Bowdoin Blows Out Colby in Series Opener

WATERVILLE, Maine – The Bowdoin baseball team won a lopsided 20-0 showdown at Colby on Friday afternoon to begin the series.

The Polar Bears (14-17, 4-6 NESCAC) kept their playoff hopes alive with the win. The Mules sport a matching conference record and sit at 18-12 overall. Bowdoin last hit the 20-run milestone in 2023. The program record of sits at 34 runs against Western Connecticut State in 2006.

Game Highlights

• After three scoreless innings, Bowdoin exploded with a five-run fourth to take the lead.

• Liam Foley led off the inning with a single up the middle and quickly came home on a two-run blast by Will Bordes.

• Lukas Tsai added a two-run single up the middle and later scored on an RBI by Wim Nook.

• Bowdoin made it 7-0 in the fifth off another Nook ball, this time a two-run single to right.

• The bats kept producing for the Polar Bears in the sixth as the team added five more runs. Will Cooke had an RBI single that resulted in a bases-loaded situation. Reuben Siegel followed up with a grand slam to right.

• Pitching plagued the Mules in the seventh as Bowdoin scored on consecutively on a wild pitch and passed ball to make it 14-0. The gates blew open as Bowdoin scored six more runs and ended the game 20-0 in seven innings.

By the Numbers

• Jackson Melendy pitched a seven inning shutout. The junior allowed five hits and fanned a matching number of batters.

• Siegel went 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBI off the grand slam.

• Foley went 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI and walk.

• Cooke drove in a pair of runs while going 2-for-5.

• Nook also went 2-for-5 but drove five runs.

• Lukas Tsai was 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI.

Up Next

• Bowdoin looks to win the series with two games at home on Saturday, beginning at noon.