Middlebury 12, Bates 2
at Middlebury, Vt.

MIDDLEBURY DOWNS BATES BASEBALL, 12-2

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Middlebury College baseball team used a balanced attack as eight different players got hits and the Panthers (10-9) defeated the Bates College Bobcats (2-18) today by a score of 12-2.

Middlebury was led by Chris Kestner's 3-4 performance with three RBI and a run scored, while Neil Higgins hit his first home run of the season, a two-run blast in the sixth. Bates' biggest highlight was rookie Rob Maguire's (Wayland, Mass.) first career home run leading off the fourth innning.

Bates (2-18)       100 100 000 -  2  5 5
Middlebury (10-9)  100 204 32x - 12 15 0

B: Shawn Kingman, John Merriman (7), Billy Karz (8) and
Matt Peterson.
M: Eric McCollum and Matt Blake.
WP: McCollum (1-0) LP: Kingman (0-5)

HR: B, Rob Maguire (1). M, Neil Higgins (1).