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Ben Slaughter had a career-high three hits, including a homer in the sixth inning.
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Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 7-13, 2-4 NESCAC W
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Winner Middlebury MIDBASE 13-9, 4-1 NESCAC W
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN
7-13, 2-4 NESCAC W
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Final
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Middlebury MIDBASE
13-9, 4-1 NESCAC W
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 6 1
Middlebury MIDBASE 2 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 X 11 12 1

W: Handa, Kunal (3-0) L: D. Tirrell (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Posts 11-4 Win To Seal Series Sweep Over Wesleyan

The Middlebury baseball team scored in five different innings en route to an 11-4 triumph over Wesleyan on Sunday. With the win, the Panthers complete the NESCAC West sweep after taking both ends of Friday's doubleheader by scores of 10-4 in the seven-inning opener and 5-3 in the nightcap.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • The hosts struck with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning. Owen Fox ripped an RBI double to right-center field to plate Nathan Samii, who reached on an error, while Pablo Spielman-Rodriquez raced home on a groundout by Anthony Pellagrini for a 2-0 advantage.
  • The visitors leveled the contest at 2-2 in the second when Evan Diaz walked and scored on a home run to left center from Luke LaSaracina.
  • Middlebury regained the advantage in the home half with four runs. Samii and Spielman-Rodriquez produced back-to-back run-scoring doubles, while Kyle McCausland launched a two-run homer that tucked inside the left-field foul pole to take a 6-2 lead.
  • The Panthers tacked on a tally in the fourth when Samii roped a single to left to bring home Ben Slaughter.
  • Wesleyan cut into the deficit in the sixth on a Jack Carpenter RBI single down the left-field line. Reliever Kunal Handa came on with two runners on and nobody out, squashing the rally with a double play and a strikeout to keep it a 7-3 contest.
  • In the bottom of the frame, Middlebury pushed the lead to five (8-3) when Slaughter blasted a roundtripper over the wall in left.
  • The Panthers added a trio of runs in the seventh, highlighted by a run-scoring double that banged high off the left-field wall from Slaughter, for an 11-3 advantage.
  • Wesleyan scored a run a frame later on a run-scoring base knock up the middle from Derek Lacey for the final 11-4 tally.
NOTES
  • McCausland's homer was his NESCAC-leading seventh of the season and 35th of his career. The hit gives him 177 as a Panther, tying him for the program record.
  • Samii concluded the weekend going 8-for-11 with three doubles, four RBI, a homer and five runs scored.
  • Slaughter posted a career-best three hits in four trips to the plate, including a double and a homer.
  • Handa picked up the win on the mound with two shutdown innings, improving to 3-0.
  • Middlebury has won seven in a row and 10 of the last 12 contests against the Cardinals.
The Panthers continue their homestand with a Tuesday contest against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) at 4:00 p.m.
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