The Justice

Media Credit: David Sheppard-Brick Shortstop Julian Cavin '12 lunges for a ball in the Judges' 9-2 victory over Salem State College at home last Friday. Cavin also had two hits and an RBI in the game. The Judges are now 13-19 this season.

In the first game of the baseball team's doubleheader at Babson College last Saturday, the Judges fell behind 3-0 in the first inning but overcame the deficit to win 5-4. In the second game, however, the team was unable to pull out of a similar hole.

The Judges lost the second game of the doubleheader 8-7 after falling behind 4-1 in the second inning. The doubleheader split gives Brandeis a 13-19 record this season after a 2-3 week that saw the team lose to Worcester Polytechnic Institute last Wednesday and Johnson & Wales University last Thursday but defeat Salem State College. All three of those games were played at home.

In the second game against Babson, Brandeis struck first with a run in the top of the first inning off an RBI single by left fielder Jon Chu '12.

Babson tied it in the bottom of the inning and scored three more in the second inning as starting pitcher David Packard '09 allowed the first five Beaver batters to reach base before recording an out. Packard did manage to get three straight outs at the end of the inning to limit the damage, aided by Brandeis catcher Artie Posch '10 throwing out Babson centerfielder junior Peter O'Toole while he was trying to steal third base, but gave up six runs in 2 1/3 innings of work overall.

"From the beginning, [Packard] really didn't find the strike zone," first baseman Pat Nicholson '11 said.

The game against Babson was the second start of Packard's college career, as he is traditionally a reliever. Nicholson said coach Pete Varney started Packard to give some of the regular starters a rest in the team's fifth game in four days. Packard came into the game against Babson having appeared in five games as a relief pitcher with a 24.30 ERA, mainly a result of giving up six runs in an inning of work against Hastings College Feb. 19, a game the Judges won 19-15.

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