Game 5 - May 25, 2002
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Grand Chute, Wisconsin - Big innings are the difference in baseball games. When a team has a big inning, it wins, when it allows a big inning it loses. Such was the case for The College of New Jersey Saturday night, as it came back to defeat Carthage (Wis.) College, 15-5, in a NCAA Division III Championship losers’ bracket contest at Fox Cities Stadium. Carthage was looking to avenge a tough loss on Friday in which they gave up all 12 runs of a 12-4 contest with Christopher Newport University in one inning.
The Redmen came out strong, putting three runs on the board in the bottom of the first. But the Lions retaliated with three of their own in the top of the second when first baseman Colin Renick singled into right field. Renick moved to second when shortstop Mike Kohri singled to the opposite field. Carthage starter Dan Lorum got designated hitter Greg Martinez to swing at strike three but proceeded to give up a double to right fielder Brian Hickey (pictured on the right), scoring Renick and Kohri. Hickey scored on Sergio Sencion’s single to right-center, before leadoff man Brian Flynn struck out swinging to end the inning.
Carthage squandered a chance to pull ahead in their half of the frame, taking a 4-3 lead before Dennis Jackson flew out to centerfield with the bases loaded to end the inning. The Lions put three more on the board in the third to take a 6-4 lead, and blew the game open in the fifth with another three to chase Lorum from the game. The right-hander from Milwaukee left the game having allowed nine runs — all earned — on 11 hits with six strikeouts and three walks.
"They just hit everything we threw at them," Carthage coach Augie Schmidt said. "They’re a fastball-hitting team and we throw a lot of fastballs. I don’t have any guys who just throw junk. "It’s not a good match up." Reliever Jason Wiertel fared no better, allowing six runs on eight hits in 1.2 innings of work as TCNJ extended the lead to 15-4.
Lions first baseman continued his torrid hitting with a three-for-six outing, including a run and two batted in. For the tournament, he is batting six-for-seven with three RBI. Renick and leftfielder Bob Capaldo (pictured on the left) each added three hits and a pair of runs in five at-bats, and combined for four RBI. In all, eight players recorded two or more hits for The College of New Jersey, which will take a 35-13 record into a Sunday match up with either Lakeland or Concordia-Austin.
The Lions also got a solid effort on the mound from Bryan Shaffer who went 8.2 innings, giving up just two earned runs on 12 hits with nine strikeouts.
Jason Lensmeyer and Patrick Brown, who each had two hits and a run, led Carthage, which finished with a 34-11 mark on the year.
NOTES: The game, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (CDT), got underway at 5:30 p.m., due to rain that washed a pair of games from the slate … TCNJ entered the game with a .976 fielding percentage, highest of the eight series participants … Both teams entered the game with perfect records stealing bases. Carthage leads the tournament with seven, while TCNJ has swiped five … TCNJ’s five doubles were just two shy of the Championship series record.
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Coll. of New Jersey 15 (35-13)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Bryan Flynn cf............ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Jamie Riese ph/cf......... 4 1 2 2 0 1 2 0
Chris Schoonhoven 2b...... 5 1 1 0 1 1 2 3
Bob Capaldo lf............ 5 2 3 3 0 0 1 0
Colin Renick 1b........... 5 2 3 1 0 0 7 0
Michael Kohri ss.......... 6 2 2 1 0 1 1 7
Gregory Martinez dh....... 5 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Brian Hickey rf........... 4 3 3 4 2 0 1 1
Stephen Czajka 3b......... 6 1 3 2 0 3 3 1
Sergio Sencion c.......... 5 1 2 1 1 0 9 0
Bryan Shaffer p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jared Kolodziejzyk p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 47 15 21 15 5 9 27 13
Carthage College 5 (34-11)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Kyle Mallon lf............ 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Johnny Meier lf/cf........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Patrick Brown cf.......... 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 0
Brad Burger lf............ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Adam Husing 2b............ 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 1
Pat Goin ph............... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jason Lensmeyer dh........ 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Luke Martin 1b............ 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 0
Eric Krull 1b............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dennis Jackson rf......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
Justin Hallock 3b......... 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 4
Mike Giddings c........... 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Ryan Polcyn c............. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Fellin ss............ 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 2
Dan Lorum p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Wiertel p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Perrino p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jared Anderson p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 39 5 12 3 2 9 27 8
Score by innings: R H E
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Coll. of New Jersey 033 032 400 - 15 21 3
Carthage College 310 000 001 - 5 12 0
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E - Renick, Czajka 2.
DP - TCNJ 2, Carthage 1. LOB - TCNJ 12, Carthage 9.
2B - Riese, Capaldo 2, Renick 2, Kohri, Martinez, Hickey 2, Mallon.
HR - Goin(3).
SB - Brown.
Coll. of New Jersey IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Bryan Shaffer....... 8.2 12 5 2 2 9 38 40
Jared Kolodziejzyk.. 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Carthage College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Dan Lorum........... 4.2 11 9 9 3 6 25 29
Jason Wiertel....... 1.2 8 6 6 0 1 13 14
Chris Perrino....... 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 7 7
Jared Anderson...... 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4
Win - Shaffer 6-2. Loss - Lorum 5-3. Save - None.
