Game 9 - May 28, 2000
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Grand Chute, Wisconsin - Andrew Tisdale and Eric Albright combined for a six-hit shutout, and the bottom third of the batting order came through with all five runs, keeping Chapman University alive in the NCAA Division III College World Series, as Chapman claimed a 5-0 elimination-round win over the State University of New York-Cortland Sunday afternoon at Fox Cities Stadium.
Champan improves to 33-11 and will play Monday at a time to be determined (after Monday’s St. Thomas/Allegheny game at 12 noon CDT). Chapman will face either St. Thomas or Allegheny; that foe will be determined by the winner of tonight’s Montclair State-Wartburg elimination-round game.
Chapman remains alive in its fourth straight trip to the NCAA tournament and second-ever trip to the College World Series (its first trip was in 1997). With the loss, Cortland State was eliminated from the double-elimination tournament and finished its season 36-9 overall.
Tisdale pitched well, allowing just four hits over six-and-two-thirds innings. He struck out three while walking four to improve to 3-4 overall. Tisdale kept the Red Dragons hitless through three innings. Albright, making his second relief appearance of the tournament, notched a strikeout and allowed just two hits to pick up his nation-leading (and single-season school record) 13th save of the season.
“I can’t say enough about the effort Andrew gave us on the mound,” said Chapman head coach Rex Peters. “He hasn’t pitched in a while, and we know he’s certainly capable of that. We needed that kind of effort on the mound to give us a chance to win. He certainly did that.”
“You’re always nervous anytime you go out there, the first inning, the first couple pitches,” Tisdale said. “You just pitch your game, give it what you’ve got.”
Cortland State’s Jason Ross (6-3) took the loss, allowing 13 hits – all singles – by Chapman hitters. Mark Pacella pitched in relief in the ninth.Ross struck out two while walking one and hitting one batter.
“We had a couple of opportunities early and couldn’t capitalize,” said Cortland State coach Joe Brown. “Indicative of how the game went, the team that scored and capitalized first was going to put tremendous pressure on the other team. We hung in there, but we just couldn’t capitalize early when we had a couple of opportunities.”
The Panthers broke open a scoreless duel in the seventh inning, using the bottom of the order to manufacture three runs on four straight singles, a wild pitch and a balk. Alex Taylor, hitting in the seventh spot for the Panthers, reached on a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch and scoredon a single by Tony Serna. Serna advanced on a balk, then came in on an RBI single by Bobby Calderon. A single by Brandon Maciel advanced Calderon to third, and Adam Olow brought Calderon in on another single.
Chapman added two insurance runs in the ninth inning, again manufacturing runs with four singles, a wild pitch and a sacrifice bunt. A wild pitch brought in Taylor with his second run of the game, and Calderon plated his second run of the day on Olow’s second run-scoring single of the afternoon.
“We knew we were on their pitcher,” Calderon said. “We were hitting him hard throughout the game. They just weren’t falling. Finally, we got those opportunities when we got baserunners because that’s the name of the game. The team with the most baserunners is going to have the best chance of winning. As soon as we got our baserunners on the attack, we got timely hitting which is needed, we took care of business.”
Maciel had a 3-for-4 performance at the plate to lead the Panthers. Olow, Calderon and Pat Stevens had two hits apiece. Cortland State was paced by Scott Seabury and Larry Williams, who had two hits apiece.
Cortland State’s Travis Smith saw his hitting streak end at 17 games with an 0-for-4 performance. The streak was the second-highest this season for the Red Dragons (Mike LaPointe’s 21-game streak was the longest) and the fourth-longest hitting streak in school history.
Cortland State’s 36 wins matches the school’s second-highest win total in school history, also achieved last season. The school’s record number of wins, 40, came in the 1998 season. The Red Dragons have won 143 games over the last four years, each season advancing to the College World Series. Cortland State finished third in 1997 and 1998, and fifth in both 1999 and this season.
“I’m sure all the seniors on the team are proud of what they’ve done,” said Cortland State first baseman Scott Seabury, a senior. “I guarantee every one of them would trade all those wins for a national championship. I know I would.”
