Baseball | Tufts beats Brandeis in Waltham

    The baseball team's non-conference record was helped yesterday afternoon, as the Jumbos beat Brandeis 4-1 in Waltham, improving their overall mark to 6-13 on the year.
    The Jumbos rode the strong early pitching of starting hurler Chris DeGoti. The freshman pitched four innings, giving up only three hits and no earned runs with two strikeouts. After he exited with a 3-0 lead, sophomore Derek Miller took the mound, throwing 3.2 innings of scoreless ball with two strikeouts while giving up only one hit and two walks.
    On the offensive side of the plate, the Jumbos led off the second, third and fourth innings with hits and used those early-inning sparks to put single runs on the board in each of those innings. Sophomore Chase Rose showed up big for the Jumbos, knocking a double to lead off in the second and a triple to lead off the fourth and eventually scoring in both innings.
    Junior designated hitter Nate Bankoff led the Jumbos offensively, racking up two RBIs on a three-for-four effort at the plate. With Rose on third base in the fourth frame after his leadoff triple, Bankoff played the situation right by hitting the ball deep to left field for a sacrifice fly. Senior co-captain Kevin Casey and junior co-captain Alex Perry also chipped in RBIs to the offensive effort, while senior Dave Katzman was perfect at the plate, getting hits in all three appearances.
    See tomorrow's Daily for further coverage.