Game 3 - May 28, 1999
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Salem, Virginia - Shaun Stokes scattered seven hits over nine innings and allowed just one run to lead William Paterson to a 7-1 win over Aurora in the third game of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships this evening at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium. The complete game-win was the third in as many games at the 1999 finals.
Stokes struck out four and walked just one for his sixth complete game of the season. After surrendering the run in the fourth he was nearly perfect over the final five innings, retiring 15 of the 16 batters who came to the plate.
"The key was Shaun threw his curve balls for strikes when he was behind in the count," said William Paterson catcher R.C. Renshaw. "That was the key for us today."
Aurora senior Matt Deegan suffered the loss, snapping a personal string of 22 wins without over a loss spanning all of his junior and senior seasons.
William Paterson got to Deegan in the first inning, as Mike Bellovich, Craig Cutler, and Matt Rozema hit three consecutive RBI singles to put the Pioneers up 3-0.
After giving up three in the opening frame, Deegan settled down and retired 12 of the next 13 batters. Deegan could not make it out of the sixth inning, allowing six consecutive batters to reach base. Jack Lipari led off the inning with a standup triple, and Bellovich, Robert Riley and Dan Torres all hit RBI singles in the inning.
"I did not know Deegan had 22 straight wins," said WPU coach Jeff Albies. "It is a credit to our guys that we were able to go out there and do what we did today."
Aurora got its only run off Stokes in the fourth inning. Jeremy Seyller led off the inning with a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on Bob Grapenthien's sacrifice fly.
"When we did get hits, Stokes was able to wiggle out," said Aurora coach Mark Walsh. "Then most impressively, he came back the next inning and was able to put us down three in a row. To me, that was the story of the game."
Bellovich led the way for William Paterson, finishing the game 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. Lipari and Cutler were both 2-for-5. Matt St. John and Eric Zaleski were both 2-for-4 to lead Aurora.
William Paterson (30-12) advances in the winners' bracket where it will play the winner of tonight's Marietta/St. Thomas game. Aurora (38-7) will play the Marietta/St. Thomas loser at 3 p.m. tomorrow in an elimination game.
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William Paterson 7 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A RC Renshaw c.............. 4 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 Mark DeMenna cf........... 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Jack Lipari lf............ 5 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 Mike Bellovich 1b......... 4 2 3 2 1 0 8 0 Craig Cutler 3b........... 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 Matt Rozema ss............ 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 4 Robert Riley dh........... 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 Dan Torres 2b............. 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 Corwin Belfield rf........ 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 Shawn Stokes p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Totals.................... 39 7 13 6 2 4 27 12 Aurora 1 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Mark Iannantuoni cf....... 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 Zach Fox ss............... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 Matt St. John rf.......... 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 Eric Zaleski 1b........... 4 0 2 0 0 0 10 2 Brian Buglio 2b........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Jeremy Seyller lf......... 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Bob Grapenthien dh........ 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 John Reeves c............. 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Matt Fostiak 3b........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 Matt Deegan p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Chris Webber p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Keathley p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Mass p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 33 1 7 1 1 4 27 14 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- William Paterson 300 004 000 - 7 13 1 Aurora 000 100 000 - 1 7 2 ---------------------------------------------- E - Rozema; Fox; Deegan. DP - WPU 1. LOB - WPU 8; Aurora 7. 2B - Seyller. 3B - Lipari. SB - Renshaw. CS - St. John. SF - Grapenthien. William Paterson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Shawn Stokes........ 9.0 7 1 1 1 4 33 35 Aurora IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Matt Deegan......... 5.1 10 7 7 1 4 25 27 Chris Webber........ 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 James Keathley...... 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 7 7 Rob Mass............ 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Win - Stokes 6-3. Loss - Deegan 11-1. Save - None. WP - Stokes. PB - Reeves. HBP - by Deegan (Renshaw). Umpires - Home:Deshaies 1st:Shelton 2nd:Guill 3rd:Verllek Start: 4:45 Time: 2:17 Attendance: 278
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- William Paterson 300 004 000 - 7 13 1 Aurora 000 100 000 - 1 7 2 ---------------------------------------------- William Paterson inning 1 Renshaw hit by pitch. Renshaw stole second. DeMenna walked. Lipari reached on a fielder's choice; DeMenna out at second 2b to ss; Renshaw advanced to third. Bellovich singled to left field, RBI; Lipari advanced to second; Renshaw scored. Lipari advanced to third on a passed ball. C Cutler singled to left field, RBI; Bellovich advanced to second; Lipari scored. Rozema singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; C Cutler advanced to second, out at third cf to 1b to 3b; Bellovich scored. R Riley out at first 1b to 2b to p. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Aurora inning 1 Iannantuoni struck out swinging. Fox grounded out to 3b. St. John singled to left field. Zaleski singled to shortstop; St. John advanced to second. Buglio reached on a fielder's choice; Zaleski out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. William Paterson inning 2 Torres grounded out to p. Belfield struck out swinging. Renshaw grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Aurora inning 2 Seyller flied out to lf. Grapenthien walked. Reeves flied out to lf. Fostiak singled to center field; Grapenthien advanced to second. Iannantuoni singled to right field; Fostiak advanced to second; Grapenthien advanced to third. Fox flied out to lf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. William Paterson inning 3 DeMenna popped up to ss. Lipari flied out to lf. Bellovich flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Aurora inning 3 St. John singled to shortstop. Zaleski flied out to cf. Buglio struck out looking, hit into double play c to ss; St. John out on the play, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. William Paterson inning 4 C Cutler grounded out to p. Rozema singled to center field. R Riley struck out swinging. Torres grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Aurora inning 4 Seyller doubled to center field. Seyller advanced to third on a wild pitch. Grapenthien flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Seyller scored. Reeves reached on an error by ss. Fostiak struck out looking. Iannantuoni reached on a fielder's choice; Reeves out at second 3b to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. William Paterson inning 5 Belfield struck out looking. Renshaw struck out looking. DeMenna grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Aurora inning 5 Fox popped up to c. St. John grounded out to ss. Zaleski singled to left field. Buglio out at first 2b to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. William Paterson inning 6 Lipari tripled to center field. Bellovich singled to left field, RBI; Lipari scored. C Cutler singled to left field; Bellovich advanced to second. Rozema singled to pitcher; C Cutler advanced to third; Bellovich advanced to third, scored on an error by p. R Riley reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on an error by ss, RBI; Rozema out at second ss unassisted; C Cutler scored. Torres singled to center field, RBI; R Riley scored. Belfield singled to left field; Torres advanced to second. C Webber to p for Deegan. Renshaw grounded out to 2b; Belfield advanced to second; Torres advanced to third. DeMenna flied out to rf. 4 runs, 6 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Aurora inning 6 Seyller grounded out to p. Grapenthien grounded out to 2b. Reeves grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. William Paterson inning 7 Lipari flied out to rf. Bellovich walked. C Cutler popped up to 3b. Rozema flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Aurora inning 7 Fostiak grounded out to 2b. Iannantuoni popped up to ss. Fox struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. William Paterson inning 8 Keathley to p for C Webber. R Riley grounded out to ss. Torres flied out to cf. Belfield singled to shortstop. Renshaw grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Aurora inning 8 St. John grounded out to ss. Zaleski grounded out to ss. Buglio lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. William Paterson inning 9 DeMenna grounded out to 3b. Lipari singled to left field. Bellovich singled to left field; Lipari advanced to third. Mass to p for Keathley. C Cutler flied out to lf. Rozema grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Aurora inning 9 Seyller popped up to 2b. Grapenthien flied out to lf. Reeves flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
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