Game 3 - May 24, 2002
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Grand Chute, Wisconsin - It would be heartwarming to say that Eastern Connecticut State University won its opening game at the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship for its injured head coach, who left the stadium in an ambulance after dislocating his hip in the second inning. Realistically, the come-from-behind win had more to do with Warriors' offense waking up in clutch situations than anything else.
ECSU beat Concordia University at Austin 5-4 in 10 innings on Friday at Fox Cities Stadium in its first game of the eight-team tournament. The game, however, will be remembered for what happened in the ECSU dugout in the second inning. Bill Holowaty, who was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January, dislocated his surgically-replaced left hip when, in his excitement, he rose from his seat in the dugout suddenly as his team scored its first run of the game. Assistant coach Bob Wojick said doctors were able to pop Holowaty's hip into place, but didn't think he'd be back coaching for a couple of days. "This is really his victory," Wojick said. "He deserves this, and it's just too bad what happened with him."
Holowaty's injury came in the bottom of the second inning with one out when Tom Koch blooped a double down the right-field line to score Jared Holowaty, Bill Holowaty's son, to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead. The game was delayed for 29 minutes while an ambulance came on the field and took Holowaty from the dugout to a local hospital. Until the eighth inning, the Warriors looked like they were in shock from seeing their coach leave the stadium with a hip injury, as they did not score for five consecutive innings after the injury occurred. But second baseman Morgan Thompson said that wasn't the case. "I don't think our team was in shock," Thompson said. "I personally wasn't because I figured he'd be OK. We just didn't get any clutch hits."
The Warriors left seven runners on base in the first seven innings, but in bottom of the eighth the Warriors finally got a few hits when they needed them. With one run in, two outs and runners on second and third base, Eugene Julien pinch hit and knocked a ball down the right-field line that bounced just inside of the foul line. Two runs scored on the double to tie the game 4-4. Julien, who was recently benched at shortstop in favor of freshman Tom Koch because the coaching staff was upset with him making too many errors, also had a key pinch hit in the NCAA regional that helped the Warriors advance. But he said pinch hitting doesn't suit him well. "It does put pressure on me," Julien said. "I don't really like it, but I got no choice. I got to do my best to make my friends, my teammates and the family out there proud." When asked if it was coming off the bench or the pressure itself that he disliked most, Julien had an honest answer. "I don't like any of them," he said.
The game went to extra innings, and Eastern Connecticut caught a break in the bottom of the 10th inning after relief ace Tom Spirito got out of a jam in the top of the 10th. In the bottom of the 10th, Jared Holowaty led off with a single to left. After a failed sacrifice bunt by Dan Silva forced Holowaty at second, Julien hit a potential double-play ball to third base. Concordia third baseman Bradley Detmore threw the ball into right field trying to get the lead runner at second, and Silva moved to third base. After an intentional walk to Jeff Funaro, Thompson topped a 2-1 pitch that bounced high to third base, and Detmore had no play as Silva scored with the winning run. "I was trying to drive the ball as hard as possible," Thompson said. "I topped it, but I guess they ruled it a hit in the book."
The Warriors avoided having to play through the losers bracket, and now face the winner of Friday's late game, Lakeland College vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, today at 8:45 p.m. Eastern time. Wojick said Matt Fortin would start today's game, and based on who the opponent in the third game is, either Adam Czerwinski or Jeremy Hall would start.
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Concordia-Austin 4 (35-12) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Isaac Salazar 2b.......... 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 Scott Berkman p/dh........ 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Jake Decker c............. 5 2 2 0 0 1 6 0 David White 1b............ 5 2 2 0 0 0 8 0 B.R. Wells rf............. 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 Eric Moon ph/rf........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Scott Bunting cf.......... 4 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 Bradley Detmore 3b........ 5 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 Heath Owsley lf........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Jay Sevier ss............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Christopher Razook p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals.................... 40 4 9 4 2 11 28 11 Eastern Connecticut 5 (36-10-1) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Morgan Thompson 2b........ 5 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 Justin Waz dh............. 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Dwight Wildman cf......... 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 John Kubachka 1b.......... 5 1 2 0 0 0 9 2 Inaki Ormaechea 3b........ 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 Jared Holowaty rf......... 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 John Hedde lf............. 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 Dan Silva pr/lf........... 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tom Koch ss............... 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 Eugene Julien ph/ss....... 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 Jeff Funaro c............. 3 0 1 0 2 1 11 0 Joey Serfass p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Matt Schumey p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Thomas Spirito p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals.................... 40 5 13 5 5 5 30 13 Score by innings: R H E ----------------------------------------------- Concordia-Austin 000 102 010 0 - 4 9 2 Eastern Connecticut 010 000 030 1 - 5 13 2 ----------------------------------------------- Note: 1 out, 3 runner(s) LOB when the game ended. E - Detmore, Sevier, Kubachka, Julien. DP - Concordia 2, Eastern Conn 1. LOB - Concordia 9, Eastern Conn 13. 2B - White, Hedde, Koch, Julien. SB - Waz. SH - Silva. Concordia-Austin IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Scott Berkman....... 8.0 10 4 3 3 5 33 36 Christopher Razook.. 1.1 3 1 0 2 0 7 10 Eastern Connecticut IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Joey Serfass........ 6.1 7 3 3 2 7 26 29 Matt Schumey........ 2.2 1 1 0 0 3 9 9 Thomas Spirito...... 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 Win - Spirito 2-1. Loss - Razook 1-3. Save - None. WP - Schumey. PB - Decker. BK - Schumey. HBP - by Serfass (Bunting). Umpires - Start: 4:55 pm Time: 3:31 Attendance: 1069
