WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University baseball team limited visiting Washington University to five runs today, but the Judges' offense was stymied as well as the Bears earned a 5-1 win in the opener of a four-game University Athletic Association series.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis: 5-23, 0-9 UAA.
• Washington U.: 20-12-1, 4-4-1 UAA.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams were held in check by the starting pitchers, Brandeis's Marc Maestri (Katonah, N.Y./Somers) and Washington's Sebastian Guzman.
• The Bears broke through in the fourth inning when 3B Evan Minarovich singled with one out, moved to third on a double by RF Carson Cleage and scored on a ground out by DH Jack Miller.
• The visitors extended their lead to 4-0 in the fifth on a two-run double by 1B Harr Mauterer and a single by 2B Clayton Miller.
• Brandeis got one run back in the bottom of the fifth when first-year RF Henry Aronwald (Rye Brook, N.Y./Trinity Pawling) singled, moved to second on a wild pickoff and scored two batters later on a sacrifice fly by classmate SS Matt Chafin (Arlington, Mass./Arlington).
• Brandeis managed just one hit the rest of the way, while WashU added the game's final run in the top of the ninth on a lead-off single by CF Brandon Buday. He moved to second on a wild pitch and came home after stealing third and the catcher's throw sailed into left field.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Guzman earned the win for the Bears, allowing just three hits in eight innings of work to improve to 3-1 on the season. He struck out eight and walked just one, throwing just 96 pitches, 67 of those for strikes.
• Maestri fell to 2-5 on the season despite working 7.2 innings, his fifth outing of six or more innings this season and the third time he has worked into the seventh or later. Maestri allowed 10 hits and four earned runs, striking out two and walking two. He threw a season-high 122 pitches, 74 for strikes.  
• In addition to Aronwald, Brandeis's hits came from sophomore catcher CJ Dunston (New Bedford, Mass./New Bedford) and first-year CF Connor Crowley (Guilford, Conn./Notre Dame-West Haven).
• WashU got hits from eight of its nine starters, with Mauterer, Clayton Miller and Cleage each tallying two hits, including a double for each.

UP NEXT

• Brandeis and Washington University will meet for two games tomorrow starting at 2 p.m. at Waltham High School's Yetten Field in order to try to avoid the inclement weather.