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Nick Fassert
Kris Dufour
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Amherst AMHERST 12-5, 1-3 NESCAC W
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Winner Middlebury MIDBASE 12-5, 1-0 NESCAC W
Amherst AMHERST
12-5, 1-3 NESCAC W
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Final
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Middlebury MIDBASE
12-5, 1-0 NESCAC W
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Amherst AMHERST 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 5 0
Middlebury MIDBASE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 6 2

W: C. Zebrowski (4-0) L: Caron, Adrian (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Middlebury tops Mammoths, 4-3

AMHERST, Mass. -- Nick Fassert threw 6 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball Friday in a NESCAC West Division game at Middlebury and left after the 8th leading 3-1, but the Panthers rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Amherst, 4-3, at the Middlebury Softball/Baseball Complex. 

Amherst fell to 12-5 overall, 1-3 in the NESCAC West, while the Panthers improved to 12-5 overall and 1-0 in divisional play.  The two teams will meet Saturday in Middlebury for a twinbill beginning at 12 p.m.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* The first four frames were a great duel between Fassert and Middlebury's Chase Zidicky, and the result was goose eggs across the board until the Mammoths broke through with two in the top of the fifth. 

* Charlie LaFreniere led off and reached on an error. Zander Carnahan then beat out a grounder to short for an infield single. Aiden Dubetsky's bunt was misplayed and loaded the bases before J.J. Grimes grounded a single into left field that scored LaFreniere for a 1-0 lead. Carson Ames followed with a hard shot to first that he beat out for a single and an RBI as Carnahan raced home with the second run. 

* Amherst made it 3-0 with a single run in the top of the sixth. Tyler McCord worked a lead-off walk and Justin Orridge also drew a free pass. LaFreniere loaded the bases with an infield chopper to third he beat out for a single. Carnahan then reached on a fielder's choice as McCord slid home safely. 

* In the bottom of the sixth, Amherst head coach J.P. Pyne temporarily saved the no-hitter after a Middlebury batter was called safe on an infield grounder to short. Pyne successfully cajoled the umpires to talk it over and they reversed the safe call. 

* After a strikeout to start the 7th, Fassert finally allowed a hit as Panther Henry Ayers looped a single into right field. He would score on a two-out triple to left off the bat of Sam Gersch. 

* Fassert finished strong, striking out the side in the eighth, working around a one-out walk. His final line was as good as you'll see: 8 innings, 2 hits, one run, one walk and 11 strikeouts. 

* Adrian Caron struck out the first batter he saw in the bottom of the ninth before the Panthers went single, single, walk, single, walk-off single from Brian Olson. Middlebury's Christian Zebrowski earned the win with three no-hit innings of relief. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Amherst had five hits from five different batters: Ames, Grimes, Carnahan, LaFreniere and Leo Foust.



 
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