AMHERST, Mass. -- Sophomore Luke Padian capped a Senior Day celebration to remember Saturday at Memorial Field, rapping a hard grounder up the middle with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to score two runners and give the Amherst College baseball team a 15-14 win over rival Williams and a sweep of their doubleheader with the Ephs.

A 9-5 win in the opener Saturday clinched a berth in the 2022 NESCAC Baseball Tournament for the Mammoths, who will travel to Brunswick, Maine next Saturday for a best-of-three quarterfinal series with Bowdoin, the top team in the NESCAC East Division. 

The Saturday Senior Day sweep improved Amherst's overall record to 14-16-1 and 5-7 in the NESCAC's West Division. Williams fell to 8-17 overall and 2-9 in divisional play. The Mammoths conclude regular-season play Wednesday with a 7 p.m. game at UMass-Boston. 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst led 6-1 early but trailed 12-8 entering the bottom of the ninth and 14-12 going into the bottom of the 10th. 

* With one out in the Amherst 9th, Christian Limon was hit with a pitch. Jack Dove followed with a double down the right-field line to put runners on second and third. Ryan McIntyre then hit a deep fly ball the opposite way that seemed to hit the top of the fence and bounce over for a three-run homer that cut the Williams lead to 12-11. Jack McDermott was next up and he was plunked with a pitch and took second when Jackson Reydel follwed with a single through the left side. Padian then lined a shot into center that was misplayed, allowing McDermott to score the tying run. Williams elected to intentionally walk Daniel Qin to load the bases and Eph reliever James Murray fanned the next two Mammoths to send the game to extra frames. 

* Amherst reliever Trevor Gasgarth retired the first two batters he faced in the 10th, but then a walk, single and walk loaded the bases for Eph Billy Shea, who dropped a two-run single into right field for a 14-12 lead.

* With one out in the bottom of the frame, Dove beat out an infield single on a grounder to third. McIntyre then singled to left. McDermott drew a walk that loaded the bases. Reydel grounded out to first for the second out, but scored Dove to make it 14-13 Williams. That brought up Padian with two outs and runners on second and third and his hard grounder back up the middle was too fast for a diving Eph second baseman, scoring McIntyre and McDermott with the winning runs and giving Amherst a 15-14 victory. 

* The two teams combined for 402 pitches in the game, 29 runs, 36 hits, 18 walks, 5 hit batsmen and 12 errors. 

* Qin led the Mammoths' offensive attack with a 4 for 5 day that included 3 RBIs. Padian was 2 for 5 with a double and 5 RBis in the win, also scoring a run. Dove was 2 for 5 with three runs scored. Reydel was 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored. McIntyre was 2 for 7 with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Limon hit his 2nd home run of the season. 

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS:

* After Williams scored three timers in the top of the 4th to take a 4-3 lead, the Mammoths responded with five in their half to re-take the lead at 8-4. With one out, it was Qin who ignited the rally with a single. With two outs, Christian Fagnant singled through the left side advancing Qin to second. A walk to Jack Boyle loaded the bases. McIntyre beat out a grounder to the shortstop hole for a single that scored Qin. McDermott followed with a single to left that scored two runners and gave the Mammoths a 6-4 lead. Reydel singled up the middle to scored another run, and, after a walk to Padian loaded the bases, Chris Murphy was hit by a pitch to force in the final run and make it 8-4 Amherst. 

* Jacob Ribitzki improved to 4-2 on the season with a complete-game (7 innings). He gave up nine hits and five runs, four earned, while walking two and striking out one. 

* Amherst had 12 hits in the victory. McIntyre was 3 for 4 with an RBI and 3 runs scored. Fagnant was 2 for 3 with an RBI and run scored. Qin was 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored, making him 6 for 9 on the day in total.