JUMBOS TIE RECORD FOR WINS IN SEASON WITH BIG WIN OVER BABSON

COLLEGE BASEBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 19 Babson 0 (7 innings)

at Medford, Mass.
Monday, May 1, 2000

Tufts, 19-0

Babson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0-3-1
Tufts 0 4 5 2 8 0 x = 19-23-1

B - Bill Fitzgerald, Brian Powers (3), Tim Quirk (5) and Zach Sorrells, Joe Kehoe (6); T - Steve Lapham (3-3) and Joe Surprenant, Nick Scola (6).

LP - Fitzgerald (3-3).

2B - T, Evan Zupancic 3, Jon Herbert 2, Mike Gray, Brian Shapiro.

SB - T, Mike Gray, Evan Zupancic, Todd Boutwell, Brian Shapiro.

Records - B, 16-14; T, 21-11.

MEDFORD -- Sophomore P Steve Lapham (Newburyport, MA) threw a three-hit shutout, and the Tufts offense exploded for 23 hits, as the Jumbos pounded Babson College, 19-0, in New England college baseball action on Monday afternoon. The game was shortened to seven innings.

Tufts freshman CF Evan Zupancic (Lake Oswego, OR) was 5 for 5 with three doubles and seven runs batted in to lead the Jumbo attack. Freshman 2B Jon Herbert (Davidsonville, MD) had three hits (two doubles) and three RBIs, and senior SS Mike Gray (Teaneck, NJ) had four hits and three RBIs.

Tufts scored four runs in the second, five in the third and eight in the fifth. Eight players drove in runs. Zupancic drilled a two-run double to highlight the second and his bases-loaded-clearing double was the big hit in the fifth. Herbert had a two-run double in the fifth. It marked the second straight year that Tufts crushed Babson, following last spring's 27-7 Jumbo victory.

Lapham didn't need the overwhelming offensive support, allowing just three singles and one walk in seven innings for his team-high third shutout of the season. Babson had runners on first and third in the first inning, but Lapham got a strike out to squelch that rally. The Beavers did not reach second base the rest of the game, with Tufts sophomore RF Dan Callahan (Medfield, MA) throwing out Babson junior LF Pat Cutter (Nashua, NH) as he tried to stretch a single into a double in the second. Cutter had two hits for the Beavers.

The Jumbos, ranked eighth in this week's New England coaches poll, moved to 21-11 overall. That ties a record for wins in a season also held by the 1994 and 1990 teams. They will attempt to break that mark tomorrow night at Eastern Connecticut. Babson dropped to 16-14 overall.

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BABSON               Pos   AB  R  H BI BB SO PO  A   TUFTS                Pos   AB  R  H BI BB SO PO  A
*JEFF LEPAGE         2B     3  0  0  0  0  0  0  5   *TODD BOUTWELL       LF     4  3  1  1  1  1  0  0
*KEVIN HIGA          SS     2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   *MIKE GRAY           SS     5  1  4  3  0  0  1  4
GABE CAMERA          2B     1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1   *DAN CALLAHAN        RF     5  1  1  0  0  0  1  1
*MIKE SANTORA        CF     2  0  0  0  0  0  2  0   *BRIAN SHAPIRO       3B     5  3  4  1  0  0  0  3
MATT NOLAN           CF     1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0   KEVIN MAROTTA        3B     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
*DAVE MILLMAN        DH     1  0  0  0  1  1  0  0   *TIM AYRES           1B     5  2  3  1  0  0 11  0
BRIAN NORTON         DH     1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0   *JON HERBERT         2B     5  3  3  3  0  0  1  3
*BRIAN TARTUFO       1B     3  0  0  0  0  1 10  0   JON COLE             2B     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
*PAT CUTTER          LF     2  0  2  0  0  0  2  0   *ANDY HAMBLETON      DH     3  1  0  0  1  0  0  0
STEPHEN ROBB         RF     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   JOSH MARKS           DH     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
*SCOTT ELLIOTT       3B     2  0  0  0  0  1  0  1   *JOE SURPRENANT      C      3  2  2  0  0  0  2  1
*TIM YANTZ           RF     2  0  0  0  0  0  2  0   NICK SCOLA           C      1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
*ZACH SORRELLS       C      2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   *EVAN ZUPANCIC       CF     5  3  5  7  0  0  4  0
JOE KEHOE            C      0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0   *STEVE LAPHAM        P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
*BILL FITZGERALD     P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                                                     
BRIAN POWERS         P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                                                     
TIM QUIRCK           P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                                                     

BABSON                     23  0  3  0  1  4 18  7   TUFTS                      42 19 23 16  2  1 21 13

Scoring by Inning

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
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BABSON                 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2
TUFTS                  0   4   5   2   8   0   0   0   0  19  23   1
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E:         TUFTS 1 -- TODD BOUTWELL; BABSON 2 -- JEFF LEPAGE, ZACH SORRELLS                            
DP:        TUFTS 1 -- MIKE GRAY, TIM AYRES, JON HERBERT; BABSON 0                                      
LOB:       TUFTS 9; BABSON 3                                                                           
2B:        TUFTS 8 -- EVAN ZUPANCIC 3, JON HERBERT 2, MIKE GRAY, BRIAN SHAPIRO, TIM AYRES; BABSON 0    
SB:        TUFTS 3 -- MIKE GRAY, BRIAN SHAPIRO, EVAN ZUPANCIC; BABSON 0                                
HBP:       TUFTS 2 -- TODD BOUTWELL, JOE SURPRENANT; BABSON 0

Pitching

BABSON                   IP  H  R ER BB SO   TUFTS                    IP  H  R ER BB SO
*BILL FITZGERALD     L  2.2  8  8  7  0  0   *STEVE LAPHAM        W  7.0  3  0  0  1  4
BRIAN POWERS            2.0 10  9  3  1  0                                             
TIM QUIRK               1.1  5  2  1  1  1                                             

BABSON                  6.0 23 19 11  2  1   TUFTS                   7.0  3  0  0  1  4

WP:        TUFTS 0; BABSON 1 -- TIM QUIRK                                              
HBP (by):  TUFTS 0; BABSON 2 -- BILL FITZGERALD  2                                     

Attendance:    75
Time of Game: 1:50