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Zip Malley went 3-for-4, scored twice and drove in another run during Saturday's nigthcap.
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Winner Middlebury MIDBASE 9-7, 1-1 NESCAC W
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Hamilton HAMILTON 7-6, 1-1 NESCAC W
Winner
Middlebury MIDBASE
9-7, 1-1 NESCAC W
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Final
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Hamilton HAMILTON
7-6, 1-1 NESCAC W
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Middlebury MIDBASE 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 9 0
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 8 2

W: Lessing, Justin (1-0) L: A. Regan (2-1) S: Gatland, Andrew (2)

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Winner Middlebury MIDBASE 10-7, 2-1 NESCAC W
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Hamilton HAMILTON 7-7, 1-2 NESCAC W
Winner
Middlebury MIDBASE
10-7, 2-1 NESCAC W
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Final
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Hamilton HAMILTON
7-7, 1-2 NESCAC W
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Middlebury MIDBASE 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 9 10 1
Hamilton HAMILTON 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 8 9 4

W: Gatland, Andrew (4-0) L: D. Jirgal (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Panthers Take Two From Continentals

The Middlebury baseball team posted wins during both ends of a NESCAC West doubleheader on Saturday against Hamilton. The Panthers were victorious 6-4 in the seven-inning opener and earned a 9-8 decision in 10 innings during the nightcap to take the weekend series 2-1 after dropping a 4-3 tilt on Friday evening. 
 
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Middlebury jumped out to an early edge in the seven-inning opener with a run in the third. Sammy Smith walked with the bases loaded to drive in Nathan Samii who was hit by a pitch.
  • The Continentals took the lead in the fifth. Chester Boynton stole home to tie the game at 1-1 and Alfonso Rada ripped a double to left field to plate Jackson Johns who had a bunt single. 
  • In the sixth inning, Kyle McCausland hit an RBI double to left center to bring home Samii who was hit by a pitch, while Baker Angstman gave the Panthers the lead for good with a run-scoring base hit to right center for a 3-2 lead.
  • Middlebury tacked on three scores in the seventh, highlighted by a two-run base knock by Angstman and a single to center by Samii, for a 6-2 advantage.
  • Hamilton put together a rally in its final at-bat, scoring on a single to right center from Boynton and on a wild pitch to make it 6-4. The Continentals loaded the bases with one out, but Panther reliever Andrew Gatland logged a strikeout and a lineout to earn the save and preserve the 6-4 victory.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
  • In the nine-inning nightcap, the hosts tallied single runs in the first on a wild pitch, the fourth on a solo home run by Michael Tallarida and the fifth when Taylor Kaufman stole home for a 3-0 lead.
  • The Panthers leveled the contest with three tallies in the sixth. McCausland delivered with a two-run double to right to plate Samii and Mitchell Schroeder, while Zip Malley followed with an RBI single through the left side to drive home McCausland for a 3-3 score.
  • Middlebury exploded with five runs in the top of the eighth. McCausland started the rally with a double down the right-field line, scoring on a base hit to left by Malley. Highlighting the frame was a bases-clearing triple from Beau Root to left center before Chris Borter made it an 8-4 game with an RBI groundout.
  • Hamilton responded with four runs in the bottom of the ninth. Shane Dux ripped a two-run single to center, Johns had a sacrifice fly and Jack Griffin tripled into the right-center field gap to plate Dux and tie the game at 8-8 and send it into extra innings.
  • Gus Parker began the 10th inning with an infield single, moved to second on a sac bunt by Cooper Bohlig and touched home plate on a double to right by Root for a 9-8 advantage.
  • The Continentals were unable to put together a rally in their at-bat, as Gatland allowed just one base runner to earn the 9-8 win for the Panthers.
NOTES
  • With his triple in the opener, Root moved into a tie for the program's career top spot with 11. Root's four RBI in the second contest were a career high.
  • McCausland went a combined 6-for-9 during the doubleheader with three doubles, three RBI and four runs scored.
  • McCausland moved into fifth place in the program's record books with 95 RBI.  
  • Gatland earned the save in game one and picked up the win on the mound in the nightcap for the Panthers. The victory is his team-leading fourth this season, while the save is his second of the spring. 
  • Saturday's contests were the 77th and 78th meetings between the Panthers and the Continentals with Middlebury owning a decisive 59-19 advantage. 
The Panthers return to competition on Wednesday with a 3:30 p.m. home contest against Union.
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