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Baseball wins game one at Amherst, Kovach ’28 goes the distance again

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AMHERST, Mass. – Hamilton College's

Mark Kovach '28 held Amherst College scoreless over the final eight innings in the Continentals' 4-1 win over the Mammoths in game one of a NESCAC West Division series at Amherst's Memorial Field on Friday, April 24.

Season Update

  • Hamilton (15-14, 6-4 NESCAC West) has won six of its last eight games.

  • Amherst (20-10, 5-5) dropped to 8-5 at home.

How It Happened

  • Hamilton loaded the bases with one out in the top of the first, then Gianni DiCerbo '27 scored on a wild pitch, and Edo Spadaccini '26 drove in Lucas Herman '26 with a sacrifice fly to center field for a 2-0 advantage.

  • Amherst's Jackson Boyer led off the bottom of the first with a triple, and Leo Foust lifted a sacrifice fly to right field and cut the deficit to 2-1.

  • Anthony Palumbo '29 ripped a single to right field and loaded the bases for the Continentals in the top of the fourth. Alfonso Rada '27 and DiCerbo then delivered back-to-back RBI singles and extended the lead to 4-1.

  • Kovach recorded 1-2-3 innings in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings.

  • Matthew Chen poked a leadoff single for the Mammoths in the bottom of the eighth, then Kovach struck out the next three hitters to end the inning.

  • Amherst put runners on first and third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but Kovach got a ground ball for the final out and secured the conference win.

Notes

  • Kovach is the only Hamilton pitcher in the last 14 years to record two nine-inning complete games in the same season.

  • Kovach tallied seven strikeouts and collected his team-best fourth win of the season. He is tied for second in the NESCAC in complete games and ranks fourth in total strikeouts with 46.

  • DiCerbo and Spadaccini registered one hit, one run and one RBI each.

  • Taylor Kaufman '26 reached base three times with two walks and a hit by pitch.

  • Amherst's Matt Tabet pitched three scoreless innings in relief.

  • Boyer went 2-for-4 with one run for the Mammoths.

Next Game

Hamilton and Amherst will conclude the NESCAC West Division series with a doubleheader at Memorial Field on Saturday, April 25 beginning at 12 p.m.

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