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Sam Maliska picked up the win with three shutout innings of relief in the second game of Bates' doubleheader at Williams on April 19, 2015. (File photo by Josh Kuckens/Bates College)
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Bates College BATB 8-11
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Winner Williams College WILBB 8-13
Bates College BATB
8-11
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Final
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Williams College WILBB
8-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bates College BATB 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0
Williams College WILBB 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 0

W: Luke Rodino (2-3) L: DiFranco, Rob (2-2)

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Winner Bates College BATB 9-11
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Williams College WILBB 8-14
Winner
Bates College BATB
9-11
6
Final
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Williams College WILBB
8-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Bates College BATB 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 10 1
Williams College WILBB 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 11 2

W: Maliska, Sam (1-0) L: Jacob Slater (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball comes back in second game to pick up split at Williams

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Williams College Ephs (8-14) and the Bates College Bobcats (9-11) split a doubleheader this afternoon at Bobby Coombs Field, with Williams taking the first game 3-2 and Bates winning the second 6-4 in 10 innings.

The first game was a pitchers' duel for the first four innings; Williams' Luke Rodino and Bates junior Connor Colombo (Mendon, Mass.) combined for seven strikeouts, four hits and no walks; Colombo finished the game with eight strikeouts in six innings. 

In the bottom of the fifth, however, Williams was able to get an edge on the Bobcat pitcher. Nate Michalski singled through the right side and then advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Jackson Parese singled to center, setting up Michalski to score on a passed ball. Colombo got out of the inning without further damage, but the Ephs took a 1-0 lead.

Rodino held his shutout through the sixth, but with two outs in the seventh and final inning, senior Nate Pajka (Douglas, Mass.) and junior Samuel Warren (Norfolk, Va.) both singled to put runners on first and second. Then sophomore Brendan Fox (West Hartford, Conn.) singled to left-center, driving in the tying run. Two wild pitches later, Pajka came home to give Bates a 2-1 lead.

The Ephs came up to bat down one in the bottom of the 7th  against a new pitcher, junior Rob DiFranco (Melrose, Mass.). DiFranco hit Michalski and then walked Parese before hitting Lev Schecter with another pitch to load the bases with one out, and was replaced by junior righthander Mark Cunningham (Canton, Mass.). Luke Pierce came through with a hard-hit liner down the first base line for a walk-off, two-run double, handing Williams the tight 3-2 victory in the first game of the doubleheader.

Rodino (2-3) got the win in a complete game, while DiFranco was charged with the loss. Fox notched the Bobcats' only RBI of the game, while Pierce went 2-4 for Williams, including his walk-off double.

In the second game, Bates opened the scoring with a two-run double by senior Sam Berry (Hamilton, Mass.) in the third inning; Jack Roberts responded for the Ephs with an RBI double of his own, cutting the lead to one.

Williams took the lead in the fifth when Schecter singled through the left side and Pierce brought him home with a triple down the right-field line. Pierce scored on the next play, a grounder to short by Phil McGovern.

Bates evened the score at 3-3 in the top of the seventh. Senior Alex Parker (Lewiston, Maine), who got the start at shortstop and went 1-for-1, reached base three times and drove in a run, led off with a bunt single. Parker reached third on a groundout and an error, but was thrown out at home on senior Mekae Hyde's (Lewiston, Maine) fielder's choice. Berry followed with a double to center, however, to score Hyde.

Williams added another run in the bottom of the inning, however, with Roberts driving in Schecter.

Jacob Slater entered the game to pitch for Williams in the ninth, and Hyde greeted him with a bloop single into short centerfield to bring sophomore Ryan McCarthy (Plaistow, N.H.) home with the tying run from second. Williams couldn't respond in the bottom of the ninth against Bates senior righthander Sam Maliska (Palo Alto, Calif.), and the game went into extra inningss tied at 4-4.

The Bobcats picked up where they left off in the 10th: senior Rockwell Jackson (Fort Worth, Texas) led off with a single up the middle, then advanced to second on a bunt by sophomore Evan Czopek (Portland, Ore.). Fox singled to right, putting runners on the corners. McCarthy then struck a double deep to left, bringing in Jackson, and a sac fly by Parker brought in the Bates' sixth run.

Maliska came back out to pitch the bottom of the 10th and allowed a leadoff double by Adam Dulsky, but stranded Dulsky there to pick up the win, moving to 1-0 with three shutout innings of relief. Slater (2-1) was charged with the loss.

Berry had an excellent day at the plate for Bates, hitting three doubles and driving in three runs. Jackson was 2-for-5 with a double. For the Ephs, Pierce went 3-4 and scored two runs, while Roberts recorded two RBIs on a 2-4 performance.

Although both colleges are members of the New England Small College Athletic Conference, in baseball and softball Bates and Williams are non-league opponents.

Bates hosts Husson on Tuesday at 3:30pm.

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