The baseball team went 2-1 on the road during this past week to push their record to 7-9. The Judges took home two victories against the University of Massachusetts Boston 19-9 on Friday and Western New England University 7-4 on Tuesday, while falling 10-2 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Wednesday.  

Judges 19, UMass Boston 9

The team put on an offensive clinic while dismantling UMass Boston. While scoring their most runs in program history since 2009, the squad put a run on the board in each of the first seven innings. Outfielder Ryan Tettemer ’17 led the day with a 3-4 mark that included two RBIs and four runs scored. Second baseman Benjamin Bavly ’19 also scored four runs and went 2-4. Bavly hit his fourth triple of the year, already one off the most for an individual season in Brandeis history. 

Outfielder Liam O’Connor ’16 collected basehits in each of the first four innings, and scored a run in the first three innings. O’Connor went 4-5 on the day, for his second collegiate four-hit performance. First baseman Greg Heineman ’16 and designated hitter Ryan Healy ’16 each contributed four RBIs.

On the pitching side, pitcher Sam Miller ’16 limited the opposition to three runs on six innings. Miller allowed four hits and three walks while striking out five batters. Pitchers Bradley Bousquet ’18 and Daniel Schupper ’19 finished up the game for Miller in relief.   

 

WPI 10, Judges 2

The Judges fell on Wednesday 10-2 to a tough WPI squad. While Tettemer tried to lift the team with a second inning home run, things quickly fell apart in the third inning. The Engineers were relentless in the third, scoring a total of eight runs. Pitcher Anthony Nomakeo ’17 gave up the runs, although only two of them were earned. 

The squad attempted to rebound in the fourth inning when infielder Jay Schaff ’17 plated a run off a sacrifice fly. The Judges were unable to add another a run to the board for the rest of the afternoon. WPI was able to hold the offense to only two runs by using nine different pitchers.

Despite the mediocre offensive performance, Tettermer led the squad with a 3-4 mark, while Heineman went 2-3. Also adding basehits for the Judges were O’Connor, catcher Connor Doyle ’16, third baseman Cam Shaw ’16 and Schaff. 

Judges 7, No. 21 Western New Eng. 4

It took extra innings, but the Judges were able to knock off a ranked Western New England squad. The team scored three runs in the first three innings to jump off to a quick start. Shaw got the team going with an RBI single in the second. In the third inning, Heineman connected on a sacrifice fly that scored Schaff. Later in the inning, Healy hit a triple to add a third run.

Pitcher Liam Coughlin ’17 kept Western New England off the board through the first six innings while only giving up six hits. Coughlin was able to perform exceptionally during difficult situations. In the fifth, Western New England had the based loaded with no outs. Coughlin struck the next batter out and then followed that up with a double play to escape the inning.

Western New England rebounded to tie up the game at three a piece in the seventh inning. Healy put the Judges back ahead in the eight with an RBI, but the team allowed a run in the bottom of the inning. With no runs scored in the ninth, the teams went into the 10th inning tied up at four. Doyle singled in the top of the inning to give the Judges the lead. Outfielder Max Hart ’16 followed with a two-run double to give the team some insurance. Healy closed out the game in the bottom of the inning to close out the upset. 

The Judges return to the field today against Bridgewater State University at 3:30 p.m., before facing off with Rhode Island College on Thursday and Johnson & Wales University on Sunday.