Trinity Baseball Falls Just Short of Bowdoin in Comeback Attempt
Hartford, Conn. – Senior tri-captain Kevin
Mortimer (Spencer, Mass.) hit a homerun in the bottom of
the ninth to bring the Bantams within a run, but Bowdoin senior
tri-captain closer Ian Edwards (Bangor, Maine)
struck out the side to cap a 12-11 win for the Polar Bears in
NESCAC East baseball action today on Campus Field. Trinity
had trailed 11-1 in the middle of the fifth, but clawed their way
back before running out of innings. Bowdoin picks up its
fourth straight win to improve to 15-8 overall and 3-1 in the
league, while Trinity drops their first in 12 games to slip to 19-6
overall, and 6-1 in the NESCAC.
The Polar Bears surged to an 11-1 lead, highlighted by a seven-run
fifth inning in which Bowdoin picked up five hits and took
advantage of two Bantam miscues. Trinity’s gloves saved
some runs later in the game, highlighted by two diving catches by
an outstretched junior Michael Rueger (Teaneck,
N.J.) in center field, the second of which resulting in a
double play.
Trinity edged Bowdoin in hits, 14-13, but left seven runners in
scoring position in the last seven innings of play. Mortimer
led the way for Trinity with four hits and three RBI, while Rueger
had three hits and three RBI. Junior Alex Almeida
(Bridgeport, Conn.) picked up two hits, including a
homerun, scored three runs, plated two RBI, and walked in the
game. Junior Stephen Rogers (Watertown,
Mass.) also recorded two hits for the Bantams.
Bowdoin junior Dan Findley (Duxbury, Mass.)
frustrated Trinity pitching all day long, picking up three hits and
reaching base in all six of his at-bats. Freshman Aaron
Rosen (Morganville, N.J.) also recorded three hits for the
Polar Bears, and stole a base in the game.
Bowdoin sophomore Christian Martin (Lake Bluff,
Ill.) struck out six in 5.2 innings of work on the mound
to improve to 4-1 on the season. He is averaging more than
ten strikeouts per nine innings on the
season.
Trinity and Bowdoin square off in games two and three of the
weekend-series tomorrow, starting at noon.
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