Panther baseball earns NCAA bid

Host Tufts defeated the Middlebury College baseball team in the championship game of the NESCAC tournament on Sunday, 12-1, but the Panthers earned an NCAA Division III tournament bid despite the setback.

Baseball teams all earn wins

Middlebury topped Mount Abraham to highlight high school baseball action between May 9 and 16, while elsewhere the Eagles picked up a win, the Tigers split two other games, and Vergennes and Otter Valley each won two out of three. 

Karl Lindholm: Yoshida, Koji, Ohtani — and Horace Wilson

Who is that fellow playing left field for the Red Sox this season? He bats left-handed and throws right-handed and is hitting .327 with six homers and 22 RBI after a slow start and has led the Red Sox recently on an eight-game win streak — and has hit saf … (read more)

Tiger nine takes 2; Eagles get first

Middlebury won twice, once over Vergennes, to highlight local high school baseball play between May 4 and 9. Mount Abraham, also at the Commodores’ expense, broke through for its first win, and the Commodores also won once, while Otter Valley came up shor … (read more)

Panther nine prevails in first round of NESCAC playoffs

The Middlebury College baseball team swept visiting Trinity, 14-7 and 13-12, on Saturday, to win a best-of-three NESCAC quarterfinal series. 

College to upgrade its ballfields

Middlebury College plans to install artificial turf surfaces on its baseball and softball fields, which abut each other east of South Street near Porter Hospital.

Commodore baseball falls to U-32

The difficulties the Division III Vergennes Union High School baseball team have had so far this spring against D-I and D-II opponents continued on Saturday, when D-II U-32 topped the Commodores, 6-1. 

Panther baseball nets No. 2 seed

The Middlebury College baseball team won three out of four recent games, including two out of three at NESCAC West rival Amherst, to improve to 23-9.

OV is the only winner in baseball

In limited recent local high school baseball action, Otter Valley spit two games, while Mount Abraham came up short twice. 

Tiger nine hits a rough patch

Saturday’s 13-2 loss to visiting St. Albans capped off a tough opening stretch for the MUHS baseball team, which stands at 1-4 after four games against Division I teams.

OV pitcher earns a no-hitter; VUHS baseball falls

The spring’s first no-hitter helped Otter Valley defeat rival Fair Haven twice to highlight recent local high school baseball action, while Vergennes came up short in two outings.

Middlebury College baseball wins 20th of the season

Panther baseball reached the 20-victory plateau by winning four out of five games between April 19 and 25.

Commodores pick up only win in high school baseball

In recent high school baseball action, Vergennes split its first two games, while Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Otter Valley all came up short. 

Panther nine takes three of four

The Middlebury College baseball team won three of four games last week to improve to 16-7, 3-3 in NESCAC West, a mark good enough for a second-place tie in the league.

OV baseball strikes early, tops Eagles

Otter Valley topped host Mount Abraham to highlight the opening of the region’s high school baseball season. 

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