5/1/2026 | Baseball | Box Score
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Middlebury College baseball team rallied from an 11-1 deficit in the fifth inning to take a walk-off 14-11 shootout over Bowdoin in game one of the NESCAC quarterfinal series Friday afternoon.
The Polar Bears (15-20) will have to sweep a doubleheader tomorrow against Middlebury (20-12) to keep their season alive. The Panthers need just one win to advance to next week’s championship weekend.
Game Highlights
- A Will Logue homer and three-run double by Finn Cahill gave Bowdoin a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
- The Polar Bears took advantage of a pair of Panther errors to score three runs in the fourth and added four more in the fifth on RBI hits from Logue and Liam Farley to lead 11-1.
- Middlebury’s offense awoke in the bottom of the fifth, however, as two three-run homers contributed to an eight-run frame that trimmed the lead to 11-9.
- A single run in the seventh cut the lead to 11-10 and Middlebury scored to tie it in the ninth on a double. A few batters later a long fly ball down the left field line was ruled a three-run, game-winning homer for the hosts, capping the dramatic comeback.
By The Numbers
- Finn Cahill went 3-4 with three RBI, a walk, and two runs scored while Will Bordes went 4-6 for Bowdoin.
- Will Logue, Liam Farley, and Wim Nook each had multi-hit games.
- Reliever Jake Kavanaugh was the most effective Bowdoin pitcher in the game, tossing 2.1 innings, allowing one earned run.
Up Next
Bowdoin and Middlebury will start game two of their best-of-three quarterfinal series at 11:00 a.m. Saturday.
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