A collaborative effort from the Caltech baseball team earned the Beavers a come-from-behind 8-6 victory over Bard College on Sunday to win the weekend series, 2-1. Junior shortstop Chris McCarren (Kenilworth, Ill. / North Shore Country Day) went 4-for-4 at the dish, marking the second time in 2017 he has gone perfect at the plate. […]
A collaborative effort from the Caltech baseball team earned the Beavers a come-from-behind 8-6 victory over Bard College on Sunday to win the weekend series, 2-1.
Junior shortstop Chris McCarren (Kenilworth, Ill. / North Shore Country Day) went 4-for-4 at the dish, marking the second time in 2017 he has gone perfect at the plate. He also knocked in two runs, scored two runs and walked once. Junior Garrett Levine (Columbus, Ohio / Columbus Academy) picked up the victory in relief thanks to a late surge from the Caltech offense.
Freshman Cortland Perry (New York, N.Y. / The Dalton School) got the start for Caltech and earned the Beavers their third quality start of the weekend. Perry struck out just two batters but held the Raptors to just two runs on seven hits and three walks over six innings. The Beavers spotted Perry with a three-run lead in the third inning keyed by his own two-RBI single to bring home McCarren and sophomore catcher Mark Burleson (Ladera Ranch, Calif. / Tesoro). Perry with the lead for three more innings and left the game with Caltech leading Bard 3-2. Both teams’ bats came alive in the seventh inning. Levine entered the game with two runners on base and started slow with the Raptors scoring four runs in the seventh to take a three-run lead. Caltech answered immediately in the bottom of the inning, however, chipping away at Bard’s new-found lead little by little. No Caltech hit scored more than one runner at a time, but all the hits proved equally effective in the Beavers regaining the lead. The final blow came on a sacrifice grounder when sophomore Connor Moffatt (Charleston, W.Va. / George Washington) scored junior David Watson (Windsor, Colo. / Windsor) from third base.
With the seventh inning in the rear view mirror, Levine’s pitching improved with the Beavers now back in front. He gave up a single to lead off the eighth inning, but did not allow a single baserunner the rest of the way and mixed in one strikeout along the way to pick up his first victory of the season.
Head Coach Matthew Mark and the Beavers will return to SCIAC play on Friday, Mar. 24, when they travel to the University of Redlands before returning home to meet the Bulldogs for a Saturday doubleheader on the 25th.
