CHANDLER, MA -- After being shut out in game
one of a key divisional doubleheader Saturday, the Williams College
baseball team showed its mettle by bouncing back to defeat NESCAC
West rival Middlebury, 18-1, in the nightcap to win the series, two
games to one.
Williams improved to 5-5 with the win, 2-1 in the NESCAC West.
The Ephs are off Sunday, but back in action Monday with games
against Elmhurst and Gustavus Adolphus.
Middlebury junior Nick Angstman threw a three-hit, seven-inning
shutout in Saturday's opener, and the Panthers walked away with a
4-0 win to even the series.
The Eph bats would not be quieted for two games in a row
however. Holding a slim 2-1 lead after four innings in the
nightcap, the Ephs would add three in the fifth, two in the sixth,
four in the seventh, three in the eighth and four in the ninth for
the 18-1 win.
Sophomore Stephen Maier led the charge by going 6 for 7 with
eight RBI and three runs scored out of the lead-off spot. Williams
finished with 24 hits in the victory, more than enough for
sophomore Eddie Nadel, who was magnificant over seven innings,
allowing the Panthers just three hits while walking four and
striking out three. The run Nadel allowed was unearned.
The Ephs took the lead for good in the third when James Allison
singled and, with two outs, scored when Cameron Susk singled to
center. The ball was misplayed, and Allison scampered home all the
way from first for a 2-1 lead.
In the fifth, Susk, Pat Barren and Taylor Mondshein all had
RBI-singles. Maier led the charge after that, slamming an
RBI-double in the sixth, lashing a two-run single in the seventh,
delivering a bases-clearing, three-run triple in the eighth and
then lining a two-run single in the ninth.
Susk finished 4 for 6 with three RBI. First year KC Murphy was 4
for 6 with three runs scored. Allison, Mathews, Barren, and Chad
Brown all had two hits each for the Ephs.
That was quite the contrast from the game one defeat, when
Angstam limited the Ephs to two Mathews hits and one Robin Allemand
double. Williams starter Paul Burgdorf deserved a better fate as he
gave up only six hits over six innings. He did not walk a batter,
struck out eight, and all four runs he allowed were unearned.
