BEVERLY, Mass. - Trinity College Baseball traveled to face #1 Endicott College in a non-conference matchup, narrowly falling to the top-ranked team 5-3. The Bantams enter the NESCAC tournament this weekend with a record of 13-20 (5-7 in NESCAC), while Endicott boasts a 34-2 record (11-1 in CCC) as they near the end of their regular season.

Key Takeaways:

• With one out and the bases loaded in the second inning, Luis Saldivia hit a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring the first run of the game. William Sawyer was sent home, with Jack Ryan advancing to third and Jack Mathews remaining on first.

• Mathews capitalized during Aidan Stern's at-bat by stealing second. Due to a wild pitch, both runners took an extra base, with Ryan scoring and lifting the Bantams to a 2-0 lead.

• Trinity maintained the 2-0 lead until the bottom of the 7th inning.

• Endicott then hit two RBI singles, tying the score with two innings remaining. 

• The Gulls put Bagshaw on the mound at the beginning of the eighth inning. Bantams' Aidan Stern reached base due to an error by Endicott's pitcher, advancing to second on the error. Dylan Schnitzer grounded out to second advancing Stern to third, placing him in an optimal scoring position. Meth sent Stern home with a deep hit into left field, regaining the lead for the Bantams at 3-2.

• However, with back-to-back doubles deep into the outfield, the Gulls reclaimed the lead, propelling ahead with two runs entering the 9th inning.

• Despite two hits and runners on first and second, the Bantams were unable to clinch the game in the final half inning, succumbing to a final score of 5-3 against the Gulls.
   

Trinity College enters the New England Small College Athletic Conference seeded No. 4 in the East Division, where they will face off against No. 1 Middlebury College (West Division) in the quarterfinals of a best-of-three series beginning Sunday, May 4th. Game one is scheduled for 12PM.