WALTHAM, Mass. – Eight different Bowdoin College baseball
players crossed the plate as the Polar Bears scored in seven
different innings to defeat the Brandeis University Judges, 11-3,
on Stein Diamond today to win their eighth straight contest.
Bowdoin (18-5), which entered the day ranked fourth in New England
by the America Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), was paced by
junior SS Chris McCann (Hopkinton, Mass.) and rookie 1B Joe Berte
(Marlborough, Mass.). McCann was 3-6 with a double, two runs scored
and three RBI. Berte went 2-4 at the plate with four RBI and runs
scored. He hit his team-leading fourth home run of the season in
the ninth inning.
Brandeis (15-9-1) outhit Bowdoin, 13-10, but the Judges, who had
runners in every inning, left 13 men on base. Junior DH Jon Winston
(Nanuet, N.Y.) went 3-5 at the plate with a double, while senior 1B
Chris Navis (Walpole, Mass.) had two RBI. He hit a two-run double
in the sixth inning that put the hosts on the scoreboard. Rookie RF
Mike Alfego (Shrewsbury, Mass.) had a sacrifice fly for the other
Brandeis RBI.
Bowdoin got all the scoring they would need for senior Will Waldrop
(Houston, Texas) in the first two innings. McCann led off the game
with a double, was bunted to third and scored on an infield
grounder to the first baseman by senior CF Jared Lemieux
(Readfield, Maine). With the bases loaded and two out in the
second, McCann struck again, singling up the middle to plate two
runs, with a third scoring on an overthrow.
Waldrop scattered eight hits in six innings of work, walking three
and striking out two to improve to 4-0 on the season. Brandeis
sophomore Tyler Robinson (Manotick, Ont.) suffered the loss,
surrendering five runs (three earned) and striking out five while
walking just one. Robinson also hit a batter.
Brandeis wraps up its five-game home stand tomorrow against Eastern
Nazarene College at 3:00 pm, while Bowdoin is at Roger Williams
University on Friday at 3:30.
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