Tufts Edges Williams 1-0 in Game 2 of Baseball Championship
Courtesy Trinity Sports Information
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Senior pitcher Adam Telian (Stoughton, Mass.) pitched a seven-hit shutout to lead Tufts to a 1-0 win over Williams in game two of the 2008 NESCAC Baseball Championship at Andrus Field on the campus of Wesleyan University Saturday morning. Tufts improves to 19-14 and advances to to the winner's bracket game this afternoon at Trinity College, while the Ephs fall to 24-11 and will play Amherst College in the loser's bracket game this afternoon on Andrus Field.
Tufts jumped on top early when junior OF Dave Katzman (North Andover, Mass.) scored sophomore C Alex Perry (Danvers, Mass.) in the second inning with a bases loaded walk, giving Telian and the Jumbos all they would need to secure the victory. Ephs senior pitcher Matt Gustafson (Cupertino, Calif.) was credited with the loss, despite allowing no earned runs and just three hits in 8.1 innings. Telian collected three strikeouts in the pitchers dual. Neither pitcher allowed an extra base hit in the game.
Williams best chance to score came in the eighth when junior first baseman Zach Stone (Darien, Conn.) singled to lead off the inning. Junior third baseman Barrett Allison (Amherst, Mass.) bunted Stone to second, giving the Ephs a man in scoring position with one out and a chance to tie the game. First-year OF Bryce Bennett (Jonesboro, Ariz.) pinch ran for Stone, but was thrown out trying to steal after Perry made a perfect throw to get him at third. In the ninth, Eph senior OF Max Pinto (Palo Alton, Calif.) singled with one out, but Talian picked him off at first for the second time in the game.
