In the opener, Bowdoin scored a run in the first inning off MCLA starter Cody Weaver to grab an early lead.  The Trailblazers responded with a run in the third inning to tie the score.  J.T. Ferraro's knocked in Joe Duncan, who earlier reached on a bunt single.  MCLA then grabbed the lead in the fourth inning as Tyler Benoit belted a one-out double and moved to third on Rory Slattery's single.  An infield error allowed Benoit to score giving the Trailblazers a brief lead.

 

Bowdoin had the answer though. They knotted the score in the fifth inning, loading the bases with no one out. A fly to left field resulted in a double play as Chase Preite gunned down the tying run. The Bears' Kyle Leblanc would come up with a key two-out single to drive in the pivotal run.  Weaver escaped further damage until the sixth.

 

A leadoff double to left from Dan Findley was followed by a walk and a sacrifice bunt putting runners on second and third with one out. Following an intentional pass to Luke Regan, Timothy McGarry was hit by a pitch to push across the go-ahead run.  Weaver fanned the next two hitters to keep MCLA in it though.

 

MCLA had a chance in the seventh as Derek Lescarbeau was stranded at second base

to end the game.

 

In game two, Trailblazer Benoit and Bowdoin's Harry Ridge were locked in a pitchers duel into the fifth inning. The Polar Bears Matt Savard' lead off the inning with a solo home run to left.  Bowdoin then tacked on two more runs in the frame using two more hits and two walks to grab a 3-0 lead.

 

Ridge was cruising as he allowed just two hits in his six innings of work. He fanned seven hitters to earn the win. Bowdoin pushed across two more runs on a pair of wild pitches in the sixth to pull away.

 

Bowdoin outhit MCLA 9-2 in game two.

 

Ferraro had a solid day for MCLA as he had four hits on the afternoon.

 

MCLA will return home to face Clark on Tuesday at 3 p.m.