Hartford, Conn. – Junior 3B Brett Gorman (Bedford,
N.Y.) went 2-for-4 with two runs and a stolen base and
drove home the game-winning run during a four-run top of the 10th
inning for the visiting Bowdoin College Polar Bears in a 9-7 win
against the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College
Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division baseball action this
afternoon. Trinity, ranked No. 1 in New England and No. 4 in
the nation, falls to 9-2 overall and 3-1 in the NESCAC East with
its first loss in nine games and its first against the Polar Bears
in seven games. The Bantams also drop their home opener for
the second year in a row. Bowdoin, ranked No. 4 in New
England, wins its fifth straight game to up its season mark to 14-3
overall and 1-0 in the division.
Bowdoin junior OF Brendan Garner (Swampscott,
Mass.) opened the 10th inning with a walk,
stole second base, and scored on a single by Gorman to give the
visitors a 6-5 lead. The Polar Bears added three more runs in
the inning on an RBI double by freshman DH Dan Findley
(Duxbury, Mass.), the fifth Trinity error of the game, and
an RBI single by senior captain C Reid Auger (Billerica,
Mass.). Trinity answered in the bottom of the
10th frame, as senior OF Jack Abbott
(Longmeadow, Mass.) drew a leadoff walk and scored on a
two-out double by classmate James Wood (Windham,
N.H.). Freshman Corey Jensen (Blairstown,
N.J.) singled home Wood, but Bowdoin senior captain RHP
Joe Pace (Newburyport, Mass.) got the next batter
to pop out and end the game. Pace worked 3.2 innings of
relief with three strikeouts to record the victory.
Trinity had turned a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead in the bottom
of the seventh inning on a three-run blast to left-center field by
Wood, but Bowdoin responded with two runs in the eighth inning on a
two-out, two-run double by junior OF Joe Comizio (Vienna,
Va.) to go back ahead, 5-4. Trinity forced the extra
inning in the top of the ninth frame on a leadoff double by Jensen
and RBI single by freshman 3B Stephen Rogers (Watertown,
Mass.).
Four pitchers allowed just two earned runs over 10 innings for
Trinity, including six innings with two hits allowed and three
unearned runs by senior lefty starter Derek Anderson (Great
Falls, Va.) to start the game, as the Bantams committed
five fielding miscues and added two costly passed balls. The
Trinity offense managed 15 hits, led by three for senior CF
Matt Sullivan (North Reading, Mass.), but left 14
runners stranded. Wood was 2-for-5 with two runs and four RBI
and freshman SS Stephen Howard (Cheshire, Conn.)
finished 2-for-5. Bowdoin committed four errors and left
eight runners on base.
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