Shwartz	Thayer
Beaton	Farrell
Maxwell	N. Burke
Lynd	Gallant

WATERVILLE, Maine -- The Colby College baseball team finished the season with a three-game winning streak after scoring three times in the fifth inning and then hanging on for a 5-3 victory over Bates College on Thursday at Coombs Field.

Colby ends the season at 8-22, while Bates falls to 12-20. The Bobcats play a doubleheader at Fisher College in Haverhill, Mass., Friday at 4 p.m.

Matt Moore worked into the eighth inning for Colby to earn his third victory of the season. Wil Hartigan closed the game down to notch his third save of the year.

Bates and Colby traded runs in the first inning. Bates junior Tom Beaton (West Newbury, Mass.) singled to lead off the game and then stole second base. He scored the opening run of the contest on an unearned run against Moore after a Colby error.

John Lerner doubled and later scored on a wild pitch for the Mules in the first inning.

Ryan Conlon had a leadoff double for the Mules in a three-run fifth inning. Richard Newton singled and Brendan Gallagher followed with a two-run triple to give Colby the lead for good. Gallagher then came across to score on an RBI single by Lerner.

Robb Arndt led off the seventh inning with a walk for Colby and later scored on a double by Craig Cooper.

Bates added lone runs in the eighth and ninth innings. Senior Dave Farrell (Chatham, Mass.) walked and was replaced by senior pinch-runner Tyler Maxwell (Coventry, Vt.). After a single and a walk, Sophomore Noah Burke (Appleton, Maine) had an RBI groundout to make to 5-2 after seven innings. Sophomore Noah Lynd (Meriden, N.H.) doubled to lead off the ninth and later scored on an RBI double by sophomore Alex Gallant (Bangor, Maine).

Gallagher had an a pair of hits and two RBI for Colby. Lerner and Ryan Conlon also had two hits apiece for the Mules.

Lynd had two hits and a walk for Bates. Senior Ben Shwartz (Mattapoisett, Mass.) started on the mound for Bates and dipped to 4-2, going seven innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on seven hits and two walks while striking out two. Shwartz moved into a tie for second place with former teammate Sean VanderVliet '08 on Bates' all-time list for career starts, with 26. Senior Ben Thayer (Gorham, Maine) pitched a shutout eighth inning.

Box Score: Colby 5, Bates 3