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Gianni DiCerbo '27
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Gianni DiCerbo '27
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Winner Hamilton HAMILTON 15-14
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Amherst AMHERST 20-10
Winner
Hamilton HAMILTON
15-14
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Final
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Amherst AMHERST
20-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0
Amherst AMHERST 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0

W: Kovach, Mark (4-2) L: Nick Fassert (3-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | James McGlynn

Baseball wins game one at Amherst, Kovach ’28 goes the distance again

Sophomore has tossed two complete games in his last two starts

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Mark Kovach '28 held Amherst College scoreless over the final eight innings in the Continentals' 4-1 win over the Mammoths in game one of a NESCAC West Division series at Amherst's Memorial Field on Friday, April 24.

Season Update

  • Hamilton (15-14, 6-4 NESCAC West) has won six of its last eight games.
  • Amherst (20-10, 5-5) dropped to 8-5 at home.

How It Happened

  • Hamilton loaded the bases with one out in the top of the first, then Gianni DiCerbo '27 scored on a wild pitch, and Edo Spadaccini '26 drove in Lucas Herman '26 with a sacrifice fly to center field for a 2-0 advantage.
  • Amherst's Jackson Boyer led off the bottom of the first with a triple, and Leo Foust lifted a sacrifice fly to right field and cut the deficit to 2-1.
  • Anthony Palumbo '29 ripped a single to right field and loaded the bases for the Continentals in the top of the fourth. Alfonso Rada '27 and DiCerbo then delivered back-to-back RBI singles and extended the lead to 4-1.
  • Kovach recorded 1-2-3 innings in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings.
  • Matthew Chen poked a leadoff single for the Mammoths in the bottom of the eighth, then Kovach struck out the next three hitters to end the inning.
  • Amherst put runners on first and third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but Kovach got a ground ball for the final out and secured the conference win.

Notes

  • Kovach is the only Hamilton pitcher in the last 14 years to record two nine-inning complete games in the same season.
  • Kovach tallied seven strikeouts and collected his team-best fourth win of the season. He is tied for second in the NESCAC in complete games and ranks fourth in total strikeouts with 46.
  • DiCerbo and Spadaccini registered one hit, one run and one RBI each.
  • Taylor Kaufman '26 reached base three times with two walks and a hit by pitch.
  • Amherst's Matt Tabet pitched three scoreless innings in relief.
  • Boyer went 2-for-4 with one run for the Mammoths.

Next Game

Hamilton and Amherst will conclude the NESCAC West Division series with a doubleheader at Memorial Field on Saturday, April 25 beginning at 12 p.m.
 
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