On Saturday April 21, Junior RHP Tim Kiely pitched the first perfect game in the 139-year history of Trinity College baseball and 13th ever in Division III Baseball history to lead the Bantams to a 4-0 win in the first game and a split in the doubleheader against the visiting Tufts University Jumbos in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division baseball action this afternoon. The Bantams, ranked No. 2 in New England and No. 20 in the nation, dropped the second game, 13-6. Trinity is now 22-5 overall and finishes 8-4 in the NESCAC East Division. Tufts, ranked No. 5 in New England, moves to 17-8 overall and 7-2 in the division.

Kiely struck out six of the first nine batters he faced, finishing with nine K's for the day, and allowed just two routine fly balls to leave the infield in an efficient, 79-pitch performance. The closest Tufts came to reaching base was a liner over the head of Trinity SS Tom DiBenedetto that the junior leaped for and caught at the peak of his jump to save the perfect game. Trinity scored three runs in fourth inning on a leadoff double by freshman 1B Kent Graham, a single by junior OF Matt Stafford that scored Graham after it was misplayed by the Tufts centerfielder, and a two-run homer run by freshman OF James Wood (Windham, N.H.). Bantam junior 3B Guy Gogliettino tripled in an insurance run in the sixth frame. Tufts junior LHP Adam Telian also went the distance, striking out four and scattering 10 hits in a losing effort.