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Mantas Kempinas '28
7
Middlebury MIDD 13-8
9
Winner Hamilton HAMILTON 9-11
Middlebury MIDD
13-8
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Final
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Hamilton HAMILTON
9-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Middlebury MIDD 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 11 2
Hamilton HAMILTON 4 0 0 2 0 3 X 9 9 4

W: Kempinas, Mantas (1-0) L: D. Knightly (0-1)

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Winner Middlebury MIDD 14-8
4
Hamilton HAMILTON 9-12
Winner
Middlebury MIDD
14-8
10
Final
4
Hamilton HAMILTON
9-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Middlebury MIDD 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 10 11 2
Hamilton HAMILTON 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 3

W: E. George (1-1) L: Righter, Ethan (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | James McGlynn

Baseball splits doubleheader with Middlebury on Senior Day

The Continentals honored seven seniors with a ceremony prior to game one

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Edo Spadaccini '26 drove in two runs with a single late in game one of a doubleheader and lifted the Continentals to a 9-7 NESCAC West Division victory against the Middlebury College Panthers at Hamilton's Loop Road Athletic Complex on Saturday afternoon, April 11. Middlebury responded with a 10-4 win in game two and evened the series.

Season Update

  • Hamilton (9-12, 4-4 NESCAC West) hadn't played since the Continentals were swept by Wesleyan University in a doubleheader at home on April 4.
  • The Panthers (14-8, 2-3), who have won the last two NESCAC championships, were coming off a 16-10 victory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on April 8.

Game 1 (Hamilton wins, 9-7 in 7 inn.)

How It Happened

  • Middlebury scored two runs in the top of the fifth and pulled in front, 7-6.
  • With two outs and nobody on base in the bottom of the sixth, Michael Tallarida '26 ripped a single through the left side and Lucas Herman '26 and Satish Raichur '28 loaded the bases with walks. Taylor Kaufman '26 drew a third consecutive walk and forced in Tallarida with the tying run. Spadaccini stepped to the plate and ripped a base hit through the right side of the infield, scoring Raichur and pinch runner Jeremy Diaz '27 for the 9-7 advantage.
  • Middlebury's Henry Ayers and Sam Gersch doubled in the top of the seventh, but Mantas Kempinas '28 stranded both runners in scoring position and collected the win.
  • Andrew Baay drove in two runs with a single through the left side during a five-run inning for the Panthers in the top of the first.
  • Hamilton responded with four runs in the bottom of the first. Alfonso Rada '27 ripped a single to left field that drove in Kaufman and pulled the Continentals within 5-4.
  • Middlebury loaded the bases with two outs in the third, but Aden Soroca '27 got a big strikeout and ended the threat.
  • Ethan Righter '27 and Gianni DiCerbo '27 drove in runs in the bottom of the fourth and Hamilton grabbed its first lead at 6-5.

Notes

  • Kempinas earned his first career win after recording three strikeouts with two hits and zero runs allowed in 2.1 innings in relief.
  • Tallarida went 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
  • Rada and Righter finished with two hits, one run and one RBI apiece.
  • Kaufman and Spadaccini tallied two RBI apiece.
  • Herman drew two walks and scored a run.
  • Ayers recorded two hits, two runs and one RBI for the Panthers.
 

Game 2 (Middlebury wins, 10-4)

  • DiCerbo led off the bottom of the first with a single and Herman drove him in with a double down the left field line for a 1-0 lead. Rada started the second with a single and eventually came around to score on an outfield error.
  • Middlebury put up five runs in the third with the help of a three-run home run by Anthony Pellagrini. A sacrifice fly by Pellagrini in the seventh extended the lead to 7-2.
  • Herman drove in Tallarida and Righter with a double to right center in the bottom of the seventh and trimmed the deficit to 7-4.
  • Middlebury added three runs in the eighth, highlighted by Ayers' two-run triple.

Notes

  • Herman recorded two doubles in a game for the second time this season, and tallied a season-high three runs batted in for the fourth time.
  • DiCerbo, Tallarida, Rada and Righter provided one run and one hit each.
  • Kaufman drew Hamilton's lone walk.
  • Kenny Harten '29, Kyle Egidio '27 and Daniel Jirgal '26 threw scoreless innings in the fourth, fifth and ninth, respectively.
  • Jirgal recorded one strikeout in his first appearance of the season.
  • Joe Basso registered three hits, three runs batted in and two runs scored for Middlebury.
  • Emmet George collected his first win of the season after recording seven strikeouts with four hits and two runs allowed in six innings.

Next Game

Hamilton concludes its NESCAC West Division series with Middlebury on Sunday, April 12 at noon.
 
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