AUBURNDALE, Fla. -- The Bates baseball team took the lead in the fifth and scored six times in the sixth inning to run away for an 8-3 victory in game two of Saturday's doubleheader, completing the sweep of Houghton.

Bates used four pitchers in the victory, with sophomore Matthew Shrake (Chicago, Ill.) tossing two shutout innings out of the bullpen to pick up the win.

Down 1-0, the Bobcats tied things up in the top of the third. First-year Joe Yoxall (Dallas, Texas) drew a walk to start the frame and promptly stole second base. One out later he advanced to third on a Houghton error. Brennan drew a walk and ball four happened to be a wild pitch, scoring Yoxall and tying the game at one.

Ethan Cetton (0-1) pitched well for Houghton, but the Bobcats pushed across another run in the fifth. Fallon tripled to center to start the frame and Brennan drew another walk. Then a rather bizarre play happened where Cimino hit a shallow fly to left that was almost caught on the dive by Houghton's Jose Morales. Brennan was headed back to first thinking it was caught, and Cimino passed him on the bases. The Houghton second baseman tagged out Brennan and Cimino was out for passing him. But amidst all the chaos, Fallon scored and Bates led 2-1.

Sophomore Brandon Biggane (Rensselaer, N.Y.) led off the top of the sixth with a solo home run down the left field line, chasing Cetton from the game. 

New pitcher Trevor Ciccotti walked Gesmondi and senior captain John Nowak (Pelham, N.Y.) reached on a fielder's choice, where Gesmondi was safe at second. Attal tripled in both runners for a 4-1 lead. Kelley singled in Attal and advanced to second on a Houghton error. He advanced to third on a wild pitch and Fallon drew a walk. Fallon managed to escape getting picked off and advanced to second. Then Brennan drove in Kelley with a sacrifice fly to right field off new pitcher Will Tormey. A Cimino RBI double down the left field line capped off the big inning for Bates, as the Bobcats went up 8-1.

Shrake (1-0) struck out three batters in his two plus scoreless frames on the mound while junior Jack Potash (Weston, Conn.) also blanked Houghton in his two innings of work. First-year Max Dio (Wellfleet, Mass.) got the start for the Bobcats and allowed one run on one hit in two innings pitched, striking out four and walking three.

Senior Alex Ross (Ridgefield, Conn.) made his debut on the mound for Bates and allowed two runs in one inning pitched, finishing off the victory for the Bobcats by inducing a 1-6-3 double play to end the game.

For the second straight game, the Bobcats tallied six hits. Attal led the way, going 2-3 with a run scored, a triple, and two RBI. The Bobcats drew nine walks as a team in game two.