March 15, 2022

Bowdoin's Connolly wins 400th game

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AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Bowdoin baseball head coach Mike Connolly reached the 400-win milestone as the Polar Bears split a non-conference doubleheader with Amherst on Tuesday afternoon in Florida.
 
The Polar Bears are 3-3 on the year, while the Mammoths are 2-1. Connolly is just the second head coach at Bowdoin, in any sport, to reach the 400-win plateau, joining long-time men's ice hockey coach Terry Meagher. Bowdoin suffered a 10-1 setback in the series opener but bounced back with a 10-5 victory in game two.
 
Game One Highlights

  • Amherst went ahead 5-0 in the top of the first.
  • Bowdoin scored its lone run of the game in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI groundout by Gabe Peckler that plated Ben McKenzie.
  • The Mammoths went on to score a run in third inning. Three in the fourth, and another in the sixth.
  • Bowdoin managed four hits against the Amherst defense.
  • Luke Chessie suffered the loss on the mound.
  • Bobby Pearl went 2-for-3 at the plate.

 
Game Two Highlights

  • Amherst scored first with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third inning.
  • The Mammoths took a 3-0 lead with another run in the fourth before Bowdoin could answer.
  • The Polar Bears exploded for nine runs in the fifth inning to take the lead.
  • Richie McNamara plated the team's first runs of the game with a double to left field that drove in CJ Brito-Trinidad and Robbie Sarmanian.
  • McKenzie doubled to right and drove in McNamara to make it 3-3.
  • Pearl singled to right and drove in a pair of runs.
  • With the bases loaded, Gavin Cann came up with a double to center that plated all three runners.
  • Sarmanian had the innings final RBI with a double to left that drove in Cann.
  • Amherst got a pair of runs back in the sixth, but Brito-Trinidad and an RBI single down the leftfield line in the seventh to finish out the day's scoring.
  • Aidan Schraeder earned the win with five innings of work and three runs off five hits allowed. Jack Olcott pitched the final two innings.
  • Stephen Simoes and Cann both went 3-for-4 at the plate. Chessie drew three walks.

 
Up Next

  • The Polar Bears play NYU on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. in Auburndale, Florida.