Sports just Brandeis drops games to Colby and Case Western

■ This past week, Brandeis Baseball hosted games between Colby College and Case Western Reserve University but failed to protect their home turf.

By AIDEN GUTHRO JUSTICE EDITOR

Luck has not favored the Brandeis Baseball team this season. Sitting with a record of 5-27, the team has struggled to compete both in conference and out. In their University Athletic Association match-up versus Emory University, the Eagles scored a combined 62 runs in their Saturday, April 8 doubleheader — 31 runs in each game. The margin of difference — 4-31 and 7-31 in game one and two, respectively — were so great that the MLB website ran a story on its account. With 12 first-year players on the roster, the Judges have certainly felt the growing pains this season. This past week the Judges welcomed Colby College to Waltham for a non-conference match-up on April 19. Unfortunately, the team continued their heartbreak tour and extended their losing streak to 12 games. In the bottom of the first, Brian King ’23 ripped a single and brought in captain Steve Simon ’23 for the early 1-0 lead. However, at the top of the second frame, the Mules

NBA responded with four runs of their own. Other than the fourth and ninth inning — three scored in the fourth and five in the ninth — the game was relatively competitive. Reid Latham ’23 got the start on the rubber for the first time this season and took the loss with two innings pitched, six hits, four earned runs, one walk, and one strikeout.

After a disappointing mid-week game, the team was hoping to turn the tides in their UAA weekend vs. the Case Western Reserve University Spartans. Case came into the series with an impressive 18-12 record — 7-5 in conference. Looking to secure an NCAA playoff bid, the Spartan needed to leave Waltham with four wins.

In their first match-up of the weekend, Case showed up and showed out — scoring 27 runs on the road to their dominant victory.

Sean Decker-Jacoby ’24 was the Judges’ starting pitcher for the day, giving up 12 hits and 12 runs in the performance. King and Sam Nugent ’23 each notched an RBI in the contest — both in the bottom of the sixth inning. Trying to put the first game behind them, Brandeis geared up for their second game of Friday’s doubleheader. Sad to say, the next game wasn’t too much better than the first. While the Judges were able to keep the Spartans to 13 runs on 15 hits, their offense wasn’t up to snuff — recording two runs on six

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