Box Score Recap courtesy of Colby College
WATERVILLE, ME - Sophomore pitcher Tim Superko hurled a five-hit shutout at Colby College with 14 strikeouts today as the Tufts baseball team opened its three-game weekend series against the Mules with a 9-0 win on Friday at Coombs Field.
Junior SS Matt Moser went 3 for 4, drove in five runs and scored three times to lead the Jumbos offensively. Tufts, ranked first in New England Division III, won its 20th game remained atop the NESCAC East at 5-2.
The Mules (14-7 overall, 3-4 NESCAC East) and the Jumbos will play two more games at Colby on Saturday at noon.
Moser had a two-run single in a three-run first inning and added a three-run homer in the fifth. He also doubled and walked in the game. Will Glazer added a homer in the sixth inning, a sacrifice fly in the seventh and drove in a run when he was hit by a pitch in the ninth.
Connor McDavitt added three hits and scored once for the Jumbos. Stephan White, James Howard and Tommy O'Hara all had two hits for the winners.
Jason Buco had a hit and walked to lead Colby. Peter McAuliffe went 1 for 1 with a double, while Andrew Della Volpe, Tim Corey and Chris Sonberg all went 1 for 2.
Tufts put the Mules in a hole quickly with the three runs in the first. The Jumbos loaded up the bases with one out and received a two-run single to center from Moser and then an rbi single from White.
Colby kept the game close until the Jumbos scored three more in the top of the fifth inning. Oscar Kutch led off with a double and moved to third when O'Hara singled. Moser followed with his three-run homer on a line drive to left field.
The Jumbos added lone runs in the sixth, seventh, and ninth innings. Glazier hit his homer to left field in the sixth. Glazier then drove in Moser with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. The same combination of Glazier and Moser were at it again for the last run, when Moser scored with the bases loaded after Glazier was struck by a pitch.
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