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Date: April 6, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby baseball loses two to Bowdoin

WATERVILLE, Maine --

Jared Lemieux (Readfield, Maine) went 4-for-4, including two home runs and a double, and added four runs to lift Bowdoin College to a 6-5 victory over Colby College in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday in New England Small College Athletic Conference baseball.

Bowdoin (17-15) also took an 11-4 win over the Mules in the opener.

Jimmy Shea (Bangor, Maine) had two hits and one run for Bowdoin in the nightcap. Kevin Bougie (Sanford, Maine) drove in Lemieux, who had doubled, with the eventual game-winning run in the top of the ninth inning.

B.L. Lippert (Augusta, Maine) had a solo homer among his two hits for Colby (8-18-1) in the second game. Eric Roy (Lisbon Falls, Maine) also had a two-run homer for the Mules.

In the first game, Bowdoin scored seven runs in the third inning to blow the game open. Tom McMahon (Weymouth, Mass.) had a homer among his two hits for the Polar Bears. Andrew Workman (Ipswich, Mass.) also had a home run.

Colby plays two home games against Williams College on Sunday at 1 p.m.

1st game

Bowdoin 11, Colby 4

Bowdoin 017#003#0---11#9#0

Colby 000#400#0---4#11#3

Trevor Powers (W) and Manny Lora. Owen Kenney (L), Phil Geiger (3), Robert Jacobs (NA) and Eric Roy. 2B: Dan Deacon (Colby), Brandon Royce (Colby), Eric Roy (Colby), Manny Lora (B). HR: Tom McMahon (B), Andrew Workman (B).

2nd game

Bowdoin 6, Colby 5

Bowdoin 200#010#201---6#10#1

Colby 000#202#100---5#9#2

Marc Bulger, Scott Boruchow (7), Travis Dube (8, W) and Manny Lora. Dan Deacon (L) and Eric Roy. 2B: Matt Gibson (Colby), Kevin Brunelle (Colby), Jared Lemieux (B), Andrew Workman (B). HR: Eric Roy (Colby), B.L. Lippert (Colby), Jared Lemieux 2 (B).