Teams: Baseball: Schedule & Results

McDAVITT HIT IN NINTH WINS IT FOR JUMBOS AT GUILFORD

COLLEGE BASEBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 6    Guilford 4

At Greensboro, NC
Monday, March 20, 2006

Game Box Score

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Junior 1B Bryan McDavitt's (Holden, MA) single to left center in the top of the ninth inning broke a 4-4 tie and gave Tufts a 6-4 win at Guilford College on Monday afternoon. Coupled with a 15-2 victory over Maryville College of Tennessee at Guilford in the morning, the Jumbos finished the day with a 2-2 record.

Senior C Ben Chang's (Chicago, IL) two-run single in the eighth gave the Jumbos a 4-2 edge, but Guilford tied it in the bottom of the inning on Josh Fields' (Kernersville, NC) two-out, two-run pinch-hit homer, his first college hit.

McDavitt finished the day with three hits in five at-bats. Freshman RF Brian McDonough (Hanover, MA) was 2 for 3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Chang and junior CF Chris Decembrele (Walpole, MA) also contributed two hits for the Jumbos. Sophomore Adam Telian (Stoughton, MA) worked into the eighth inning for Tufts, yielding four earned runs and seven hits. He fanned four and walked two. Sophomore Jason Protano (Milford, MA), making his third relief appearance of the spring, earned the victory with 1.1 scoreless innings of work.

Chad Boone (Winston-Salem, NC) came off the bench for Guilford and went 2 for2. His two-run pinch-hit double in the seventh gave the Quakers a 2-1 lead. Chris Raines (Roxboro, NC) worked into the eighth inning for Guilford and gave up four earned runs and 10 hits. He walked two and struck out eight.

Tufts continues its spring trip at Greensboro College on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00.

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