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JP Pyne 300th Win
4
Winner Amherst AMHERST 18-6
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Middlebury MIDBASE 18-9
Winner
Amherst AMHERST
18-6
4
Final
2
Middlebury MIDBASE
18-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Amherst AMHERST 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 7 3
Middlebury MIDBASE 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 1

W: Sampedro, Jack (2-0) L: O. Tross (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mammoths rally past Panthers, 4-2, for Coach J.P. Pyne's 300th career victory

MIDDLEBURY, VT. -- Amherst rallied  for three unanswered runs Friday afternoon at Forbes Field, earning a big 4-2 win over NESCAC West rival Middlebury and in turn earning head coach J.P. Pyne his 300th career victory. 

The Mammoths improved to 18-6 on the season, 5-2 in the NESCAC West Division. The Panthers fell to 18-8 overall, 4-3 in the NESCAC West. The two teams are back at Forbes Field tomorrow for a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.

Pyne, in his sixth season at Amherst, had previous stops at St. Anselm's, Daniel Webster and Clark University. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst fell behind Middlebury 1-0 after one inning. The Mammoths leveled the score in the top of the second when Tyler McCord singled to right, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scampered to third on a groundout and scored when Jack Sampedro skipped an RBI-single through the right side.

*  Middlebury scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fifth, but Amherst rallied to tie the game at 2-all with a run in the top of the sixth. With two outs, Jack McDermott crushed a double to the left-center field wall. Ryan McIntyre followed by lining a single left to score McDermott with the tying run. 

* Sophomore Tristan Kim had his best outing of the season, toiling 6 2/3 innings, allowing seven hits while walking two and striking out three. He was charged with two runs, only one earned. 

* The Mammoths took the lead with two runs in the top of the eighth inning. Charlie LaFreniere drew a lead-off walk and McCord followed with his second single of the game. Jack Boyle dropped a down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move the runners to second and third with one out. Sampedro rolled a grounder to third. LaFreniere took off on contact and beat the throw home for a 3-2 lead. McDermott then rolled a grounder to second and beat the relay throw to first, allowing McCord to score for a 4-2 lead. 
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* In the home ninth, two Panthers reached base but Sampedro came through with two strikeouts and a groundout to end the game. Sampedro earned the win, going 2 1/3 innings and allowing no runs on two hits. He walked two and struck out five. 

* McCord was 2 for 4 with two runs scored. McIntyre was 2 for 4 with an RBI.





 
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