Dartmouth Falls in Series Finale at Columbia, 11-1

Sunday, March 31

New York, N.Y.

3:30 PM

Dartmouth College

9-13, 3-3

Columbia

8-12, 4-2

Dartmouth

Columbia

Junior Michael Calamari had the lone Dartmouth extra-base hit.

Photo by: Mike Janes/Four Seam Images

Dartmouth Falls in Series Finale at Columbia, 11-1

3/31/2019 6:42:00 PM | Baseball

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The Big Green were limited to five hits one day after collecting 37 in a doubleheader

By: Rick Bender

NEW YORK, N.Y. — After splitting two games yesterday with each side earning a win thanks to a 23-run outburst, Dartmouth could not keep its bats going on a rainy Sunday as host Columbia (8-12, 4-2 Ivy) clinched the series with an 11-1 victory over the Big Green (9-13, 3-3 Ivy). Ben Wereski struck out a career-high 10 batters over six scoreless innings, and two relievers recorded the final nine outs as the pair limited Dartmouth to five hits one day after the Green collected 37 in the twinbill.

Freshman Nathan Skinner (1-3) suffered the loss after allowing six runs, five earned, over 4.2 innings with a walk and a strikeout.

Wereski (1-3), meanwhile, needed 110 pitches to navigate his six innings, surrendering four hits and three walks. Dartmouth had opportunities to score in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth stanzas, but the left-hander found a way to escape trouble each time.

Columbia scored the game's first run as it did in both games yesterday. Julian Bury hustled for a double to lead off the first and Matt Cerfolio brought him around to score when he dropped a hit in front of the left fielder, though the Big Green defense threw behind him to catch him too far from first base.

After plating an unearned run in the second, the Lions opened up a 5-0 lead in the third on a three-run homer to center off the bat of Chandler Bengtson, his third long ball of the series and fifth of the year.

Liam McGill lined a two-out, RBI double into the right-center gap in the fifth to end Skinner's afternoon. Junior Michael Parsons took over and left McGill stranded at second.

Jack Chernow lined a two-run triple to highlight a three-run sixth, and Columbia added two more tallies in the seventh to take an 11-0 lead.

The Big Green were able to avoid being shut out by Columbia for the first time in 30 years when senior Matt Feinstein drew the fourth free pass of the inning, forcing in the lone Dartmouth run.

Both Cerfolio (3-for-3, walk, two runs, two RBIs) and Bengtson (2-for-2, two walks, HR, three runs, three RBIs) had perfect days at the plate to pace the Lions offense that amassed 14 hits.

Junior Michael Calamari had the lone extra-base hit for Dartmouth with a one-out double in the sixth. Senior Sean Sullivan and sophomore Ubaldo Lopez both had nine-game hitting streaks snapped, though the latter walked twice.

Dartmouth will be back in action at Holy Cross (7-22) on Wednesday at 5 p.m., streamed live on the Patriot League Network.

Notes: The Big Green was last shut out by Columbia on April 30, 1989, with 79 games played in the series since — Dartmouth leads the all-time series with the Lions, 112-80 … this was the first regular-season series that Columbia won against the Big Green since 2003 … Dartmouth struck out a season-high 13 times.