Game 6 - May 27, 2000
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Grand Chute, Wisconsin - Taking advantage of seven errors to score six unearned runs, Chapman University (Calif.) dominated play Saturday afternoon, claiming a 9-1 victory over the University of Southern Maine in an NCAA Division III College World Series elimination game at Fox Cities Stadium.
Chapman, now 32-11 overall, advances to play the loser of Saturday's championship-bracket game between the University of St. Thomas (Minn., 33-12) and the State University of New York-Cortland (36-7) in the double-elimination tournament. The elimination contest will be held on Sunday at 12 noon. Southern Maine finishes its season with a 35-14 record.
Adam Olow led the Chapman charge, going 4-for-4 at the plate, driving in two runs and scoring twice. He had a two-run double in the ninth, amazingly enough, Chapman's only extra-base hit of the afternoon. Olow reached base each of the six times he was at the plate, as he also reached base twice on walks and stole two bases. Olow is Chapman's career record-holder in runs (156), doubles (45) and stolen bases (42).
"We knew this game was important to us," said Olow. "If we don"t win, we go home. I think everybody got mentally and physically prepared for this one. We knew what we had to do was get on base and things will happen. We showed that today. We got on base, they made errors and we capitalized on them. That's what we needed to do, get those 90-foot victories, put the ball in play and make them make the mistake."
Leadoff hitter Brandon Maciel had two hits and scored three runs, and Michael Caira, Alex Taylor and Tony Serna each had two hits and scored a run.
In all, Chapman pounded out 13 hits and had runners reach base in every inning against five Southern Maine pitchers. Chapman also took advantage of eight walks in the contest. Mark Russell (6-4), who allowed the first three Chapman runs, took the loss for the Huskies.
"Walks and errors are going to be the downfall for any baseball team," said Southern Maine coach Ted Flaherty. "We didn"t make plays. Their pitcher shut us down, and that's what leads to defeat. It was a tough time for it to happen, but this team really exceeded the expectations I had of it."
"They certainly gave us some opportunities to score some runs," said Chapman head coach Rex Peters. "We were one hit away from breaking that game open early. It finally came there in the eighth inning. I was a little disappointed in our execution offensively and being able to get the big hit. There are pitchers out there competing and nothing is going to come easy, especially in these weather conditions."
Southern Maine scored its lone run of the game in the first inning, when leadoff hitter Shaun Richardson, who reached base on a double, was driven in on a Pat Toomey groundout.
Eric Hayden (7-0) pitched an impressive game for the Panthers, allowing just four hits - just two after the first inning -- in eight innings of work. Hayden struck out two Huskies and did not walk a batter. Eric Albright struck out two Panthers in the ninth inning in relief.
"He gave us eight strong innings. He gave us a chance to win. That's really all his job is," Peters said.
"For the most part, I started settling down a little bit, getting the ball down a little bit and I got a lot of help behind me," Hayden said. "We made some good plays. They hit a few balls hard, right at people. We made the plays at the right times."
The Chapman-Southern Maine matchup set NCAA history in one interesting statistic - the second-longest distance between schools, geographically, in Division III championship history. Chapman, located in Orange, Calif., is located 3,093 miles from Southern Maine, located in Gorham, Maine. The longest geographic distance between NCAA Division III baseball tournament teams occurred in the 1992 season, when Southern Maine faced California Lutheran. Gorham is located 3,138 miles from Cal Lutheran's campus in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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Chapman 9 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brandon Maciel dh......... 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 Byran Lounsbury 3b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Olow cf.............. 4 2 4 2 1 0 4 0 Pat Stevens lf............ 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 Eric Albright 3b/p........ 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Michael Caira 1b.......... 4 1 2 1 1 1 10 0 Jude Chavez rf............ 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Alex Taylor 2b............ 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 Tony Serna c.............. 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 Bruce Calderon ss......... 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 Eric Hayden p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals.................... 36 9 13 8 8 1 27 12 Southern Maine 1 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Shaun Richardson cf....... 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 Jason Dority 3b........... 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Pat Toomey ss............. 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 Jody Curcuru 1b........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 3 Shaun McKenna ph.......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Tyler Delorme lf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Craig Gureckis rf......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Andy Lang 2b.............. 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Darrin Daniels dh......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peter L'Italien c......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 Mark Russell p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Adams p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Alden Pelletier p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mark Gunning p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Todd Southwick p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals.................... 31 1 4 1 0 4 27 19 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Chapman 120 011 013 - 9 13 1 Southern Maine 100 000 000 - 1 4 7 ---------------------------------------------- E - Calderon; Dority; Toomey 2; Curcuru; T Delorme; Russell; R Adams. DP - Chapman 1; S Maine 1. LOB - Chapman 13; S Maine 3. 2B - Olow; Richardson. SB - Maciel 2. CS - Olow 2. SH - Albright. SF - P Stevens 2. Chapman IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Eric Hayden......... 8.0 4 1 1 0 2 28 28 Eric Albright....... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 Southern Maine IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Mark Russell........ 2.0 5 3 1 1 0 9 11 Ryan Adams.......... 4.1 2 2 0 7 1 14 22 Alden Pelletier..... 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 4 5 Mark Gunning........ 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Todd Southwick...... 2.0 4 3 1 0 0 9 10 Win - E Hayden 7-0. Loss - Russell 6-4. Save - None. HBP - by Pelletier (Olow); by Gunning (P Stevens). Umpires - Home:Marzola 1st:Lepanik 2nd:Collins 3rd:Kalkopf Start: 1:55pm Time: 2:41 Attendance: 859 Russell faced 1 batter in the 3rd. Pelletier faced 2 batters in the 8th. Gunning faced 1 batter in the 8th.
