LAPHAM HURLS SHUTOUT TO LIFT TUFTS OVER METHODIST, 3-0
COLLEGE BASEBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 3	Methodist 0
Tuesday, March 21, 2000
at Fayetteville, N.C.

Sophomore pitcher Steve Lapham (Newburyport, MA/Newburyport) shut out the Methodist College Monarchs on nine hits Tuesday to lift the Tufts baseball team to a 2-0 victory during their southern trip.

Lapham went the distance in his first start of the season, facing just 33 hitters (six above the minimum). He worked efficiently, walking no one and recording no strike outs. Sophomore RF Dan Callahan (Medfield, MA/Medfield) and sophomore DH Nick Scola (Worcester, MA/St. Peter Marian) drove home runs for the Jumbos. Before Lapham's gem on Tuesday, Methodist had beat the Jumbos six straight times, often by large margins.

Tufts improved to 3-0 on their spring trip.

TUFTS                Pos   AB  R  H BI BB SO PO  A   METHODIST            Pos   AB  R  H BI BB SO PO  A
*ZACK BROWN          2B     4  0  0  0  0  0  3  3   *JEFF BEITZEL        RF     4  0  0  0  0  0  3  0
*TODD BOUTWELL       LF     4  0  1  0  0  1  2  0   *RICH DOMBROWSKI     SS     4  0  0  0  0  0  0  2
*DAN CALLAHAN        RF     4  0  1  1  0  0  4  0   *KYLE JOHNSON        3B     4  0  1  0  0  0  4  1
*BRIAN SHAPIRO       3B     4  1  1  0  0  0  0  4   *DAN GILES           LF     4  0  3  0  0  0  4  0
*TIM AYRES           1B     3  0  0  0  1  0 16  0   RIDGE JOHNSON        PR     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
*EVAN ZUPANCIC       CF     4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0   *JONATHAN ELLIS      2B     4  0  0  0  0  0  1  5
*NICK SCOLA          DH     3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0   *TIM LICATA          C      4  0  2  0  0  0  2  0
JOSH MARKS           DH     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   *JIMMY ROSS          1B     3  0  0  0  0  0  8  0
*JOE SURPRENANT      C      4  0  2  0  0  0  0  0   *BRIAN MANESS        CF     3  0  1  0  0  0  5  0
*MIKE GRAY           SS     3  1  1  0  1  1  1  7   *AUSTIN FOSTER       DH     3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
*STEVE LAPHAM        P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4   *JUSTIN SCALI        P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                                                     RYAN TOPPING         P      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

TUFTS                      34  2  7  1  2  2 27 18   METHODIST                  33  0  8  0  0  0 27  8

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   0   0   2   7   2
METHODIST              0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   0
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E:         TUFTS 2 -- ZACK BROWN, MIKE GRAY; METHODIST 0                                               
DP:        TUFTS 3 -- ZACK BROWN 2, MIKE GRAY 2; METHODIST 1 -                                         
LOB:       TUFTS 7; METHODIST 6                                                                        
2B:        TUFTS 1 -- BRIAN SHAPIRO; METHODIST 0

Pitching

TUFTS                    IP  H  R ER BB SO   METHODIST                IP  H  R ER BB SO
*STEVE LAPHAM        W  9.0  8  0  0  0  0   *JUSTIN SCALI        L  7.0  6  2  2  2  1
                                             RYAN TOPPING            2.0  1  0  0  0  1

TUFTS                   9.0  8  0  0  0  0   METHODIST               9.0  7  2  2  2  2

WP:        TUFTS 1 -- STEVE LAPHAM; METHODIST 0                                        

Attendance:    80
Time of Game: 2:15