Full day of action in the NESCAC did a whole lot of sorting out in both divisions.
Great starts by Jeff Blout ’14 and Gavin Pittore ’16 shut down the potent Williams offense as Wesleyan swept the doubleheader to complete a weekend sweep. The offense was led by Robby Harbison ’17 who had three hits in both games. The sweep leaves Wesleyan alone at the top of the West at 6-0 in the NESCAC. Williams has the stats and recap on their website.
Tufts and Trinity played two great games with the Bantams taking the first one in extras before the Jumbos fought back to win the second game. Recaps and stats for both games can be found on the Trinity website. It was the third consecutive series loss for the Bantams in conference play while Tufts lost their first conference game
Bowdoin and Colby split their doubleheader with Bowdoin taking the first game behind a Chad Martin ’14 three run homer before Colby struck back by scoring four in the sixth to break the scoreless deadlock. Here is the Bowdoin website recap complete with video highlights. For all the Mules fans here is the Colby website recap.
The last conference matchup saw Middlebury win the first game in extra innings before Hamilton responded with a nice 7-2 victory behind a seven run six inning. Colin Henneberger ’14 went the complete game for the victory. There isn’t a recap available yet, but Middlebury’s website has stats and the play by play of both games.
Finally in non-conference play Amherst had a nice doubleheader sweep of Endicott college. John Cook ’15 and Dylan Driscoll ’14 had their normal dominant outings and Andrew Vandini ’16 went 5-5 in the second game of the doubleheader. Amherst’s website covers it all here.
The West looks pretty clear cut with Wesleyan at 6-0 and Amherst at 4-1 with Williams the next closest team at 4-5. The East is still very jumbled with Tufts (3-1) at the top and Colby separating themselves a little by moving to 4-2. Still a lot of baseball to be played before things will be certain for sure. Here is a link to the complete NESCAC standings.