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Chester Boynton '27
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Hamilton HAMILTON 15-15
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Winner Amherst AMHERST 21-10
Hamilton HAMILTON
15-15
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Final
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Amherst AMHERST
21-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2
Amherst AMHERST 5 3 0 0 0 0 X 8 11 1

W: Saahi Jetti (7-1) L: Righter, Ethan (3-3)

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Hamilton HAMILTON 15-16
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Winner Amherst AMHERST 22-10
Hamilton HAMILTON
15-16
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Final
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Amherst AMHERST
22-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3
Amherst AMHERST 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 4 8 0

W: Naaveen Narayanan (3-0) L: Soroca, Aden (3-2) S: Walker Dellinger (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | James McGlynn

Baseball defeated by Amherst in NESCAC West Division doubleheader

Mammoths bounce back after dropping game one to the Continentals on Friday

AMHERST, Mass. – The Amherst College Mammoths won both games of a doubleheader against the Hamilton College Continentals to secure a NESCAC West Division series win at Amherst's Memorial Field on Saturday, April 25.

Season Update

  • Hamilton (15-16, 6-6 NESCAC West) won game one of the series on Friday, April 24 by a score of 4-1, which clinched them a spot in the NESCAC Championship.
  • Amherst (22-10, 7-5) took two games in each its final three conference series.

Game 1 (Amherst wins, 8-1 in 7 inn.)

How It Happened

  • Amherst jumped out to an 8-0 lead after two innings. Zander Carnahan drove in two runs during a five-run inning for the Mammoths in the bottom of the first, then he drove in two more runs with a single to center field in the second. Leo Foust drove in Carnahan to make it 8-0.
  • Lucas Herman '26 led off the top of the sixth with a walk, advanced to second on a single by Taylor Kaufman '26 and scored following an Amherst throwing error.

Notes

  • Herman went 2-for-2 with one walk and one run.
  • Kaufman and Alfonso Rada '27 reached base twice with a hit and a walk each.
  • Daniel Sullivan '28 added a hit for the Continentals.
  • Hamilton's Tanner Quinn '27 tossed two scoreless innings in relief.
  • Amherst's Saahi Jetti improved to 7-1 on the season after recording eight strikeouts with one unearned run allowed in seven innings.
  • Carnahan finished with two hits, two runs and four runs batted in.

Game 2 (Amherst wins, 4-1)

How It Happened

  • Chester Boynton '27 led off game two with a single up the middle and stole second base with one out, but was stranded on base.
  • Justin Orridge drove in Tyler McCord with a single up the middle in the bottom of the first for a 1-0 Amherst lead.
  • Amherst doubled its advantage in the bottom of the fifth as Jackson Boyer brought in Ben Smith with a sacrifice fly to left field.
  • The Mammoths increased their lead to 4-0 in the sixth with the help of a leadoff double by Charlie LaFreniere and an RBI single by Smith.
  • Kaufman led off the ninth with a single through the left side and crossed the plate following a double to left center by Anthony Palumbo '29.

Notes

  • Palumbo recorded his seventh double of the season and added a walk.
  • Sullivan recorded a hit for the third straight game.
  • Aden Soroca '27 pitched seven innings with two strikeouts and two earned runs allowed.
  • Mantas Kempinas '28 allowed zero hits and zero runs in one inning in relief.
  • Amherst's Naaveen Narayanan improved to 3-0 on the season after recording eight strikeouts with one hit and zero runs allowed in six innings of work.
  • Walker Dellinger earned the save for the Mammoths after pitching the final three innings with four strikeouts.
  • McCord and LaFreniere both went 2-for-4 with one run for Amherst.

Next Game

Hamilton will take on St. Lawrence in its regular season finale on Tuesday, April 28 at 4 p.m.
 
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