WATERVILLE, ME – Wesleyan baseball has their season end Saturday, being defeated in the first two games of a best-of-three series against Colby in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Tournament. In the first game, the Cardinals got out to a slow start, trailing 9-2 after the 2^nd inning before mounting an enormous comeback. Wesleyan scored the next six runs, including one in the top of the 9^th, to tie the game up at nine and force extra innings. After a scoreless 10^th, the Mules hit a walk-off home run courtesy of Cabot Maher to take game one. Game two was a little less dramatic, with the Mules leading from start to finish, winning 10-1 and advancing to the next round of the NESCAC Tournament. The Cardinals end their season 18-16, while Colby advances and improves their record to 23-11.
 
HIGHLIGHTS (GAME 1, 10-9 (11 IN) LOSS)

• The Mules got on the board early in game number one. After holding Wesleyan without a run in the top half of the 1^st, Colby pushed across two in the bottom half on a Cabot Maher 2-run shot that brought home Brady O'Brien
• Wesleyan answered back in the top of the 2^nd to retake the lead. Two Cardinals reached base on Mules' errors bringing up Dylan Judd '22 who delivered a three-run home run to put the Cardinals up top 3-2. The Mules quickly responded with a seven-run bottom half of the inning. The Mules scored their seven runs on seven hits including a Cole Palmeri grand slam to take a commanding 9-3 lead
• Wesleyan scored one run in the 3^rd (Luke Lasaracina '25 RBI-double) and one in the 4^th (Jimmy Clifford '23 home run) to trim the deficit to just four. They then went for three more runs in the 5^th to turn it back into a game. They scored those three runs without recording a hit (three walks, hit by pitch, one error).
• The Cardinals tied it in the top of the 9^th on a Wes Fritch '22 lead off home run to force extra innings. After a scoreless 10^th, the Mules' Cabot Maher hit his 2^nd home run of the contest to help Colby take game one of the series

NOTES:

• Wesleyan hits three home runs in a game for the first time this season
• Dylan Judd (2-for-4, HR) had a career-high 4 RBI
• Clifford (1-for-4, 2 runs) and Lasaracina (1-for-5) contributed two RBI

 
HIGHLIGHTS (GAME 2, 10-1 LOSS)

• It was all Colby in game two. It started in the 1^st inning when O'Brien homered to give the Mules and early 1-0 lead. They would slowly expand their lead, scoring one in the 3^rd and two in the 4^th while holding the Wesleyan offense without a run
• The Mules added three more runs in the 6^th on two hits to balloon their lead to 7-0. Wesleyan finally got on the board in the top of the 7^th when Adam Geibel '22 hit a RBI-single.
• The Mules offense added three more insurance runs in the 8^th to put the game out of reach. They scored their three runs on only one hit, while holding the Cardinals scoreless the remainder of the game

 
NOTES:

• Colby outhit Wesleyan 10-7
• Adam Geibel (2-for-4) drives in a run for the 14^th game this season
• Wesleyan uses eight pitchers