MEDFORD, Mass.—The Hobart baseball team lost both ends of a doubleheader at Tufts at Sol Gittleman Park this afternoon. The Jumbos rallied for a 2-1 win in extra innings in Game 1 and secured a 5-1 victory in Game 2.
The first game, scheduled for seven innings, was scoreless into the sixth. The Statesmen broke up the shutout when senior
Will Jones singled to center with two on and two out, scoring first-year
Jack O'Neil from second.
Hobart starter, senior
Teck Nash worked around a two-out single in the bottom of the sixth to keep his shutout intact.
However, Tufts tied the game with one out in the bottom of the seventh when Jesse McCullough lifted a fly ball to right field that was deep enough to score pinch runner Tim McGrath from third. Nash got the next batter to pop out to second to escape without further damage. In seven innings, Nash allowed just one run on five hits, striking out two.
Senior
Max Friedlander took the mound in the eighth and the Jumbos' James Henshon led off with a tripled into the right field corner and scored on a sacrifice fly by Tate Bannish.
Junior
Sean Garvin contributed two hits, extending his hitting streak to 11 games.
In the second game, Tufts jumped ahead in the third inning, taking a 2-0 lead on a bases loaded walk and a sacrifice fly. The Statesmen pushed across a run in the fifth when senior
Isaiah Pinto tripled and scored on junior
Cole Conte's sacrifice fly. However, the Jumbos extended their lead in the bottom of the inning with a two-run homer by Bannish, making it 4-1 through five innings. Tufts tacked on another run in the sixth to complete the game's scoring.
On the mound for the second game, junior
Trevor Kimball pitched three innings, allowing two earned runs on one hit, with three walks and two strikeouts.
O'Neil had two hits for the Statesmen, including a double, and added a stolen base. Junior
Connor O'Neil also doubled. Garvin was 0-for-3, ending his hitting streak.
Up next, Hobart (6-3) will face Tufts (2-0) again in another doubleheader starting at noon on Sunday, March 8.