From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis University baseball team opened its 2020 season today with an offensive explosion, scoring 14 runs on 19 hits in a 14-2 victory over Elmira College at Chain-O-Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida, as part of the RussMatt Invitational. The Judges are now 1-0, the Eagles 0-1.

Seven of the nine Brandeis starters had multiple hits in the game. Junior catcher Luke Hall (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown) led the way by going 4-5 with a double, a triple, two RBI and three runs scored. Hall drove in a run with a double in the third inning and with a triple in the fifth. Junior 1B Isaac Fossas (Dudley, Mass./Milton Academy) was 3-5 with a double, a home run, two RBI and three runs scored. Fossas's two-run home run in the first inning got the scoring started. It was his sixth career round-tripper.

Senior 2B Victor Oppenheimer (West Hills, Calif./Chaminade) also had three hits on the day, including a double and two RBI. The Judges also had doubles by junior RF Mike Khoury (E. Bridgewater, Mass./E. Bridgewater) and rookie 3B Brian King (Palos Verde, Calif./Palos Verde).

Brandeis scored runs in all but one inning on the day, the second. Their biggest frame was the four-run eighth, which included a sacrifice fly from junior Dan Frey (Ipswich, Mass./St. Johns Prep), an Oppenheimer RBI double, and run-producing singles from senior Dan O'Leary (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) and rookie Drew Michaud (Madison, Conn./Xavier).

That was plenty of offense for senior lefty starter Greg Tobin (Medway, Mass./Catholic Memorial). Tobin scattered seven hits over six innings of work, allowing just two earned runs. He struck out six and walked just one to improve to 1-0 on the season and earn his seventh career win. Junior Mason Newman (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) and sophomore Gavin Dauer (Winchester, Mass./St. John's Prep) combined to throw three innings of hitless ball, allowing just one base-runner between them.

Elmira's top hitter was 1B Tommy Fogarty, who went 3-4 with a double, the team's only extra-base hit. Taber Carter surrendered eight earned runs on nine hits in five innings to shoulder the loss for the Eagles.