Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA- Offense
was hard to come by Sunday afternoon as the Williams College
baseball team (13-7) dropped consecutive 2-1 decisions to
Tufts. The losses mark the third time in four
games that the Ephs have been held to one run or fewer.
"These were two well pitched games and we just
couldn't get that clutch hit," said head coach Bill
Barrale. "There was good defense and good
pitching, and I'd much rather lose 2-1 than 15-12 where we go out
and kick the ball around."
In game 1, the Ephs looked to their ace,
junior Dan Benz, to shut down the potent Jumbo
offense. Although his command was unusually
erratic, Benz battled through five scoreless
innings.
In the sixth, the Jumbos put runners on first
and second with no out, but a double play started by junior Barrett
Alison left a runner on second with two outs.
Benz looked poised to escape the inning with a 1-0 lead, but two
walks and double chased the left-hander and handed the Ephs their
first deficit of the game, 2-1.
The Ephs loaded the bases with nobody out in
the bottom half of the sixth, but the Jumbos were able to escape
with no damage and hold on for the one run
victory. In the loss, senior captain James
DiCosmo went 3-4 at second base and Benz finished the game allowing
two earned runs and striking out three in six innings.
Game 2 saw junior Ben Horowitz getting the
start for the Ephs and he looked sharp throughout the
contest. In six innings, the left-hander allowed
only two earned runs and struck out seven.
However, those two runs were all Tufts needed as first year pitcher
Pat O'Donnell went all nine innings, allowing only one run on two
hits while striking out seven. The only Eph
offense came from an RBI double by first year Pat Barren in the
sixth.
The Ephs will now have a week of
practice before embarking on a three game weekend series against
archrival Amherst starting April 12.
