in the fourth inning, including seven with two outs, as the
defending NCAA Division III champions rolled past the host Bates
College Bobcat baseball team, 14-2, this afternoon. Trinity
moves to 16-3 overall and 7-0 in New England Small College Athletic
Conference (NESCAC) East Division play, while Bates drops to 7-11
overall and 3-4 in the NESCAC East. The teams will play a
doubleheader tomorrow starting at noon at Bates' Leahey
Field.
Bantam righthander Jeremiah Bayer (Greenfield,
Mass.) allowed one first-inning run to Bates in his
seven innings of work. Bayer (6-0) gave up five hits and no walks
while striking out five to earn the win. Trinity trailed 1-0
heading into the third, when the Bantams plated three runs on four
hits off of Bates starter Karl Alexander (0-4), including an RBI
double by Matt Sullivan (North Reading,
Mass.).
The Bantams broke the game open in the fourth, after loading the
bases with one out. The Bobcats got the second out with a fielder's
choice groundout, but Kent Graham (Longmeadow,
Mass.) drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 4-1, and
James Wood (Windham, N.H.) followed with a
two-run single up the middle. Trinity loaded the bases again with a
walk, and Alexander was replaced by Tyler Kuehl on the mound. A
wild pitch made it 7-1, and Joe Markovich (Mill
Creek, Wash.) singled to right center to score two more
Trinity runs. Sam Simons (McLean,
Va.) put a final stamp on the damage with a two-run
homer to left field, his first career ound-tripper. Trinity
added single runs in the fifth, seventh and ninth innings,
including a solo homer by Ryan Piacentini (Portland,
Maine) in the seventh.
Bates struck first with a single run in the first. Tom Beaton
reached on an error to lead off, advanced to second on a groundout,
and came home when Chris Burke laced a double down the right field
line. The Bobcats added another run in the ninth when Burke
hit a one-out single, reached second on an error and scored on a
single to center by Tyler Maxwell.
Trinity collected 17 hits, as Jack Abbott (Longmeadow,
Mass.) went 3-for-6 and Sean Killeen
(Greenfield, Mass.), Wood and Sullivan added two hits
apiece. Bates had five hits in the game, including two by
Burke.
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