Navy Defeats Dartmouth in First Extra Inning Game of Season

Sunday, March 8

Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium / Annapolis, Md.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

3-7

Navy

11-4

Dartmouth

Navy

Navy Defeats Dartmouth in First Extra Inning Game of Season

3/8/2026 3:17:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Rebecca Osowski

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Big Green concluded a four-game series with the Navy Midshipmen Sunday, as the Midshipmen earned the 4-3 walk-off ten inning victory over the Big Green.

With the loss, Dartmouth falls to 3-7 on the season.

The Big Green wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, plating two runs in the first inning. Nico Bañez was hit by the pitch to lead off the inning, before Alejandro Puig put two runners on with no outs thanks to a fielding error. Milo Suarez then drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases.

A wild pitch scored Bañez from third before the Midshipmen dealt another walk, this time to A.J. DeMastrie to reload the bases. With one out, Henry Murray bounced into a fielder's choice, scoring another run to give Dartmouth a 2-0 lead.

Navy put its first runner on base in the third inning, loading the bases on two straight walks and a single. Nate Matoush, getting his first career start on the mound for the Big Green, recorded a strike out before the Midshipmen sent their first run of the game home on a sacrifice fly.

The Big Green immediately responded, getting the run back in the fourth inning. Murray tripled to put himself 90-feet from home plate before Camden Rush singled to left field to regive Dartmouth a two-run lead.

In the bottom half of the fifth, the Midshipmen scored two runs on three hits and a walk, tying the game at three runs apiece.

The teams combined for only three baserunners through the eighth inning, but Dartmouth pressured in the ninth.

Rush knocked a two out single and was replaced on the base paths by Sam Andersen. Andersen stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Jack Espiritu-Niswonger also drew a walk and advanced to second, putting two runners in scoring position with two outs. The Midshipmen were able to record the final out, giving Navy a chance for its second walk-off of the series.

Mac Burke pitched his second inning of relief in the ninth, throwing a perfect 1-2-3 inning to send the game to extras.

The Midshipmen got the Big Green in order in the tenth to send the game to the bottom of the tenth. The Midshipmen led off the inning with a single to right field, despite a diving effort from Gus Begert to catch the ball. Navy then drew a walk before laying down a sacrifice bunt. The Big Green misjudged the play and made an error, allowing the winning run to score from second.

Navy earned the 4-3 victory, its second walk off of the series, as Dartmouth wrapped the weekend trip with a 1-3 record.

Nate Matoush got the start, allowing three runs on three hits in 4.1 innings of work. Matoush walked three Midshipmen and also recorded three strikeouts.

Kyle Klaric-Schell pitched nearly three scoreless innings of relief, allowing just two hits in 2.2 innings of work. He added one strikeout and walked two.

Mac Burke pitched the final 2+ innings for the Big Green and took the loss, giving up one unearned run on one hit and one walk. Burke also fanned two Midshipmen.

The Big Green will have a little over a week off before playing its final game ahead of Ivy League play. Dartmouth will head to Rhode Island to face the Bryant Bulldogs on Wednesday, March 18. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.