SAN ANTONIO, TX (March 15, 2026) – The Tufts University baseball team hit six home runs as they dominated Trinity University (TX), 24-9, in the second meeting of a three game set in San Antonio, TX on a hot Sunday afternoon at Trinity Baseball Field.
The Jumbos (6-1, 0-0 NESCAC) placed
Cole Donato on the hill for his second start of the season. The senior struggled early, allowing three runs on two hits and a walk. Donato regained command and earned the win, conceding no earned runs and two hits, while striking out four batters in the following 4.2 innings.
Similar to yesterday, Tufts' offense started off strong by jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
Malcolm Whitfield led off the game with a single out to left field and eventually scored from an RBI single by
Jack Kamin.
AJ Lysko then singled to left center and
Owen McKiernan kept his hot bat alive with a two-run single into left field that scored both Kamin and Lysko.
Trinity responded right away by knotting the game at three in the bottom half of the first. John Ramsey and Sawyer Haynes crossed home on a two-run double from Will Baker. Baker then evened score off of an RBI double from Jack Spenst.
The Tigers took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the third inning after a throwing error by
James Henshon allowed Baker to reach home from third.
The Jumbos put seven runs on the board and took a 10-4 advantage in the top of the fourth, an inning where Tufts tallied six hits including two homers. Lysko continued his strong day with a two-run shot to deep right center field that scored Kamin.
Tyler Wong blasted his first collegiate-career home run to left field that scored
Max Pavlik as well. Henshon later tripled over the head of the centerfielder scoring
Jesse McCullough from second and
Caden Abraham from first. Henshon touched home for the final Jumbo run of the inning after Kamin collected his third hit of the afternoon with an RBI single through the left side of the infield.
Lachlan Ellis relieved Donato with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning after a stellar performance. Ellis was solid, producing three strikeouts in 1.1 innings of action with no earned runs allowed.
The Jumbos offense kept their foot on the gas as they poured on 12 more runs across the fifth and sixth innings to take a commanding 22-4 lead. Kamin, Pavlik, and Henshon all rounded the bases after going deep in that span. Kamin's grand slam was the first home run of his collegiate-career.
The home run barrage would continue for Tufts as
Cole Bohane gave the Jumbos a 24-5 lead with a two-run shot to deep right center that scored Kamin in the top of the eighth.
Three Jumbo batters finished with three or more hits on the day, Kamin (5-for-7), Pavlik (3-for-4), and Wong (4-for-5). The five home runs for Tufts mark the most deep balls in a game as a team since a 28-2 win over Brandeis on April 4, 2015.
Tufts will face Trinity (TX) tomorrow at 8 PM for the final contest in a three game stretch in San Antonio.
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