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Sam Sager had three hits in the first game for Tufts
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BRUNSWICK, ME - The Bowdoin College baseball team scored five runs in their final at-bat to shock Tufts, 8-7, and clinch a bid to the 2012 NESCAC Baseball Tournament in the opening game of a double-header on Saturday at Pickard Diamond.
The Polar Bears completed the sweep of the twinbill with a 4-2 victory in game two, improving to 21-14 (8-4 NESCAC) and earning a second-place finish in the NESCAC East Division. Tufts falls to 20-11 (4-8 NESCAC) and misses the conference tourney.
Trailing 7-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning of game one, Bowdoin scored twice to trim the lead to 7-3 on a Danny Findley sac fly and an error. The Polar Bears mounted the game-winning five-run rally in the bottom of the seventh by piecing together four hits, an error and a walk against three different Tufts pitchers. With the bases loaded and one out, Tim McGarry was hit by a pitch to make it 7-4. Findley delivered a single through the left side to score two more runs and cut it to 7-6. Luke Regan tied the game with a run-scoring single and, after a walk to Buddy Shea loaded the bases again, Sam Canales ripped a single to left to lift the Polar Bears to an unlikely win.
Tufts had built its lead with a pair of three-run innings in the third and sixth. Sam Sager (Cranston, RI) had three hits while Wade Hauser (Palo Alto, CA) had two hits, a double and three rbi.
Christian Sbily (Gaithersburg, MA) tossed a solid 5.2 innings, allowing one earned run and striking out three before giving way to three relievers, who combined to allow five runs - four earned - on five hits and two walks in two-thirds of an inning. Tom Ryan (Walpole, MA) took the loss for the Jumbos.
John Lefeber and Oliver Van Zant had two hits each for Bowdoin, while Findley had three rbi. Jay Loughlin earned the win with two innings of relief, allowing three earned runs.
Bowdoin rode senior starter Tim Welch to victory in game two, as the left-hander tossed six innings, allowing no earned runs and striking out seven for the victory. The Polar Bears scored twice on hits by Duncan Taylor and Cole DiRoberto in the second and tagged on an unearned run in the seventh and a run-scoring single by Jordan Edgett in the eighth.
Max Freccia (Stamford, CT) and Tom Howard (Rockville Centre, NY) had the rbi hits for Tufts, who got a complete game from Dean Lambert (Cross River, NY). He permitted two earned runs and five hits in the loss.
Duncan Taylor had two hits for Bowdoin, who got three strong innings of relief from Henry Van Zant and John Lefeber to seal the victory.
Game 1 box score
Game 2 box score
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Game recap courtesy of Bowdoin College
