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Date: May 5, 2006
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Big inning lifts Bates past Colby in baseball

LEWISTON, Maine --- Sam Kennedy-Smith worked seven strong innings for the Colby College baseball team, but errors and relief pitching hurt the Mules as Bates College stormed back from a 7-2 deficit with 11 runs in the eighth inning to take a 13-7 win in non-conference play Friday.

Colby, which beat 23rd-ranked Bowdoin College at home on Thursday, struggled after Kennedy-Smith left the game after seven innings. Kennedy-Smith scattered seven hits and allowed just one earned run in helping the Mules to the 7-2 lead.

Brian Mahoney of Bates went 4-for-4 in the game and had a bases clearing double in the 11-run eighth inning.

Andy Carr had two hits, one run and one RBI for Colby, which finished the season at 10-21. Carr finished the season leading the Mules in batting at .408. Tom Salemy and Kyle McKay each had two hits for the Mules, while Nick Spillane scored two runs.

Bates 13, Colby 7

Colby 105#010#000----------7#8#4

Bates 010#100#0(11)x-------13#13#5

Kennedy Smith, Rosenbaum (8), Brady (8, L), Henry (8), Helm (8), Vacca (8), Peet (8) and McKay; Shwartz, Cook (7, W), Heisel (8), Buckley (9) and Egelson. 2B: Salemy (Col), Ortiz (Col), Mahoney (B) 3, Hood (B), Worrall (B). Repeat hitters: Colby: Carr 2-4, McKay 2-3, Salemy 2-5. Bates: Mahoney 4-4, Driscoll 2-3, Schuler 2-2, Hood 2-6.