Hartford, Conn. - After pounding out 19 hits in an 11-5 win in
the first game, the Trinity College Bantams used a six-hitter with
four strikeouts by sophomore righty Andrew Janiga
(Ellington, Conn.) and a walk-off homer by senior
co-captain C Sean Killeen (Greenfield, Mass.) in
the ninth inning for a 2-1 triumph in the nightcap over the
visiting Tufts University Jumbos in New England Small College
Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division baseball action this
afternoon. Trinity, ranked No. 4 in New England and in the
nation, improves to 15-3 overall and 6-0 in the division and takes
a sweep of the three-game series this weekend. The Jumbos
fall to 5-13 overall and 2-4 in the NESCAC East.
In the first game, Trinity took a 2-0 lead after one inning on a
two-run blast over the center field fence by junior 1B Kent
Graham (Longmeadow, Mass.). Tufts scored in the top
of the fourth inning on three walks and a fielder's choice, before
Trinity erupted for three runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth
frames. The Jumbos touched Bantam starter James
Ramsey (Belmont, Mass.) for four runs in the seventh
inning, but the freshman lefty completed the five-hitter with seven
K's for his fourth win of the year. Trinity junior OF
Jack Abbott (Longmeadow, Mass.) went 4-for-4 with
a double, while senior co-captain 2B Ryan Piacentini
(Portland, Maine) was 3-for-4 with three runs, and two
RBI, and Graham finished 2-for-4 with three RBI. Tufts
sophomore SS David Leresche (St. Louis, Mo.) was
2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, a double, and a home run.
Janiga outdueled Tufts senior RHP Mike Stefaniak
(Needham, Mass.), who also allowed six hits and fanned
four in a complete-game effort, yielding just a single Jumbo run in
the fourth inning on doubles by freshman 2B Sam Sager
(Cranston, R.I.) and junior 1B Corey Pontes
(Milton, Mass.). Trinity answered in the bottom of
the fourth with a leadoff home run over the left field fence by
Piacentini. The Bantams put runners on second and third
immediately following the homer on a single by Killeen and a double
by Graham, but Stefaniak pitched his way out of trouble with a pair
of groundouts and a strikeout to end the inning. Killeen was
2-for-4, while Sager and sophomore OF Chase Rose
(Scottsdale, Ariz.) were both 2-for-4 for Tufts
offensively in game two.
Game 1 box
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Game 2 box
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