HARTFORD, Conn. – The Brandeis University baseball team scored three runs in the first inning and went on to add runs in each of their first five at-bats as the Judges picked up their first win of the season, 13-8, over the host Trinity College Bantams today.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis: 1-2.
• Trinity: 2-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Judges wasted little time getting to Trinity starter Drew McGowan as the first five Judges reached safely on four hits and a walk. The big blow of the frame was a bases-clearing double by grad transfer 1B Eddie Zanor (Branford, Conn./Notre Dame-West Haven) that gave the Judges a 3-0 lead.
• Brandeis increased their lead to 5-0 in the second on an RBI single by first-year 2B Dylan Walsh (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) and run-scoring grounder by Zanor.
• The Bantams broke through in the bottom of the frame on some heads-up running by catcher Jack Ryan, who drove in a run with a double and two batters later stole home when a dropped third strike went down to first.
• Brandeis blew things open in the third with a five-run frame. Sophomore DH Jordan Greenaway (Clifton, N.J. / Morristown Beard School) delivered a sacrifice fly, followed by a two-run double by Walsh.
• Grad student Brian King (Palos Verde, Calif./Palos Verde) drove in his third run in the last two games with a single, and junior catcher Justin Keeler (Seymour, Conn./St. Joseph's) walked with the bases loaded to give the Judges a 10-2 advantage.
• A wild pitch and a passed ball helped Brandeis score twice in the fourth, and first-year CF Evan Reif (Olathe, Kans. / Olathe South) drove in a run win a single in the fifth to close out Brandeis's scoring.
• Trinity scored a run in the third and four in the sixth, but first-year lefty Dimitri Skourides (Arlington, Mass. / Winchendon School) was terrific in relief, keeping the Bantams off the board in the last three frames.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Seven of the nine Brandeis starters had hits and all nine reached base at least once, as the Judges had 12 hits and nine walks.
• Walsh led the hit parade, going 3-for-6 with three RBI, two runs scored and a double.
• Zanor finished with a team-high four RBI, going 2-for-4 with four RBI.
• First-year outfielder Henry Aronwald (Rye Brook, N.Y. / Trinity Pawling) went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch twice, scoring three runs. He also stole a base, one of three for Brandeis on the day. Greenaway also crossed the plate three times.
• Graduate student Marc Maestri (Katonah, N.Y./Somers) earned the win, the sixth of his career. He threw 5.2 innings of work, allowing eight hits and eight runs (seven earned), walking two and striking out five.
• Skourides earned his first collegiate save with 3.1 scoreless innings. He shut down the Bantams with just two hits and two walks, striking out three.
• Trinity's 10 hits were split among eight players, with RF William Frain going 3-5 with two runs scored, a double and a triple to highlight the hosts offense.
• Seven different Bantam's took the mound, with McGowan suffering the loss in his first collegiate start, allowing five hits and five runs (four earned) in one inning of work.

UP NEXT

• The Judges are scheduled to take on Tufts University Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m.