MEDFORD, Mass. -- Tufts finished with 21 hits in 12 innings while sweeping a baseball doubleheader against Bates on Saturday. The scores of the seven-inning games were 14-2 and 5-1. Tufts pitching allowed just seven hits in 14 innings against the Bobcats.

Bates (1-3) returns to action on Saturday, May 1 when the Bobcats host Colby in a doubleheader beginning at 1pm. 

Game One: Tufts 14, Bates 2

The Jumbos scored four times in the first inning and seven times in the fourth inning to take command in a 14-2 win over the Bobcats in game one of Saturday's doubleheader.

Michael Volgende improved to 3-0 with five innings, allowing three hits and one earned run in the opener for the Jumbos. Silas Reed and Justin Wells pitched scoreless innings in relief.

Tufts hit four home runs in the contest. A grand slam by Ryan Daues in the first inning put Tufts up 4-0. Peter DeMaria hit a solo shot in the third and then Miles Reid added a three-run home run in the fourth and a two-run homer in the fifth as the Jumbos played long-ball while building a 12-0 lead. Brandon Bay also had a two-run double when Tufts scored seven times in the fourth.

The Bobcats scored their two runs in the fifth on two hits, a walk and a Jumbo error. 

With one away, senior captain Zach Avila (San Francisco, Calif.) singled to center. Then with two down, junior Kevin Lucey (Topsfield, Mass.) drew a walk. Sophomore Tyler Attal (Los Angeles) followed with an RBI single to right. Attal finished with two of Bates' three hits in the game. He also recorded a stolen base in the contest.

Senior captain Christian Beal (Flossmoor, Ill.) reached on an error after Attal's single. Lucey scored on the play for the second run of the day for Bates.

Reid finished 3 for 5 with five RBIs and three runs scored for the Jumbos. DeMaria was 2 for 2 with three runs and Daues also recorded five RBIs. Nate Bozzella had two hits and scored twice. Senior captain Peter Schuldt (Winnetka, Ill.) started and pitched three innings, allowing five runs on four hits, taking the loss for Bates.

Game Two: Tufts 5, Bates 1

Cameron Mayer allowed just two hits in six innings with eight strikeouts and one walk in the nightcap, leading Tufts to a 5-1 win over the Bobcats.

Mayer (2-0) only allowed one Bobcat to reach third base in his game-two start. The Jumbo offense sprung for three runs after two were out in the second inning. Kyle Cortese started it with a double and Ozzie Fleischer singled him home. A Bates error and a balk led to the next two runs.

Two more Bates errors helped Fleischer score in the fourth after he led off with a single. Reid then started the sixth with a double and scored on a single by Jimmy Evans for a 5-0 Tufts advantage.

Avila led off the Bates seventh with a single. With two outs, first-year Evan Hall (Silver Spring, Md.) delivered a pinch-hit single to right for his first collegiate hit. Attal got hit by a pitch to load the bases and Avila spoiled the shutout by scoring on a wild pitch.

Reid had two more hits in the nightcap to finish the day 5 for 8 with two doubles, two home runs four runs scored and five RBIs. Fleischer went 3 for 3 with two runs and an RBI in game two. The pitching loss went to Bates junior Ian Tolis (Madison, Conn.), who went 1.2 innings, allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out four.