No. 4/5 Baseball Slugs Past Tufts, 5-2

BEVERLY, Mass. — The No. 4/5 nationally ranked Endicott baseball team rallied past Tufts, 5-2, after some clutch late-game hitting and a shutdown bullpen effort paved the way for the Gulls in the non-conference home win.

WP (1-1): Jake Harmony (Fairfield, Conn.) — 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
LP (0-1): Jack McLaughlin (Peterborough, N.H.) — 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth, John Mulready (Peabody, Mass.) knotted things up with his first home run of the season. Mulready made solid contact with a fastball, and with the wind blowing heavily out to left, he got enough of it to carry over the left field wall.

After the Jumbos regained a 2-1 lead in the top of the sixth, the Gulls once again tied things up after Cade Bernardo (Glenmont, N.Y.) doubled home Kyle Grabowski (Westfield, Mass.) in the bottom of the sixth after a lengthy at-bat with two away in the inning.

Then, in the bottom of the seventh, Danny MacDougall (Taunton, Mass.) busted out of his 0-for-12 slump and cranked a two-run go-ahead homer to left center field, giving the Gulls their first lead of the evening (4-2).

An inning later, Grabowski padded the lead with a solo shot to left, his third of the season.

The Gulls carried that 5-2 lead into the top of the ninth, and Harmony closed out his three clean innings of work with a quick 1-2-3 frame to lock up the victory.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott advances to 8-1 all-time against the Jumbos (eight straight victories dating back to 3/25/99).
• Harmony was one of five Endicott pitchers on the afternoon. His three innings of work matched a career-high (3/19/25).
• Evan Scully (Maynard, Mass.) (2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K) was the opener for the Gulls. He was relieved by Max Jarvie (Wilton, Conn.) (1 IP, 0 ER), Colby Correia (Fairhaven, Mass.) (0.1 IP, 1 ER), and Chris Jenkins (Mansfield, Mass.) (2.2 IP, 1 K, 1 ER) before Harmony came on to retire the final nine Jumbos.
• Grabowski's homer was the 17th of his career. He ranks T-8th all-time. Meanwhile, Mulready's homer was the 18th of his career. He moved into T-6th all-time alongside teammate Robbie Wladkowski (Norwood, Mass.).
• Harmony earned the first win of his career.

WHAT'S NEXT

No. 4/5 Endicott (18-3) welcomes MIT to North Field on Thursday for a 3:30 PM non-conference matchup. Tufts (10-12) awaits conference rival Bowdoin for a NESCAC battle at Sol Gittleman Field this Friday at 3:30 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - Catherine Scarantino '26)