Game 15 - May 28, 1997
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Southern Maine pounded out 20 hits and junior Jason Jensen (pictured below left) threw his second complete game of the series to lead the Huskies to a 15-1 victory over Wooster in the Division III Baseball Championship title game May 28 in Salem, Virginia. The championship is the second in six years for Southern Maine. The Huskies won their first title in 1991.
"It was very similar to 1991," said Southern Maine head coach Ed Flaherty, referring to the team that defeated the College of New Jersey, 9-0. "We got hot hitting in the regional tournament and carried it into the championship (finals). It's almost like deja vu. "It's not very often you can sit in the dugout and know you've won it in the fifth inning. We did it in 1991 and today."
Junior first baseman Jason Crepeau hit the first of his two home runs in the first inning to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead. Senior third baseman Tony Miner singled later in the inning to extend his hitting streak to a Division III record 35 games.
Travis Snyder put Wooster in the record book when he tied the game with an opposite field home run in the bottom of the first. It was the 104th home run of the season for Wooster, which broke the Division III single-season team home run mark established by Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1986.
Southern Maine countered with five runs in the second to take the lead for good. The Huskies sent 10 men to the plate in the inning, including designated hitter Ritchie White, who hit a two-run double, and Bill O'Brien and Ken Reed, who added sacrifice flies. The Huskies continued the assault with four runs in the sixth inning. White stroked an RBI single and Rich Cahill drove in two of his four RBIs with the second of his three doubles.
Jensen, who was named the tournament's most outstanding player, found a groove after allowing Snyder's home run in the first. The lefthander allowed just five more hits and struck out nine in winning his ninth game of the year. In the series, Jensen was 2-0 with a 1.00 earned-run average and 16 strikeouts. "I stayed with the fastball and kept the change-up away," Jensen said. "I had more of a curveball today. I just went after them.".
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Southern Maine 15 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bill O'Brien ss........... 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Greg Michaud rf........... 5 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 Jason Crepeau 1b.......... 4 4 3 2 1 1 9 0 Ritchie White dh.......... 6 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 Tony Minor 3b............. 3 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 Ken Reed c................ 5 1 2 2 0 0 9 0 Rich Cahill 2b............ 6 2 3 4 0 0 3 1 Mike McCullum cf.......... 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 Cory Adams lf............. 5 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 Jason Jensen p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 45 15 20 14 5 6 27 5 Wooster 1 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Trevor Urban cf........... 5 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 Travis Snyder 3b.......... 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 Matt Jackson c............ 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 1 Chris Mihin 1b............ 4 0 1 0 0 2 7 0 Shane Flinner dh/p........ 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 Ryan Pedley rf............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Kinney lf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Sean Malone rf............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Andy Nowicki ph........... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Maibach rf/p.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jeff Nowoczynski 2b....... 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Jim Bartlett ss........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 Dan Van Dyke p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Morris p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 35 1 6 1 2 9 27 9 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Southern Maine 150 104 202 - 15 20 2 Wooster 100 000 000 - 1 6 3 ---------------------------------------------- E - Minor 2; Urban; T Snyder; J Bartlett. LOB - So Maine 11; Wooster 9. 2B - O'Brien; Michaud; White 2; Minor; Cahill 3; Nowicki; Maibach. HR - Crepeau 2; T Snyder. SB - Nowoczynski. SF - O'Brien; Reed. Southern Maine IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Jason Jensen........ 9.0 6 1 1 2 9 35 37 Wooster IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Dan Van Dyke........ 3.1 10 7 5 2 1 18 23 Mike Morris......... 2.2 4 4 3 1 1 12 13 Shane Flinner....... 2.0 4 2 2 1 2 10 11 Ben Maibach......... 1.0 2 2 2 1 2 5 6 Win - Jensen 9-3. Loss - Van Dyke 11-2. Save - None. PB - M Jackson. HBP - by Van Dyke (Crepeau). Umpires - Home:Shelton 1st:Ferguson 2nd:Partington 3rd:Sparta Start: 7:05 Time: 2:45 Attendance: 863
