Bates (17-20) advanced to the Saturday evening game by knocking Tufts out of Saturday morning's elimination game, 8-7.

Amherst scored all six runs in the first four innings off of starter Will Levangie (Frederick, Md.), before being shut down over the final five frames by Bobcat right hander Chris Ward (Padadena, Calif.), who allowed only one hit in five innings while striking out seven. A three-run home run by Sam Berry (South Hamilton, Mass.), in the fourth inning chased Amherst starter Jackson Volle from the game. Sam Schneider tossed a perfect two and a third innings to pick up the win for the Jeffs, while Riley Street allowed one hit in three scoreless innings to notch his second save of the season.

Amherst scored two quick runs in the top of the first, but Bates wasted little time in getting on the board in the home half of inning, thanks to hustle and timely hitting. Bobcat center fielder Ryan McCarthy (Plaistow, N.H.) hit what looked to be a single to center field, but never stopped running when he rounded first base, sliding into second with the one-out hustle double. The aggressiveness paid off, as McCarthy came home on a Rockwell Jackson (Fort Worth, Tex.) single up the middle to put the Bobcats on the board, trailing 2-1.

Both teams traded zeros in the second, but the Jeffs tapped Levangie for three more runs in the top of the third. Harry Roberson singled and stole his second base of the game. Mike Odewaelder reached on a error and Yanni Thanopoulos singled through the left side to score Roberson. Levangie got Connor Gunn to ground out to first, but Anthony Spina came through with a two run single to center to make it 5-1, Amherst. Bates catcher Mekae Hyde (Lewiston, Maine) shut down the inning with a bullseye throw to second to catch Gunn stealing.

Bates got one of those runs back in the bottom of the third on Jackson's second RBI of the game, but Amherst starter Volle shut down a potential big inning when he got Conor Reenstierna (Lincoln, Mass.) to ground in to the double play and retired Evan Czopek (Portland, Ore.), as Bates left two runners on base in the inning and six runners on the base in the first three innings.

The Bobcats looked as though that trend might continue in the bottom of the fourth, as Hyde and McCarthy sandwiched a pair of singles around two outs, bringing Berry to the plate with two on and two out. And in a repeat of the early game with Tufts, Berry hit a carbon copy shot over the left center fence for his second three-run homer in two games, forcing Amherst to go the bullpen. Sam Schneider came in to relieve Volle and got Conor Reenstierna to ground out to third to end the inning.

From that point forward, it was a battle of the bull pens, with Schneider and Ward taking turns retiring side in order. Amherst got a runner as far as second in the sixth inning on a lead off double from Sina, but Ward retired the next three batters to end the inning.

Bates out-hit the Jeffs for the day, 12-9, led by three-hit games from McCarthy, who was 3-5 with two runs scored, and Jackson, who was 3-2 with two RBIs. Jackson had a team-high seven hits in the three tournament games. Berry also had a multi-hit game, going 2-4 with three RBIs. Roberson, Thanopoulos, and Spina each recorded two-hit games for Amherst.