Bowdoin College starting pitchers threw 13 of the 14 innings, and the Polar Bears swept a non-conference doubleheader against the Hamilton College Continentals by scores of 5-2 and 4-1 at Hamilton's Loop Road Athletic Complex on Saturday afternoon.
 
Both teams were playing their first games of the season. Bowdoin was on the field for the first time since March 12, 2020. The Continentals host Cazenovia College for another non-conference twinbill on Saturday, March 12 that starts at noon.
 
GAME 1
 
Jack Mullen scattered five hits in six innings and Jack Olcott earned the save with a scoreless seventh inning. Stephen Simoes and Gavin Cann hit two-run homers and Richie McNamara drove in another run with a sacrifice fly. Ben McKenzie had two hits including a leadoff double.
 
Six Hamilton players collected singles and the Continentals stole four bases. Gavin Schaefer-Hood '22 allowed the double to McKenzie and Simoes' home run in the first, and didn't allow any other hits in his three innings on the mound.
 
Hamilton tied the score in the bottom of the second when Matt Kinne '25 stole second and then Jackson Sattinger '24 sprinted home from third on the throw. Kinne eventually scored on a single through the right side by Jackson Johns '24. McNamara's sac fly to left field in the fourth inning put the Polar Bears in front for good, and Cann provided some insurance with his blast to left field in the top of the sixth.
 
GAME 2
 
Jason Bogdanos tossed a complete game four-hitter and struck out five for Bowdoin. Luke Chessie doubled and drove in two runs, Simoes added a double and McKenzie tripled and scored twice.
 
Charlie O'Brien '24 led the Continentals offense with two hits. Hamilton scored its run in the seventh inning when pinch-hitter Jack Herlihy '22 doubled and O'Brien followed with another double to deep center field that drove in pinch-runner Jay Schlaefer '23. Brady Slinger '22 also smacked a double. Sattinger pitched three scoreless innings of relief as he didn't allow any hits, walked two and fanned five.