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Lucas Flemming blasts his walkoff home run over the right-center field wall.
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Colby COLBY 29-9
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Winner Middlebury MIDDLEBU 29-10
Colby COLBY
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Middlebury MIDDLEBU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Colby COLBY 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 8 1
Middlebury MIDDLEBU 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 6 10 0

W: Gatland, Andrew (6-0) L: M. Scibilio (3-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Flemming’s Walk-Off Homer Leads Middlebury Past #25 Colby 6-5 To Earn A Spot In The NESCAC Championship

Lucas Flemming blasted a home run over the right-center field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning, leading Middlebury to a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over #25 Colby on Saturday and booking the Panthers a spot in the NESCAC Championship. 
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Mules loaded the bases in the top of the third. Ethan Hillenberg ripped a double to left, Marcus Forrester walked and Ryan Grace was hit by a pitch. Brady O'Brien lifted a sacrifice fly to center which plated Hillenberg, while Forrester touched home on a fielder's choice for a 2-0 lead.
  • Middlebury tied the contest with a pair of tallies in the fourth on back-to-back RBI singles from Andrew Ashley and Nathan Samii to drive in Mitchell Schroeder who reached on a fielder's choice and Baker Angstman who singled.
  • Colby answered with three scores in the fifth, highlighted by a two-run double by Genki LeClair and a base knock to left by Clint Flippo, for a 5-2 advantage.
  • The Panthers pulled to within two (5-3) in the fifth as Beau Root laced a one-out single to right and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Kyle McCausland.
  • Middlebury continued its comeback in the seventh. Flemming singled and Root reached on a fielding miscue to put runners on second and third. Chris Borter followed with a double off the wall in right center to bring the pair across the plate and tie the score at 5-5.
  • The Mules threatened in their half of the ninth when Noah Reichman doubled to center with two outs, but Panther reliever Andrew Gatland induced a pop-up to keep the contest deadlocked. 
  • In the bottom of the ninth, Flemming took the first pitch he saw and launched it over the fence in right center for the walkoff 6-5 triumph.
NOTES
  • McCausland's RBI in the fifth inning gives him 132 for his career, tying for the top spot in the program's record books.
  • Root swiped his 22nd stolen base of the year, moving him into a tie for second on the career list with 57 and a tie for fifth most in a single season. He also scored twice, placing him in a tie for second with 109 runs for his career.
  • Borter went 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of runs batted in.
  • Gatland pitched the final four innings to earn the win, improving to 6-0 overall this season. The six victories are tied for the second-most triumphs in program history.
  • Middlebury has won 21 of its last 24 games, improving to 29-10 this spring.
  • The contest with the Mules was the 41st matchup with Middlebury holding a 25-15-1 edge. The Panthers have won 11 matchups in a row.
  • The programs have met three times in the NESCAC Tournament, each coming in the semifinal round of the last three seasons. Middlebury won 16-14 in 2022 and claimed a 12-6 victory last spring.
The Panthers take the field on Sunday at 10:30 a.m., needing to win just once to earn the conference title against Tufts.
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