JUMBOS SET RECORD WITH 22nd WIN OF SEASON AT EASTERN

COLLEGE BASEBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 5    Eastern Connecticut 2

at Medford, Mass.
Tuesday, May 2, 2000

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- Senior P Nick Svencer (Mystic, CT) went seven strong innings, and junior LF Todd Boutwell (Woburn, MA) drove in two runs, as the Tufts Jumbos set a team record with their 22nd win of the season, 5-2 at Eastern Connecticut on Tuesday night. They passed 21-win teams from 1994 and 1990 in the record book.

Svencer moved to 3-0, allowing five hits and two runs in his stint. Senior Zack Brown (Melrose, MA) finished the last two innings for his first save of the season and the team's seventh. With the game tied 2-2, the Jumbos put three runs on the scoreboard in the fifth. Boutwell, who hit a solo blast (his 2nd) in the third, drove in a run with a single, and sophomore RF Dan Callahan (Medfield, MA) followed with sacrifice fly.

The Jumbos finish the regular season on Sunday with a double-header against NESCAC rival Bowdoin. First pitch is at 11 am.

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TUFTS                Pos   AB  R  H BI BB SO PO  A   EASTERN CONNECTICUT  Pos   AB  R  H BI BB SO PO  A
*ZACK BROWN          DH     4  1  1  0  0  0  1  0   *JARED HOLOWATY      RF     4  1  1  0  1  0  4  0
*TODD BOUTWELL       LF     4  1  2  2  1  0  3  0   *JAY WETHERILL       1B     2  0  1  1  1  1  8  2
*DAN CALLAHAN        RF     3  0  0  1  0  0  1  0   *NICK TEMPESTA       SS     4  0  1  1  0  0  2  2
*BRIAN SHAPIRO       3B     4  0  0  0  0  0  1  2   *GEORGE DIXON        CF     3  0  0  0  1  2  3  0
*TIM AYRES           1B     3  1  1  0  0  1  4  0   *MATT HERBERT        C      3  0  1  0  0  0  4  0
*JON HERBERT         2B     2  0  0  0  2  1  4  0   *NICK SCHEETS        DH     4  0  1  0  0  1  0  0
*EVAN ZUPANCIC       CF     4  0  0  0  0  1  4  0   *JOHN HEDDE          LF     3  0  0  0  0  1  2  0
*JOE SURPRENANT      C      2  1  1  1  2  1  7  1   JUSTIN WAZ           LF     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
*MIKE GRAY           SS     3  1  1  0  0  0  2  4   *INAKI ORMAECHEA     3B     4  0  1  0  0  0  1  1
*NICK SVENCER        P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   *KEVIN RIVAL         2B     1  1  0  0  1  1  1  1
                                                     MORGAN THOMPSON      2B     2  0  0  0  0  1  1  1
                                                     *DAVID OLSON         P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4
                                                     MATT FORTIN          P      0  0  0  0  0  0  1  2
                                                     STEVE STONOHA        P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
                                                     CURT SINATRO         P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

TUFTS                      29  5  6  4  5  4 27  8   EASTERN CONNECTICUT        31  2  6  2  4  7 27 14

Scoring by Inning

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
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TUFTS                  0   1   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   5   6   0
EASTERN CONNECTICUT    0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   6   1
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E:         TUFTS 0; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 1 -- MATT FORTIN                                               
DP:        TUFTS 0; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 1 -- JAY WETHERILL, NICK TEMPESTA                              
LOB:       TUFTS 6; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 8                                                              
2B:        TUFTS 0; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 2 -- JARED HOLOWATY, INAKI ORMAECHEA                           
HR:        TUFTS 1 -- TODD BOUTWELL; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 0                                             
SB:        TUFTS 1 -- TODD BOUTWELL; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 0                                             
CS:        TUFTS 1 -- ZACK BROWN; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 1 -- MATT HERBERT                                
SH:        TUFTS 2 -- ZACK BROWN, MIKE GRAY; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 0                                     
SF:        TUFTS 1 -- DAN CALLAHAN; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 1 -- JAY WETHERILL                             
HBP:       TUFTS 1 -- TIM AYRES; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 1 -- MATT HERBERT                                 

Pitching

TUFTS                    IP  H  R ER BB SO   EASTERN CONNECTICUT      IP  H  R ER BB SO
*NICK SVENCER        W  7.0  5  2  2  4  5   *DAVID OLSON         L  4.0  5  4  4  3  0
ZACK BROWN           S  2.0  1  0  0  0  2   MATT FORTIN             3.2  1  1  0  1  4
                                             STEVE STONOHA           1.0  0  0  0  1  0
                                             CURT SINATRO            0.1  0  0  0  0  0

TUFTS                   9.0  6  2  2  4  7   EASTERN CONNECTICUT     9.0  6  5  4  5  4

WP:        TUFTS 0; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 3 -- MATT FORTIN  2, DAVID OLSON               
HBP (by):  TUFTS 1 -- NICK SVENCER; EASTERN CONNECTICUT 1 -- MATT FORTIN               

Attendance:   100
Time of Game: 2:30