Steven Simon '23 (photo by Sportspix)
Posted: Mar 07, 2023
BEVERLY, Mass. – The Brandeis University baseball team faced an alumnus head coach for the second day in a row, but couldn't come up with any answers for Brian Haley '99's Endicott squad, falling 20-0 to the Gulls.
TEAM RECORDS
- Brandeis, 1-1.
- Endicott, 2-0, ranked #10 in Division III by Collegiate Baseball, #12 by D3Baseball.com
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After scoring three runs in the first against sophomore Winston Wacha (Newton, Mass. / Newton South), who was making his first start, the Gulls sent 16 batters to the plate and scored 12 runs against Wacha and two Brandeis relievers in the second.
- The Gulls would add two more runs in the third.
- The Judges kept them off the board again until they tacked on three in the eighth.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Brandeis got five hits, all singles, from the top three in their order. Junior CF Sam Nugent (Mansfield, Mass. / Mansfield) and senior RF Steven Simon (Hanover, Mass. / Hanover) had two hits, and first-year 2B Alex Kim (Basking Ridge, N.J. / Seton Hall Prep) had one.
- Junior 1B Nick Heafey (Florence, Mass. / Williston-Northampton School) stole a base.
- Wacha suffered the loss in his first start after missing his rookie season to elbow surgery.
- All nine Endicott starters had hits. CF Caleb Shpur wielded the big bat, homering twice and tripling, driving in six RBI and scoring three runs.
- Gabe Van Emon went six innings, allowing four hits and five strikeout without walking a batter.
- Brady Stuart earned an unlikely save, allowing one hit in three innings of relief. He struck out two and walked one.
UP NEXT
- The Judges head to Medford, Mass., tomorrow to take on Tufts at 3:30 p.m.
- Brandeis's game against MIT, scheduled for Saturday at Trinity College, has been postponed due to inclement weather in the forecast. No makeup date has yet been announced.