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Giattino 42223
4
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 11-14
8
Winner Amherst AMHERST 16-9-1
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN
11-14
4
Final
8
Amherst AMHERST
16-9-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 9 0
Amherst AMHERST 2 3 0 1 1 1 X 8 11 1

W: Giattino, Nicholas (4-2) L: A. Deutsch (2-2)

6
Winner Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 12-14
2
Amherst AMHERST 16-10-1
Winner
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN
12-14
6
Final
2
Amherst AMHERST
16-10-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 13 0
Amherst AMHERST 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 2

W: A. Karabenic (1-1) L: Ribitzki, Jacob (2-2) S: D. Tirrell (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mammoths settle for split of twinbill with Wesleyan; claim Little 3 title

AMHERST, Mass. --  Junior Nicholas Giattino earned his third consecutive complete-game win Saturday as the Amherst College baseball team split its conference doubleheader with Little 3 rival Wesleyan, winning the opener 8-4 before losing the nightcap, 6-2.

The split decision left the Mammoths with a 16-10-1 overall mark, and a 5-4 NESCAC West record. They also clinched a spot in the NESCAC quarterfinals and remain in contention for a West Division crown. Amherst, Wesleyan, Middlebury and Hamilton each have 5-4 records in the division after today. 

Next up for the Mammoths is a home game Tuesday vs. Elms College at 3:30 p.m.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS:

* With the 8-4 victory, Amherst claimed the 20223 Little 3 championship. 

* Down 1-0 after a half inning, four straight one-out hits in the bottom of the first gave the Mammoths a 2-1 lead. Jack McDermott got things going with a single to right.  Ryan McIntyre singled to center and Luke Padian followed with an RBI-single to center to tie the game. Jack Dove then ripped a single to left to score McIntyre and give Amherst a 2-1 lead. 

* Amherst added three in the second to take a 5-1 lead. Ben Smith and Javier Irizarry were hit by pitches back-to-back to start the frame. Jack Boyle ripped a double to left-center field that scored Smith an put runners on second and third. Jack Sampedro bounced a seeing-eye single back up the middle and through a drawn-in infield to score Smith and Boyle for a 5-1 advantage. 

* Up 5-2 in the bottom of the fourth, Sampedro drilled a solo home run to left field, his first of the season, for a 6-2 lead. 

* Giattino went seven full, allowing nine hits and four runs, all earned. He did not walk a batter and struck out six to improve to 4-2 on the season. 

* Five different Mammoths had two hits in the win. Padian was 2 for 2 with an RBI. Boyle was 2 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Sampedro was 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs and a run scored. 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS: 

* McDermott would give the Mammoths a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first with a one-out solo home run to right, but Wesleyan scored six unanswered runs to build a 6-1 lead. 

* Amherst scored again in the bottom of the seventh when McIntyre led off with a single and Padian followed with an RBI-double to center field. 

* The Mammoths were limited to five hits in the loss. Padian was 2 for 4 with an RBI. McDermott was 2 for 4 with a double and home tun.
 
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