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Team - 4/7/23 5:58:45 PM Baseball: Williams College v Hamilton College at Loop Road Baseball/Softball Complex, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Final: Williams 7 Hamilton 18 Photo by Josh McKee
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Hamilton HAMILTON 18-14
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Winner Colby COLBY 23-10
Hamilton HAMILTON
18-14
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Final
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Colby COLBY
23-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 9 3
Colby COLBY 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 6 2

W: J. Erro (5-2) L: Sattinger, Jackson (3-3)

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Hamilton HAMILTON 18-15
12
Winner Colby COLBY 24-10
Hamilton HAMILTON
18-15
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Final
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Colby COLBY
24-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 10 0
Colby COLBY 0 1 4 6 0 1 0 0 X 12 14 4

W: J. Pletter (3-0) L: Clougherty, Jack (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Lindsay LeSueur

Baseball’s season ends in NESCAC Championship quarterfinal series

Continentals finished the 2023 campaign with 18 wins

WATERVILLE, Maine – Colby College's Genki LeClair went 5-for-7 with five runs scored and four driven in, and the Mules swept the Hamilton College Continentals in a 2023 NESCAC Baseball Championship quarterfinal series at Colby's Coombs Field on Saturday afternoon, May 6. 
 
The Continentals (18-15 overall) were the No. 3 seed from the NESCAC West Division. Despite opening the season with six straight losses, Hamilton made its second consecutive postseason appearance. 
 
The Mules (24-10) rallied for a 7-6 win in the first game and ended the series with a 12-8 victory. Colby finished second in the NESCAC East Division standings with a 7-5 record and is the No. 2 seed in the East. The Mules host the double-elimination championship weekend from May 12 to May 14. 
 
Game 1 
How It Happened
  • Hamilton jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Phil Bernstein '23 led off with a walk and Lucas Herman '26 nailed a two-out single to right field for runners on the corners. Shane Dux '24 followed with a three-run rocket over the left field fence.
  • After three scoreless innings, the Continentals added two runs in the fifth. Jackson Johns '24 led off with a single to left, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Michael Tallarida '26 and scored when Taylor Kaufman '26 roped a single up the middle. Bernstein reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on an error and eventually scored on another Colby error. 
  • Hamilton extended its lead to 6-0 in the sixth. Jackson Sattinger '24 led off the inning by smacking a double to center and scored on a single down the right field line by Herman. 
  • LeClair cut the Mules' deficit in half with a bases-clearing double in the seventh that made it 6-3. 
  • Colby won the game in the ninth with four unearned runs. After two batters reached on errors with one out, Caleb Jung tied the score with a three-run homer. A walk, a hit batsman and a two-out single by Cole Palmeri plated the game-winning run.  
Notes
  • Dux tied a career best with three runs batted in on his fourth homer of the season. 
  • Herman and Kaufman plated one run on two hits apiece. 
  • Bernstein singled, walked and scored twice. 
  • Sattinger roped his team-best 12th double of the season.  
  • Jack Eshleman '25 had a spectacular outing, giving up just one hit and striking out eight in six innings. He finished the season with a 1.14 ERA and 0.51 WHIP in 31.2 innings. He fanned 51 and walked just three.
  • LeClair and Palmeri led the Mules with two hits apiece.
  • Nicholas Thompson recorded 5.1 innings of work allowing five earned runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out five.
  • Julian Erro (5-2) earned the win on the bump, shutting out the Continentals over the last 3.2 innings. He gave up two hits and a walk and struck out five batters. 
 
Game 2
How It Happened
  • The Continentals broke on top first again with two runs in the second inning. Herman led off with a double to left, and Hamilton had runners in scoring position after another double by Ethan Harrast '23. Both runners scored on an error by the third baseman. 
  • The Mules took one run back with two outs in the bottom half. 
  • Colby took a 5-2 lead with four runs in the third. 
  • Hamilton cut its deficit to 5-4 with a pair of unearned runs in the fourth. Bernstein ripped a two-out, two-run triple to left after two batters reached on errors. 
  • Colby broke it open with six runs in the bottom of the inning. Ryan Grace hit a three-run homer and Marcus Forrester added a two-run shot. 
  • The Mules held a 12-4 lead after plating another run in the sixth inning. 
  • The Continentals refused to go down without a fight as they scored four runs in the ninth. Kaufman led off and banged out a single, and Bernstein slapped a two-run homer over the fence in left. Sattinger walked, Greg Kopp '25 singled and Herman loaded the bases with another single. Mike Altman '23 drove in a run with a groundout and Harrast made it 12-8 with a sacrifice fly to center. 
Notes
  • Bernstein drove in a career-high four runs and was a double short of a cycle. He tallied his second homer of the season. He finished the year with a .390 average and .493 on-base percentage and 48 hits.
  • Herman cranked his second double of the season and finished with two hits. 
  • Harrast hit his seventh double of the season. 
  • Kopp and Kaufman added two singles apiece. 
  • Ethan Hillenberg plated a pair of runs as he singled, doubled and walked twice for the Mules. 
  • LeClair went 3-for-3 and scored four runs. 
  • Jack Pletter (3-0) allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks and struck out five in six innings. 
  • Joe Sylvester gave up just one hit and struck out four batters in two shutout innings of relief. 
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