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Score by innings: R H E ----------------------------------------------- Concordia-Austin 000 102 010 0 - 4 9 2 Eastern Connecticut 010 000 030 1 - 5 13 2 ----------------------------------------------- Concordia-Austin inning 1 Salazar grounded out to ss (1-0). Berkman struck out swinging (1-2). Decker grounded out to p (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 1 Thompson flied out to rf (2-1). Waz singled to right field (1-0). Waz stole second. Wildman flied out to rf (3-1). Kubachka flied out to rf (2-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 2 White out at first 1b to p (2-2). Wells walked (3-1). Bunting struck out looking (0-2). Detmore grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 2 Ormaechea grounded out to ss (1-2). Holowaty singled to left center (0-0). Holowaty advanced to second on a passed ball. Hedde walked (3-2). Koch doubled down the rf line, RBI (3-2); Hedde advanced to third; Holowaty scored, unearned. Funaro flied into double play rf to c (1-1); Hedde out on the play. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 3 Owsley flied out to rf (0-0). Sevier struck out swinging (1-2). Salazar singled to right field (1-0). Berkman struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 3 Thompson walked (3-2). Waz struck out swinging (1-2). Wildman singled to right field (1-0); Thompson advanced to second. Kubachka flied out to cf (0-1). Ormaechea struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 4 Decker singled up the middle (0-0). White doubled down the lf line (0-1); Decker advanced to third. Wells grounded out to 2b, RBI (2-2); White advanced to third; Decker scored. Bunting struck out swinging (1-2). Detmore flied out to cf (1-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 4 Holowaty struck out swinging (2-2). Hedde flied out to cf (0-0). Koch flied out to cf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 5 Owsley struck out looking (3-2). Sevier grounded out to ss (0-0). Salazar lined out to 2b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 5 Funaro singled to right field (1-1). Thompson lined out to 3b, bunt (0-0). Waz reached on an error by ss (1-1); Funaro advanced to second. Wildman grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-2); Waz out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 6 Berkman grounded out to p (0-1). Decker singled through the left side (2-2). White singled to left field (0-1); Decker advanced to second. Wells struck out looking (2-2). Bunting hit by pitch (0-0); White advanced to second; Decker advanced to third. Detmore singled to left center, 2 RBI (1-1); Bunting advanced to second; White scored; Decker scored. Owsley reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Detmore out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 6 Kubachka grounded out to 3b (1-0). Ormaechea grounded out to 3b, bunt (0-0). Holowaty grounded out to 2b (3-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 7 Sevier flied out to 2b (1-2). Salazar walked (3-1). Berkman singled to left field (1-2); Salazar advanced to second. Schumey to p for Serfass. Decker grounded into double play 3b to 1b (0-0); Salazar out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 7 Hedde singled to right field (1-2). Koch reached on a fielder's choice (2-2); Hedde out at second ss to 2b. Funaro walked (3-2); Koch advanced to second. Thompson fouled out to 3b (1-2). Waz flied out to cf (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 8 White reached on an error by 1b (2-2). Moon pinch hit for Wells. White advanced to second on a balk. White advanced to third on a wild pitch. Moon struck out looking (3-2). Bunting struck out swinging (3-2). Detmore singled to left field, RBI (1-2); White scored, unearned. Owsley struck out looking (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 8 Moon to rf. Wildman grounded out to ss (1-2). Kubachka singled to right field (0-2). Ormaechea singled to right field (3-2); Kubachka advanced to second. Holowaty struck out looking (0-2). Hedde doubled to left field, RBI (1-1); Ormaechea advanced to third; Kubachka scored. Julien pinch hit for Koch. Silva pinch ran for Hedde. Julien doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI (2-2); Silva scored; Ormaechea scored. Funaro struck out swinging (1-2). 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 9 Silva to lf. Julien to ss. Sevier flied out to lf (2-2). Salazar grounded out to 2b (1-1). Berkman grounded out to p, bunt (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 9 Berkman to dh. Razook to p. Thompson flied out to lf (1-1). Waz grounded out to 2b (0-1). Wildman walked (3-2). Kubachka singled to third base (2-2); Wildman advanced to second. Ormaechea grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Concordia-Austin inning 10 Spirito to p for Schumey. Decker struck out looking (2-2). White reached on an error by ss (0-0). Moon reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); White out at second ss to 2b. Bunting singled to left field (1-1); Moon advanced to second. Detmore out at first 1b to p (2-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 10 Holowaty singled to left field (0-0). Silva reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt (0-0); Holowaty out at second p to ss. Julien reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Silva advanced to second on an error by 3b, advanced to third. Funaro intentionally walked (3-0); Julien advanced to second. Thompson singled to third base, RBI (2-1); Funaro advanced to second; Julien advanced to third; Silva scored, unearned. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
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