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    Game Two: Bowdoin 5, Bates 1\r\n\r\nBates took a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Bowdoin responded tying the game up in the fifth, and it was the Polar Bears who put together four runs in the top of the eighth to secure the NESCAC East victory this afternoon in game two on Lafayette Street Field.\r\n\r\nRuby Siltanen earned the win for Bowdoin (26-10, 8-4 NESCAC East), improving to 11-2 this season. She pitched all eight innings, allowing seven hits and striking out five batters. The Bobcats’ lone run was unearned. Sophomore Payton Buxton (Middlebury, Vt.) took the loss for Bates. She also pitched all eight innings, allowing five runs, four earned, on 14 hits.\r\n\r\nThe Bobcats took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Bass hit the ball to third, but Maddie Rouhana overthrew Caroline Rice at first. Bass then stole second. Sato singled up the middle, driving in Bass.\r\n\r\nThe Polar Bears tied things up in the top of the fifth. Caroline Sablone led off with a double that bounced off the top of the left field fence. She was able to get to third on a wild pitch. Katelyn Cox drilled a single up the middle, driving in Sablone.\r\n\r\nThe sixth and the seventh innings proved scoreless, sending game two to extra innings. Rice led off the eighth inning with a single and got to second on a passed ball. Rice advanced to third on a fly out to right by Samantha Valdivia. Rutz hit a single to third, and Siltanen followed with a double that scored both Rice and Rutz. Sablone reached first on an error by the center fielder, and Siltanen scored on the play. Cox then singled up the middle, driving in Sablone to make it 5-1. Bates was unable to put anything together for a comeback in the bottom of the eighth.\r\n\r\nAllison Rutz and Katelyn Cox went 3-for-4 for Bowdoin. Rutz scored one run. Siltanen led the Polar Bears with two RBIs and scored one run.\r\n\r\nBoth Bass and Sato went 2-for-4 for Bates. Bass scored Bates’ run, and Sato earned the RBI.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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