AMHERST, Mass. -- Seniors
Luke Padian and
Jack Dove have been around the Amherst College baseball program for more than a few spins around the sun now, but its unlikely that duo will forget what transpited on Memorial Field Saturday.
Padian smoked a two-run, two-out, bottom-of-the-seventh inning walk-off single in game one Saturday and Dove cracked a tie-breaking three-run double in the nightcap, helping the Mammoths to a 5-4 (7 inn.) and 13-7 (9 inn.) sweep of NESCAC West Division rival Hamilton College.
Amherst improved to 12-4 overall and 3-2 in the NESCAC West, while the Continentals slipped to 7-9 overall, 1-4 in the conference's divisional standings.
Game One, Amherst 5. Hamilton 4
* Shut down for the first six innings by Hamilton ace Jack Eshleman in the opener, things picked up in the bottom of the seventh of the scheduled seven-inning game for the Mammoths when Dove was hit by an Eshleman offering. He advanced to second on a wild pitch. Eashleman fanned the next batter and was removed from the game.
Charlie LaFreniere greeted te Hamilton reliever with an RBI-single u the middle to make it 4-1. After the second out, the Mammoths remained down three with a runner on first.
Jack Boyle came through with a single and
Jack Sampedro reached on an error to load the bases.
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Jack McDermott then reached on an error to score a run and make it 4-2.
Ryan McIntyre was hit by a pitch to make it 4-3. That brought up Padian, and the left-handed batter ripped a 1-0 pitch over the first-base bag past the diving Contnental first sacker and down the rihgt-field line to score Sampedro with the tying and winning runs.
* Boyle went 2 for 3 while McDermott and Padian were each 2 for 4 in the win.
* First-year
Adrian Caron was the winner after facing two batters and getting three outs in the top of the seventh.
Nicholas Giattino started and went six-plus for the Mammoths, giving up seven hits and four runs, three earned. He walked five and struck out three.
Game 2, Amherst 13, Hamilton 7
* The Mammoths built a 6-1 lead after three innings, but the Continentals would score six over their own over the next three innings to take a 7-6 lead. Amherst responded with six runs in the bottom of the seventh to take a 12-7 lead.
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Christian Fagnant ignited the seventh-inning outburst with a lead-off walk. After an out, he took second on a balk. Sampedro then singled him to third. A wild pitch would score fagnant and put Sampedro on second, the game now tied 7-all. McDermott and McIntyre drew back-to-back wa;ks to load the bases. After a foul pop results in the second out, Dove strode to the dish and lined an opposite-field, bases-clearing, three-run double to the gap in right-center field, giving the Mammoths a 10-7 lead.
* LaFreniere reached on an error to keep things going. as Dove scampered to third. LaFreniere stole second, and senior
Javier Irizarry scored both with line drive single to right.
* Dove finished 3 for 4 with 5 RBIs in the win. Sampedro was 3 for 5 with two runs scored and 2 RBI. Irizarry was 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs.
* First-year
Yoon Chae picked the win, throwing three hitless innings of relief while walking just one and striking out two.
* Both Caron and Chae earned their first collegiate victories Saturday.