HARTFORD, Conn. -- Cole Mascolo delivered a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday night, lifting Trinity College over the Amherst College baseball team, 7-5, on the Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium.
With the loss, Amherst fell to 14-14 overall. They will play Hamilton in Clinton, NY Friday at 4 p.m. in the first game of a three-game series against the Continentals. Trinity improved its record to 15-14 overall.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
* Down 2-0, Amherst got on the board in the top of the second when
Ryan McIntyre led off with a single and moved to second wit two outs.
Justin Orridge delivered an RBI-singe through the hole between first and second to make it 2-1.
* Down 4-1, the Mammoths scored four times in the top of the fourth to take a 5-4 lead. With one out,
Charlie LaFreniere got things started with a single. With two outs, Orridge singled to left and
Ben Smith walked to loaded the bases.
Jack Boyle came through with a two-run single to right that made it 4-3 and
Aiden Dubetsky followed with an opposite-field single to left to tie the game. Boyle and Dubetsky then orchestrated a double steal and when the throw to second got away, Boyle raced home with the go-ahead run.
* Trinity tied the game with a single run in the fifth and then took the lead in the bottom of the eighth.
* In the top of the ninth, Amherst loaded the bases with two outs before a groundout to second ended the contest.
BY THE NUMBERS:
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Matt Tabet (2-3) took the loss, allowing two runs over 1 2/3 innings of relief.
* Amherst had 10 hits. Dubetsky was 2 for 3 with 2 walks and an RBI. Orridge was 2 for 3 with a walk, RBI and run scored.
