Trinity Posts 8-3 Win Over Williams in Game Four of Baseball Championship
Courtesy Williams Sports Information
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Trinity College Bantams (28-5) and the Williams College Ephs (25-11) faced off on Bobby Coombs Field this morning, resulting in an 8-3 Trinity victory. The Ephs will take on Tufts, a 15-10 winner over Wesleyan in game 3 of the 2009 NESCAC Baseball Championship, at Bobby Coombs with a projected start time of 3:00 p.m. this afternoon.
Junior ace Jeremiah Bayer (10-0) started for Trinity and went the distance for his fourth complete game on the year. He allowed 3 runs (0 earned) on 5 hits and 5 walks while striking out 6. Junior Paul Burgdorf (3-2) began the game for Williams, giving up 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits and 3 walks.
Junior Matt Sullivan had the biggest day at the plate for the Bantams, going 2 for 5 with a 3-run homerun just inside the left field foul pole in the bottom of the second inning. Senior catcher and team leader in hitting Sean Killeen went 2 for 5 with an RBI, and junior James Wood and freshman Kevin Mortimer also had multi-hit games. Freshman Cameron Susk and senior Taylor Mikell each had two singles off Bayer for Williams.
Freshman Dan Grossman came in to relief Burgdorf in the third and finished the game, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 4 strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work.
The defending NESCAC and NCAA Champion Bantams will have to be defeated twice tomorrow if they are to be dispatched from this double elimination tournament. They will face the winner of this afternoon’s game tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. in Williamstown.