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Southern Maine 150 104 202 - 15 20 2 Wooster 100 000 000 - 1 6 3 ---------------------------------------------- Southern Maine inning 1 O'Brien flied out to rf. Michaud grounded out to ss. Crepeau homered to right field, RBI. White singled to right field. Minor singled to center field; White advanced to second. Reed reached on a fielder's choice; Minor out at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Wooster inning 1 Urban struck out looking. T Snyder homered to right field, RBI. M Jackson walked. Mihin grounded out to 1b unassisted; M Jackson advanced to second. Flinner struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maine inning 2 Cahill doubled to right field. McCullum reached on an error by 3b. Adams singled to center field, RBI; McCullum advanced to third; Cahill advanced to third, scored on an error by cf. O'Brien flied out to cf, SF, RBI; McCullum scored, unearned. Michaud singled to left field; Adams advanced to second. Crepeau hit by pitch; Michaud advanced to second; Adams advanced to third. White doubled to center field, 2 RBI; Crepeau advanced to third; Michaud scored; Adams scored. Minor walked. Reed flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Crepeau scored, unearned. Cahill grounded out to 2b. 5 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Wooster inning 2 Kinney flied out to rf. Malone popped up to 2b. Nowoczynski fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Southern Maine inning 3 McCullum singled to center field. Adams struck out swinging. McCullum out at first c to 1b, picked off. O'Brien popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Wooster inning 3 J Bartlett flied out to lf. Urban grounded out to 2b. T Snyder flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Southern Maine inning 4 Michaud walked. Crepeau singled to shortstop; Michaud advanced to second. White popped up to ss. Minor doubled to center field, RBI; Crepeau advanced to third; Michaud scored. M Morris to p for Van Dyke. Reed grounded out to 3b. Cahill grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Wooster inning 4 M Jackson flied out to cf. Mihin struck out swinging. Flinner singled to center field. Kinney struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maine inning 5 McCullum lined out to cf. Adams struck out swinging. O'Brien flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Wooster inning 5 Malone grounded out to 3b. Nowoczynski reached on an error by 3b. J Bartlett struck out swinging. Nowoczynski stole second. Urban struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Southern Maine inning 6 Michaud doubled to left field. Crepeau walked. Michaud advanced to third on a passed ball. White singled to left field, RBI; Crepeau advanced to second; Michaud scored. Minor flied out to cf. Reed flied out to cf. Cahill doubled to right field, 2 RBI; White scored; Crepeau scored. McCullum singled to shortstop, advanced to second; Cahill advanced to third, scored on an error by ss, unearned. Adams flied out to rf. 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Wooster inning 6 T Snyder flied out to cf. M Jackson grounded out to 3b. Mihin singled to right field. Flinner walked; Mihin advanced to second. Kinney popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Southern Maine inning 7 Flinner to p. / for M Morris. O'Brien grounded out to 3b. Michaud grounded out to 3b. Crepeau homered to center field, RBI. White doubled to center field. Minor walked. Reed singled to center field, RBI; Minor advanced to second; White scored. Cahill reached on a fielder's choice; Reed out at second 2b to ss. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Wooster inning 7 Nowicki pinch hit for Malone. Nowicki doubled to center field. Nowoczynski grounded out to ss; Nowicki advanced to third. J Bartlett fouled out to 1b. Urban struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maine inning 8 Maibach to rf for Nowicki. McCullum struck out swinging. Adams struck out swinging. O'Brien doubled to left field. Michaud lined out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Wooster inning 8 T Snyder flied out to cf. M Jackson singled to right field. Mihin struck out looking. Flinner struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maine inning 9 Pedley to rf for Flinner. Maibach to p. Crepeau struck out swinging. White struck out swinging. Minor walked. Reed singled to left field; Minor advanced to second. Cahill doubled to left field, 2 RBI; Reed scored; Minor scored. McCullum fouled out to c. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Wooster inning 9 Kinney reached on an error by 3b. Maibach doubled to left field; Kinney advanced to third. Nowoczynski fouled out to 1b. J Bartlett popped up to 2b. Urban grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
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