WP - Lorum, Wiertel.
HBP - by Lorum (Renick), by Wiertel (Capaldo).
Umpires - Home:Paul Keitel 1st:Bill Prange 2nd:George Drouches 3rd:John Ramsey
Start: 5:30 pm Time: 2:43 Attendance: 1161
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Coll. of New Jersey 033 032 400 - 15 21 3 Carthage College 310 000 001 - 5 12 0 ---------------------------------------------- Coll. of New Jersey inning 1 Flynn struck out swinging. Schoonhoven grounded out to 3b. Capaldo flied out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Carthage College inning 1 Mallon struck out swinging. Brown walked. Brown stole second. Husing reached on a fielder's choice; Brown out at second ss to 3b to 2b. Lensmeyer singled to right field; Husing advanced to third. Martin singled up the middle, RBI; Lensmeyer advanced to second; Husing scored. Jackson reached on an error by 3b, advanced to second; Martin advanced to third; Lensmeyer scored, unearned. Hallock singled to left field, RBI; Jackson advanced to third; Martin scored, unearned. Giddings lined out to 3b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Coll. of New Jersey inning 2 Renick singled through the right side. Kohri singled to left field; Renick advanced to second. Martinez struck out swinging. Hickey doubled to left center, 2 RBI; Kohri scored; Renick scored. Czajka struck out swinging. Sencion singled to right center, RBI; Hickey scored. Flynn struck out swinging. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Carthage College inning 2 Fellin struck out swinging. Mallon flied out to rf. Brown singled to right field. Husing singled up the middle; Brown advanced to second. Lensmeyer reached on an error by 3b; Husing advanced to third; Brown scored, unearned. Martin walked; Lensmeyer advanced to second. Jackson flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Coll. of New Jersey inning 3 Schoonhoven singled to right field. Capaldo doubled to left field, RBI; Schoonhoven scored. Renick doubled down the rf line, RBI; Capaldo scored. Kohri struck out looking. Martinez grounded out to 3b. Hickey walked. Hickey advanced to second; Renick advanced to third on a wild pitch. Czajka singled to pitcher, RBI; Hickey advanced to third; Renick scored. Sencion reached on a fielder's choice; Czajka out at second ss to 2b. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Carthage College inning 3 Hallock flied out to lf. Giddings grounded out to ss. Fellin grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Coll. of New Jersey inning 4 Riese pinch hit for Flynn. Riese flied out to rf. Schoonhoven struck out swinging. Capaldo doubled down the rf line. Renick hit by pitch. Kohri flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Carthage College inning 4 Riese to cf. Mallon doubled down the rf line, out at third rf to 2b to 3b. Brown singled to right field. Husing grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Brown out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Coll. of New Jersey inning 5 Martinez flied out to cf. Hickey flied out to rf. Czajka singled through the left side. Sencion walked; Czajka advanced to second. Riese doubled up the middle, RBI; Sencion advanced to third; Czajka scored. Schoonhoven walked. Wiertel to p for Lorum. Capaldo singled to right center, 2 RBI; Schoonhoven advanced to third; Riese scored; Sencion scored. Renick flied out to lf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Carthage College inning 5 Lensmeyer struck out swinging. Martin grounded out to ss. Jackson singled through the left side. Hallock lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Coll. of New Jersey inning 6 Kohri flied out to rf. Martinez singled up the middle. Martinez advanced to second on a wild pitch. Hickey singled to left center, RBI; Martinez scored. Czajka struck out looking. Sencion singled up the middle; Hickey advanced to second. Riese singled to left field, RBI; Sencion advanced to second; Hickey scored. Schoonhoven flied out to rf. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Carthage College inning 6 Giddings grounded out to ss. Fellin singled to right center. Mallon grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; Fellin out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Coll. of New Jersey inning 7 Meier to lf for Mallon. Capaldo hit by pitch. Renick flied out to 3b. Kohri doubled to left center, RBI; Capaldo scored. Martinez doubled to right field, RBI; Kohri scored. Hickey doubled to right center, RBI; Martinez scored. Perrino to p for Wiertel. Czajka singled to center field, RBI; Hickey scored. Sencion reached on a fielder's choice; Czajka out at second 3b to 2b. Riese struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Carthage College inning 7 Brown reached on an error by 1b. Husing struck out looking. Lensmeyer singled to right field; Brown advanced to second. Martin struck out swinging. Jackson struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Coll. of New Jersey inning 8 Krull to 1b for Martin. Polcyn to c for Giddings. Schoonhoven grounded out to 3b. Capaldo flied out to lf. Renick doubled to center field. Kohri flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Carthage College inning 8 Hallock struck out looking. Polcyn singled down the rf line. Fellin struck out swinging. Meier flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Coll. of New Jersey inning 9 Meier to cf. Burger to lf for Brown. Anderson to p for Perrino. Martinez walked. Hickey walked; Martinez advanced to second. Czajka struck out swinging. Sencion grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Hickey out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Carthage College inning 9 Burger struck out swinging. Goin pinch hit for Husing. Goin homered to left field, RBI. Lensmeyer flied out to cf. Kolodziejzyk to p for Shaffer. Krull grounded out to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Updated Sept 2003