Hartford, Conn. - Junior 1B Kent Graham
(Longmeadow, Mass.) led an offensive onslaught with five
hits in eight at-bats, three homers, four runs, eight RBI to lead
the Trinity College Bantams to a 19/18-1/8 doubleheader sweep
against the visiting Colby College Mules in New England Small
College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division baseball action
this afternoon. Trinity, ranked No. 7 in in the nation,
improves to 21-3 overall with its eighth and ninth wins in a row
and completes a three-game sweep of the Mules for the weekend and a
perfect 12-0 mark in the division for the second consecutive
season. Colby falls to 5-17 overall and 1-8 in the league, while
extending its losing skid to eight games.
Trinity scored six times in the first inning of the first game
and led, 14-0 after four frames en route an easy triumph.
Bantam sophomore righty Andrew Janiga (Ellington,
Conn.) allowed one hit with four strikeouts to take the
victory on the hill. In the second game, Colby used a
seven-run second inning to go ahead, 7-3, but the Bantams
methodically scored three runs in each of the first three innings
and two in the fourth for an 11-8 lead. Bantam junior LHP
Derek Anderson (McLean, Va.) pitched 5.2 scoreless
innings of relief to earn the victory, and classmate Jack
Abbott (Longmeadow, Mass.) drove in the game-tying and
game-winning runs on a two-out, two-run single in the third.