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Chapman 5 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brandon Maciel dh......... 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Byran Lounsbury 3b........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Olow cf.............. 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 Pat Stevens lf............ 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 Eric Albright 3b/p........ 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 Michael Caira 1b.......... 5 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 Jude Chavez rf............ 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Alex Taylor 2b............ 3 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 Brian Menkin 2b........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tony Serna c.............. 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 Bruce Calderon ss......... 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 Andrew Tisdale p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals.................... 37 5 13 4 2 3 27 14 Cortland State 0 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Mike LaPointe 2b.......... 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 Craig Kerner lf........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Scott Seabury 1b.......... 4 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 Scott Weston cf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Mike Burns c.............. 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 Travis Smith 3b........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Larry Williams ss......... 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 Cory Haggerty dh.......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Greg Scerba rf............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Jason Ross p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Mark Pacella p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 31 0 6 0 4 4 27 12 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Chapman 000 000 302 - 5 13 0 Cortland State 000 000 000 - 0 6 0 ---------------------------------------------- DP - Cortland 1. LOB - Chapman 9; Cortland 8. 2B - Seabury. CS - Haggerty. SH - Serna. Chapman IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Andrew Tisdale...... 6.2 4 0 0 4 3 22 26 Eric Albright....... 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 9 9 Cortland State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Jason Ross.......... 8.2 13 5 5 1 2 36 39 Mark Pacella........ 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 Win - Tisdale 3-4. Loss - J Ross 6-3. Save - Albright (13). WP - J Ross 2. PB - Serna. BK - J Ross. HBP - by J Ross (Olow). Umpires - Home:Leparik 1st:Topp 2nd:Collins 3rd:Marzola Start: 3:26 Time: 2:42 Attendance: 953
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Chapman 000 000 302 - 5 13 0 Cortland State 000 000 000 - 0 6 0 ---------------------------------------------- Chapman inning 1 Maciel singled to pitcher. Olow grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Maciel out on the play. P Stevens singled to center field. Albright grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cortland State inning 1 LaPointe walked. Kerner reached on a fielder's choice; LaPointe out at second 3b to 2b. Kerner advanced to second on a passed ball. Seabury popped up to 2b. Weston flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman inning 2 Caira grounded out to 2b. J Chavez singled to right field. J Chavez out at first p to 1b, picked off. A Taylor struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cortland State inning 2 M Burns out at first 1b to p. T Smith grounded out to 1b unassisted. L Williams grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 3 Serna grounded out to 2b. Calderon grounded out to 2b. Maciel singled to left field. Olow flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cortland State inning 3 Haggerty struck out looking. Scerba grounded out to 2b. LaPointe walked. Kerner flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman inning 4 P Stevens flied out to rf. Albright singled to second base. Caira reached on a fielder's choice; Albright out at second ss to 2b. J Chavez grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cortland State inning 4 Seabury doubled to right center. Weston popped up to p, bunt. M Burns walked. T Smith struck out looking. L Williams popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Chapman inning 5 A Taylor struck out swinging. Serna popped up to 2b. Calderon lined out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cortland State inning 5 Haggerty singled to pitcher. Scerba struck out swinging, bunt. Haggerty out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. LaPointe flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 6 Maciel flied out to cf. Olow hit by pitch. P Stevens fouled out to lf. Albright reached on a fielder's choice; Olow out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cortland State inning 6 Kerner singled, out at first c to 1b. Seabury grounded out to 3b. Weston popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 7 Caira flied out to rf. J Chavez grounded out to 1b unassisted. A Taylor walked. A Taylor advanced to second on a wild pitch. Serna singled, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; A Taylor scored. Serna advanced to third on a balk. Calderon singled to right field, RBI; Serna scored. Maciel singled to third base; Calderon advanced to second. Olow singled, RBI; Maciel advanced to third; Calderon scored. P Stevens fouled out to 3b. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cortland State inning 7 M Burns walked. T Smith reached on a fielder's choice; M Burns out at second 3b to 2b. L Williams singled to left center; T Smith advanced to second. Haggerty grounded out to 2b; L Williams advanced to second; T Smith advanced to third. Lounsbury to 3b for Maciel. / for Tisdale. Albright to p. Scerba grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Chapman inning 8 Albright flied out to rf. Caira fouled out to 1b. J Chavez flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cortland State inning 8 LaPointe flied out to lf. Kerner out at first p to 2b to 1b. Seabury singled to shortstop. Weston struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman inning 9 A Taylor singled to center field. Serna grounded out to p, bunt, SAC; A Taylor advanced to second. Calderon singled to third base; A Taylor advanced to third. Calderon advanced to second; A Taylor scored on a wild pitch. Lounsbury grounded out to ss. Olow singled to center field, RBI; Calderon scored. P Stevens singled to right field; Olow advanced to second. Pacella to p for J Ross. Albright walked; P Stevens advanced to second; Olow advanced to third. Caira struck out swinging. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cortland State inning 9 Menkin to 2b for A Taylor. M Burns grounded out to p. T Smith flied out to cf. L Williams singled to pitcher, bunt. Haggerty reached on a fielder's choice; L Williams out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Updated Sept 2003