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Sophomore 1B Tom Howard had three of Tufts' 11 hits
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MEDFORD - Junior catcher Matt Collins (Hopkinton, MA) hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth to give Tufts the lead, and he finished with five rbi as the Jumbo baseball team opened its 2011 home schedule with an 11-5 win over Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Wednesday afternoon at Huskins Field.
Collins also had a run-scoring double in the fourth and a sacrifice fly in the ninth as Tufts overcame a 3-0 deficit to win. He finished 2 for 4 and also scored two runs. Sophomore 1B Tom Howard (Rockville Centre, NY) finished 3 for 3 with two runs and an rbi, while junior 3B Sam Sager (Cranston, RI) was 1 for 2 with three runs scored and two rbi for Tufts.
The visiting Buccaneers scored in the top of the first after junior SS Andrew DiNisco (Malden, MA) led off with a double. He scored on a Tufts error. Mass Maritime went up 3-0 with two runs in the third. Sophoomre 3B Tyler Genereux (Duxbury, MA) doubled and scored, while sophomore DH Zachary Sullivan (Barnstable, MA) had an rbi single.
The Jumbos got to Bucs starter Keith Sanchez (Monroe Township, NJ) for three in the third to tie the score. Collins' rbi double and an rbi single by Howard highlighed the frame. Then, with two outs in the sixth, Sager's walk and a single by senior RF Chase Rose (Paradise Valley, AZ) set up Collins' homer to left that gave Tufts a 6-3 lead.
After Tufts added a solo run in the sixth, a two-run triple by senior 2B Frank Petroskey (Dallas, TX) gave the hosts a 9-3 advantage. Two more runs came across in the Tufts eighth, with Sager hitting an rbi single and also scoring.
Sullivan's two-run home run to right in the top of the eighth for MMA had made it a 9-5 game. He was 2 for 4 with a run scored and three rbi. DiNisco finished 2 for 2 with two runs scored at the top of the Bucs' order. Senior LF Nick Levitre (Grafton, MA) was 2 for 4 with a run and two rbi.
Both teams used several pitchers. Jumbo sophomore Dave Ryan (Trumbull, CT) was credited with the victory after pitching a scoreless fifth. Junior Jake Crawford (Boise, ID), sophomore Alex Cronkite (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) and senior Ed Bernstein (Foxborough, MA) also pitched scoreless innings for Tufts.
The Jumbos open their NESCAC East schedule on Friday against Bates at Huskins Field. Mass Maritime begins MASCAC play on Saturday at home against MCLA.
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