The men's baseball team has now won six games in a row. OnSaturday, the team played its way to a solid win against Worcester Polytechnic Institute at Worcester. The Judges steady barrage of hits, including four doubles, was too much for WPI's defense as the Judges won 10-7.

Brandeis was led offensively by Andrew Kahn '03 who went 4 for 4 with one double, two runs, and two RBI.

David Graham '04 added an RBI double in the fourth inning and captain Jim Freethey '02 added a two run RBI double in the seventh inning.

Jon Brown '03 had three RBI on two singles while fellow classmate Mike Parissi '03 had another solid outing on the hill which lasted eight plus innings. Parissi allowed just four runs, two of which were unearned ,on nine hits. This was his sixth victory this season for the Judges.

WPI did make a significant effort on the offensive side, it just wasn't enough. Eric Thiboutot, a senior, and James Buonomo, a sophomore, led WPI with three singles each.

Thiboutot also had a run and a stolen base, while Buonomo added an RBI to the count. The Engineers' starting pitcher David Fulchino was knocked out of the game in the seventh inning and took the loss for the team.

Brandeis now has a 17-8 record for the 2002 season.
The game against Bridgewater State that was supposed to be played last Friday had to be cancelled due to thunderstorms during the third inning. It will be re-scheduled for sometime later in the season.

The Judges also played an exciting game again Tufts University last week.

On Tuesday, Brandeis set the tone for the game in the first inning by scoring five runs; This was just the beginning of the offensive onslaught. The Judges went home with an 8-1 victory over their local rival.

Jeff Krasner '05 led the Judges offense with three doubles. His first came during the first inning and, he scored when catcher Sean Ewers '03 doubled in the very next at-bat.

In the third inning, Krasner's second double scored David Graham '04 who had singled and then stolen second.

Tufts scored its lone run in the third inning when junior Evan Zupancic singled and scored on an RBI ground out by fellow classmate Brian Shapiro.

Krasner's final double came in the sixth inning, and he scored on a single by second baseman Mike Dowdy '02. This put the Judges up 7-1. Both Dowdy and Graham each had multi-hit days to go along with the three double effort by Krasner.

The winning pitcher was Tom McShane '03 who shut down the Tufts offense for the Judges; He lasted 8.1 innings and allowed just one run on five hits. He struck out seven and picked up his fifth victory of the season. Four of the Judges five recent victories have come against opponents ranked in the top-five of the New England Division III Coaches Poll.