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BASE Celly WNE 32724
7
Western New Eng. WESTERN 6-8
11
Winner Amherst AMHERST 7-2
Western New Eng. WESTERN
6-8
7
Final
11
Amherst AMHERST
7-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western New Eng. WESTERN 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 7 8 3
Amherst AMHERST 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 4 X 11 10 1

W: Luna, Tyson (2-0) L: C. Marshall (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

McCord homers help Mammoths top WNE in home opener, 11-7

AMHERST, Mass. -- Tyler McCord led off the bottom of the eighth inning with his second solo home run of the game, snapping a 7-7 tie and leading the Amherst College baseball team to its sixth consecutive victory via an 11-7 decision over Western New England University Wednesday in the Mammoths home opener on Memorial Field. 

Amherst improved to 8-2 overall with the victory while the Golden bears slipped to 6-9. The Mammoths are back home Friday to host Little 3 rival Wesleyan at 3 p.m.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* WNE scored four runs in the top of the eighth to rally from a 7-3 deficit and tie the game. McCord led off the bottom of the inning and crushed a pitch over the fence in left field for his second home run of the game an third of the season for an 8-7 lead. 

* Jack Boyle followed McCord with a line single to center and stole second. After an out, he moved to third on a wild pitch. Jack McDermott drew a walk and stole second. With the infield in, Ryan McIntyre ripped a low liner past the shortstop for a two-run single and a 10-7 lead. McIntyre went to second on the play and to third on a walk. After a walk to Luke Padian, he stole home as the Golden Bears chose to throw Padian out at second base, giving Amherst an 11-7 lead. 

* Amherst trailed 2-0 after the top of the first but got a run back in its half of the first when McIntyre beat out a roller to the shortstop hole and took second on a throwing error and third on a passed ball. He scored when Padian singled to center. 

* The Mammoths tied the game in the second when McCord smoked a solo home run to left wth two outs in the bottom of the second. 

* Amherst scored three times in the bottom of the third to take a 5-2 lead. Jack Sampedro walked and stole second. McDermott singled him to third and McIntyre grounded an RBI-single through the shortstop hole. Padian scored the second run on a groundout to second and Jack Dove scored the third when he reached on an error. 

* Up 6-3 in the bottom of the sixth, Boyle made it 7-3 when he launched his first career home run, a shot well over the fence in left field. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Amherst had 10 hits. McIntyre was 3 for 5 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI. McCord was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored, 2 RBI and the 2 home runs. Boyle was 2 for 3 with 3 runs scored and 4 stolen bases. 

* Tyson Luna improved to 2-0 with two scoreless innings of relief. He allowed one hit, did not walk a batter, and struck out one. 

 
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