JUMBOS COME BACK ON BRANDEIS FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN, 9-4
COLLEGE BASEBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 9	Brandeis 4
at Waltham, Mass.
Thursday, April 6, 2000

WALTHAM, Mass. – The Tufts Jumbos scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning to overcome a 4-2 deficit and post an eventual 9-4 victory over the Brandeis Judges in New England college baseball action on Thursday afternoon.

With one out in the eighth, junior LF Todd Boutwell (Woburn, MA) singled and stole second. He came around to score on a single by sophomore RF Dan Callahan (Medfield, MA). Sophomore 1B Tim Ayres (Irvine, CA) followed with a single and then freshman Brian Shapiro (Swampscott, MA), who had crushed a solo home run in the second, plated Callahan with a double. Junior pinch hitter Cory Dolich (Alameda, CA) provided a two-run single and later scored on a wild pitch.

Senior Mike Saucier (Dracut, MA) earned the win with three innings of two-hit, no-run relief. Starter Steve Lapham (Newburyport, MA) pitched well until the sixth when he gave up a three-run home run to Steve Wahlbrink that gave the Judges a 4-2 margin.

The win was the fifth in a row for Tufts (13-3). Brandeis fell to 7-11.

 

TUFTS                Pos   AB  R  H BI BB SO PO  A   BRANDEIS             Pos   AB  R  H BI BB SO PO  A
*ZACK BROWN          2B     5  1  2  0  0  0  2  3   *JIM FREETHEY        CF     4  0  2  0  0  1  2  0
*TODD BOUTWELL       LF     4  1  1  0  0  1  1  0   *ROB RHOADS          SS     4  0  0  1  0  0  1  3
*DAN CALLAHAN        RF     4  2  2  1  1  0  3  0   *ADAM ZOLDAK         1B     3  0  0  0  2  0 12  0
*TIM AYRES           1B     3  2  2  1  2  0  9  0   *DAVE CIMINI         3B     5  0  0  0  0  0  2  4
*BRIAN SHAPIRO       3B     5  2  3  3  0  0  3  5   *JEREMY TARO         C      3  1  0  0  0  0  3  2
*EVAN ZUPANCIC       CF     4  0  1  1  0  1  1  0   *JON BROWN           LF     4  0  1  0  0  1  2  0
*JOSH MARKS          DH     2  0  0  0  0  1  0  0   *TOM MCSHANE         RF     4  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
CORY DOLICH          DH     2  1  1  2  0  0  0  0   *STEVE WAHLBRINK     DH     3  1  2  3  1  1  3  0
*JOE SURPRENANT      C      3  0  1  0  0  0  4  2   *MIKE DOWDY          2B     3  1  2  0  0  0  2  2
*MIKE GRAY           SS     4  0  1  0  0  0  4  2   SEAN EWERS           P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
*STEVE LAPHAM        P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   *MIKE PARISSI        P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4
MIKE SAUCIER         P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   CHRIS PICKFORD       P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

TUFTS                      36  9 14  8  3  3 27 13   BRANDEIS                   33  4  8  4  3  3 27 15

Scoring by Inning

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
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TUFTS                  0   1   1   0   0   0   0   5   2   9  14   4
BRANDEIS               0   0   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   4   8   1
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E:         TUFTS 4 -- BRIAN SHAPIRO 2, TODD BOUTWELL, MIKE GRAY; BRANDEIS 1 -- MIKE PARISSI            
DP:        TUFTS 2 -- MIKE GRAY 2, ZACK BROWN, TIM AYRES, JOE SURPRENANT; BRANDEIS 3 -- ADAM ZOLDAK 3, 
             DAVE CIMINI 2, MIKE DOWDY 2, ROB RHOADS                                                   
LOB:       TUFTS 7; BRANDEIS 9                                                                         
2B:        TUFTS 3 -- TIM AYRES, BRIAN SHAPIRO, EVAN ZUPANCIC; BRANDEIS 1 -- MIKE DOWDY                
HR:        TUFTS 1 -- BRIAN SHAPIRO; BRANDEIS 1 -- STEVE WAHLBRINK                                     
SB:        TUFTS 1 -- TODD BOUTWELL; BRANDEIS 0                                                        
CS:        TUFTS 0; BRANDEIS 1 -- JIM FREETHEY                                                         
SH:        TUFTS 2 -- TODD BOUTWELL, JOSH MARKS; BRANDEIS 1 -- JIM FREETHEY                            
SF:        TUFTS 0; BRANDEIS 1 -- ROB RHOADS                                                           
HBP:       TUFTS 2 -- EVAN ZUPANCIC, JOE SURPRENANT; BRANDEIS 2 -- JEREMY TARO, MIKE DOWDY             

Pitching

TUFTS                    IP  H  R ER BB SO   BRANDEIS                 IP  H  R ER BB SO
*STEVE LAPHAM           6.0  6  4  4  3  3   *MIKE PARISSI           7.1  7  4  4  2  3
MIKE SAUCIER         W  3.0  2  0  0  0  0   CHRIS PICKFORD       L  0.0  2  2  2  0  0
                                             TOM MCSHANE             1.1  4  3  3  1  0
                                             SEAN EWERS              0.1  1  0  0  0  0

TUFTS                   9.0  8  4  4  3  3   BRANDEIS                9.0 14  9  9  3  3

WP:        TUFTS 0; BRANDEIS 1 -- TOM MCSHANE                                          
HBP (by):  TUFTS 2 -- STEVE LAPHAM, MIKE SAUCIER; BRANDEIS 2 -- MIKE PARISSI  2        

Attendance:   100
Time of Game: 2:15