Sixth Inning Run Sinks Bowdoin Baseball in NESCAC Opener at Trinity

Harry Ridge allowed just two hits in eight innings of work

HARTFORD, Conn. – A Trinity run in the sixth inning pushed the Bantams ahead for good as the Bowdoin baseball team suffered a NESCAC opening 4-3 loss on Friday afternoon.

The Polar Bears (8-4, 0-1 NESCAC) evened the game in the top of the second but were unable to put any more runs on the board as Trinity (6-9, 1-0 NESCAC) forced seven consecutive shutout innings.

Game Highlights

• The Bantams tallied three runs in the bottom of the first, all unearned, capitalizing on several Bowdoin errors in the infield. Daniel Pidgeon collected the inning's lone RBI as he drove in a runner off a fielder's choice at second.
• Bowdoin responded by tying the game at 3-3 in the top of the following inning. Nick Sadler got the Polar Bears on the board with an RBI single that drove in Jack Wilhoite. Evann Dumont-LaPointe quickly followed with a bases-loaded walk, sending Brandon Lopez home. Sean Mullaney drove in Bowdoin's third consecutive run with a sacrifice fly to left.
• Harry Ridge retired the Trinity side in order for four straight innings before the Bantams scored the game-winning run off an RBI single by Brendan Peirce.
• Bowdoin had runners on first and second with one out in the final inning, but Pidgeon took the mound for Trinity to earn the save. 

By the Numbers

• Ridge pitched eight innings and allowed only two hits. Trinity ended the game with four runs, but only one earned run. Ridge tallied three strikeouts and no walks.
• Jed Robinson started on the mound for the Bantams, going seven innings, and allowed seven hits. Robinson allowed three hits and a matching number of strikeouts and walks.
• Lopez went 2-for-4 while Sadler went 2-for-3 at the plate. Peter Cimini had the game's lone stolen base.

Up Next

• Bowdoin and the Bantams play again today in a NESCAC doubleheader beginning at noon on the Trinity campus.