| Wednesday, March 24
Tufts 6, GC 2
Visiting Tufts University (3-2) came
from behind to defeat Greensboro College (18-8), 6-2, at War Memorial Stadium
on Wednesday afternoon. The Jumbo victory was its third straight.
Both of The Pride's runs were unearned.
Brent Justice walked and was eventually driven in by a Larry
Lockhart sacrifice fly in the first inning. In the second frame, Jesse
Sutton reached on a base on balls. He then stole second and advanced
to third base on an error. Tufts hurler Jeremy Davis, who improved to 1-1
as the winning pitcher, then balked Sutton to home. Davis pitched 7 innings
and had 8 strikeouts for TU.
The Jumbos scored two runs in the
fourth to tie the game. GC's Matt Tully relieved starter Jeff
Pothoven in the next inning. Chris Decembrele (2-4 with with 1 run)
had the game-winning RBI that scored Nick Palange. Tully (1-1) gave up
3 runs and earned the loss.
Jeremy Morrison went 2-5 with
a stolen base and Orlando Lago was 2-4 for the home team. Kyle Backstrom
and Bryan McDavitt were both 2-4 for Tufts. Palange hit a solo home run
in the fourth inning for the visitors.
GC record 18-8, 6-6; Streak L1;
Up next vs. Ferrum, 3-27, Noon, DH
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