Hamilton College's Brady Slinger '22 tied a career high with four hits in a Game 2 rout and the Continentals split a NESCAC West Division doubleheader with the Williams College Ephs at Williams' Bobby Coombs Field on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Continentals (14-13, 6-4 NESCAC West Division) cruised to a 14-5 win in the nightcap after they were edged 8-6 in the seven-inning opener. Hamilton, which has scored 10 or more runs  in a game seven times this season, is back in action at home on Tuesday, April 26 for a non-conference contest against St. Lawrence University at 4 p.m.
 
Williams (8-14, 2-6) broke a three-game losing streak with the win in Game 1. The Ephs have won 10 of the last 13 meetings with the Continentals.
 
Game 2
 
Slinger led the Continentals at the plate but he had help from Greg Kopp '25, who tallied three hits and drove in three runs. Shane Dux '24 collected three hits and Charlie O'Brien '24 drove in two runs on two hits. Ethan Harrast '23, Ethan Murphy '22, Adam Wijaya '22, Jackson Johns '24 and Jay Schlaefer '23 notched one hit each.
 
Carl Maxwell '22 earned his second win of the season on the mound as he allowed one run on two hits and fanned four in 3.2 innings of relief. Brendan Kastner '23 tossed a scoreless ninth.  
 
Hamilton started out hot with three runs in the top of the first inning. Dux hit a one-out single to left and advanced to second on an infield single by Slinger. Kopp roped a double to left field that drove in both Dux and Slinger, and Kopp crossed home plate on a passed ball. Williams tied the score by putting up a run in the first, second and third innings.
 
Schlaefer, Harrast, Slinger, Murphy, Kopp, Johns and O'Brien all drove in runs in the fourth as the Continentals scored nine times on nine hits and an error. Hamilton sent 13 batters to the plate in the pivotal inning.
 
The Ephs plated a run in the seventh and eighth innings, but Hamilton extended its lead back to nine with two additional runs in the ninth. O'Brien drove in Kopp, who led off the inning with a double, on an infield single. Harrast added a sacrifice fly to center field.
 
Game 1
 
The Ephs were paced by Jakob Cohn and Ryan Young with two hits apiece, while both Henry Juan and Billy Shea plated two runs. Two Williams pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts and James Murray picked up his second career win on the bump with 2.1 scoreless innings of relief.
 
Slinger and Johns led the Continentals' offense with two hits apiece, and Johns drove in a season-high three runs. Harrast, Dux and Schlaefer put up one hit each.
 
Williams grabbed the lead in the bottom of the third when they produced six runs on five hits and one Hamilton error. The Continentals answered with three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings. Johns' single to left field drove in Jack Herlihy '22 with the tying run.  
 
Tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the fifth, Young nailed the ball down the left field line for a one-out double and drove in Shea with the go-ahead run. The Ephs added an insurance run on a sacrifice fly.
 
Hamilton had two singles in the sixth inning but one of the runners was erased trying to steal second base. In the seventh, Dux reached base on an infield error with two outs before Murray ended the game with a strikeout.