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TUFTS TOPS 20 WINS WITH DOUBLE-HEADER SWEEP OF COLBY
Colby vs Tufts Jumbos
April 27, 2002
Medford, Mass.
MEDFORD - Junior P Jon Lee (Manhasset Hills, NY) and sophomore P Randy
Newsom (Cincinnati, OH) both earned complete game victories as the Tufts
University baseball team swept a double-header from Colby College in
NESCAC East Division action on Saturday afternoon. Game one was a 6-1
Tufts win, followed by a 9-3 Tufts win in game two.
After some early difficulties in the first game, Lee settled down to
retire 15 straight Colby batters and finish with a three-hitter. The
offense scored all the runs he would need with three in the first.
Junior SS Brian Shapiro (Swampscott, MA) and sophomore DH Greg Hickey
(Medway, MA) had RBI singles in the inning. Shapiro added his second RBI
with a sacrifice fly in the second, then senior 1B Tim Ayres (Irvine,
CA) had an RBI single in the fourth. Colby loaded the bases with one out
against Lee in the first, but he worked out of the jam allowing no runs.
The Mules scored their lone run of the game in the second when sophomore
C Brandon Irwin (Alexandria, NH) led off with a single and scored on a
double by junior SS Kevin Brunelle (Augusta, ME). Lee finished with nine
strike outs. Junior Kevin Presbrey (Aurora, IL) went the distance for
Colby, which got two of its three hits off Brunelle's bat. Junior LF Jon
Herbert (Davidsonville, MD) and Callahan both had three hits and scored
two runs for Tufts.
Colby gained a short-lived 1-0 lead off Newsom in game two. Sophomore DH
Brandon Royce (Augusta, ME) led off the third with a single, advanced on
a Tufts error and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by sophomore 2B
Vince Domestico (Ashland, MA). Jumbo junior CF Evan Zupancic (Lake
Oswego, OR) turned the game to Tufts' favor with a three-run home run in
the bottom of the third, his team-record 10th of the season. The Tufts
lead grew to 9-1, highlighted by a three-run fifth. A Callahan single, a
sacrifice fly by Ayres and a single by Hickey plated those runs. Colby
scored twice in the top of the ninth, including a solo home run by
Brunelle. Newsom finished with a six-hitter. Zupancic finished with two
hits and four RBIs and Ayres had two hits and two RBIs for the Jumbos.
Brunelle had a strong three-game series for Colby, capping it with his
first home run. Junior Matt Gibson (Courtland, OH) took the loss for the
White Mules.
Game 1: Tufts 6 Colby 1
Game 2: Tufts 9 Colby 3
Game 1
Colby 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 1-3-2
Tufts 3 1 0 1 0 1 x = 6-11-0
T - Jon Lee (4-1) and Bob Kenny; C - Kevin Presbrey (2-3) and Brandon
Irwin.
2B - T, Dan Callahan; C, Kevin Brunelle.
SB - T, Jon Herbert; Frank Dinucci.
Game 2
Colby 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 = 3-6-1
Tufts 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 x = 9-12-1
T - Randy Newsom (4-1) and Greg Hickey; C - Matt Gibson, Owen Kenney
(5), Dan Deacon (6), Jared Cushman (8) and Eric Roy.
LP - Gibson (2-4).
2B - T, Tim Ayres, Greg Hickey; C, Jon Lord.
3B - T, Dan Callahan.
HR - T, Evan Zupancic (10); C, Kevin Brunelle (1).
SB - T, Frank Dinucci.
Records - Tu, 21-7-1; C, 8-16.
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