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Chapman 120 011 013 - 9 13 1 Southern Maine 100 000 000 - 1 4 7 ---------------------------------------------- Chapman inning 1 Maciel walked. Maciel stole second. Olow singled to third base; Maciel advanced to third on an error by 1b. P Stevens flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Maciel scored, unearned. Olow out at second c to 2b to 1b to 2b, caught stealing. Albright grounded out to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Southern Maine inning 1 Richardson doubled down the lf line. Dority flied out to rf; Richardson advanced to third. Toomey grounded out to 3b, RBI; Richardson scored. Curcuru singled to left field. T Delorme flied out to rf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman inning 2 Caira singled to right center. J Chavez flied out to cf. A Taylor singled to pitcher, advanced to second on an error by p; Caira advanced to third. Serna singled to left field, advanced to second on the throw, advanced to third on an error by lf, 2 RBI; A Taylor scored, unearned; Caira scored. Calderon reached on a fielder's choice; Serna out at home ss to c. Maciel flied out to rf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maine inning 2 Gureckis popped up to 2b. Lang grounded out to ss. Daniels reached on a throwing error by ss. L'Italien reached on a fielder's choice; Daniels out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Chapman inning 3 Olow singled to center field. R Adams to p for Russell. P Stevens singled to left field; Olow advanced to second. P Stevens advanced to second; Olow out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. Albright intentionally walked. Albright advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt; P Stevens advanced to third. Caira struck out swinging. J Chavez grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Southern Maine inning 3 Richardson flied out to cf. Dority grounded out to ss. Toomey popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 4 A Taylor flied out to lf. Serna grounded out to ss. Calderon walked. Maciel grounded out to 1b unassisted, bunt. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maine inning 4 Curcuru grounded out to p. T Delorme struck out swinging. Gureckis grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 5 Olow walked. P Stevens reached on a fielder's choice; Olow advanced to second on an error by ss, assist by 1b. Albright out at first p to 2b, bunt, SAC; P Stevens advanced to second; Olow advanced to third. Caira intentionally walked. J Chavez reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Caira out at second 2b to ss; P Stevens advanced to third; Olow scored, unearned. A Taylor flied out to cf. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Southern Maine inning 5 Lang flied out to lf. Daniels flied out to cf. L'Italien singled to left field. Richardson flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman inning 6 Serna flied out to rf. Calderon grounded out to 2b. Maciel walked. Maciel stole second. Olow singled, advanced to second on a throwing error by ss; Maciel scored, unearned. P Stevens intentionally walked. Albright flied out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Southern Maine inning 6 Dority flied out to lf. Toomey singled to left field. Curcuru grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Toomey out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 7 Caira grounded out to 3b, bunt. J Chavez intentionally walked. Pelletier to p for R Adams. A Taylor singled to left field; J Chavez advanced to second. Serna flied out to cf. Calderon grounded out to p, bunt. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Southern Maine inning 7 T Delorme grounded out to 3b. Gureckis struck out swinging. Lang grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 8 Maciel singled to left field. Olow hit by pitch; Maciel advanced to second. Gunning to p for Pelletier. P Stevens hit by pitch; Olow advanced to second; Maciel advanced to third. Southwick to p for Gunning. Albright grounded into double play ss to c to 1b; P Stevens advanced to second; Olow advanced to third; Maciel out on the play. Caira singled to third base, RBI; P Stevens advanced to third; Olow scored. J Chavez popped up to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Southern Maine inning 8 Daniels flied out to cf. L'Italien popped up to ss. Richardson grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 9 A Taylor out at first 1b to 2b to p. Serna singled to right center. Calderon reached on an error by 3b; Serna advanced to second. Maciel singled to right field; Calderon advanced to second; Serna advanced to third. Olow doubled to left center, 2 RBI; Maciel advanced to third; Calderon scored, unearned; Serna scored. P Stevens flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Olow advanced to third; Maciel scored, unearned. Albright grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Southern Maine inning 9 Lounsbury to 3b for Maciel. Albright to p. / for E Hayden. Dority grounded out to 2b. Toomey struck out swinging. S McKenna pinch hit for Curcuru. S McKenna struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Updated Sept 2003