Game 9 - May 26, 2002
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Grand Chute, Wisconsin - All season long, the Lakeland College baseball team made up for a lack of consistent offense with stellar pitching, a stingy defense, and … a little bit of luck. All three ran out on the Muskies, as they were defeated 10-1 by Christopher Newport University in a NCAA Division III Championship Series losers’ bracket contest Sunday evening at Fox Cities Stadium.
Lakeland was stymied by the pitching of freshman Mike Cosby (pictured on the left) , who lasted 8.1 innings for the Captains. Cosby shut the Muskies out, allowing just four hits, a walk, and eight strikeouts. Cosby’s counterpart, Chris Thousand, took the hill for the Muskies and gave up 11 hits in six and two-thirds innings of work. Thousand was charged with five of the Captains’ ten runs on 11 hits. "I just couldn’t hit my marks today," Thousand said. "My breaking stuff wasn’t working, so I had to rely on my gas, and I just couldn’t find my spots."
Christopher Newport, still somewhat clouded mentally from a heart-breaking 6-5 loss in a morning game held the Muskies at bay for six innings, building a 2-0 lead before blowing the game open in the seventh. With one out, left fielder T.J. Jones (pictured on the right) hit Thousand’s first offering into left field for a single and scored on Matt Turner’s double. Thousand responded by drilling Chris Phaup, to put runners on first and second. Phaup was thrown out at second when Jon Hurd hit into a fielder’s choice, but Turner advanced to third.
Tim Tignor’s (pictured on the left)single to right scored both, and that closed the book on Thousand, as Lakeland manager John Weber brought in sophomore Dan Rauwerdink, who was tagged for three more runs in the ninth on four hits in 1.2 innings of work. Lance Ratcliff who gave up run No. 10 before retiring the last two batters replaced him.
Catcher Matt Frelich led the Muskies at the plate with a 1-for-3 effort and an RBI. "It’s been our story all year," Weber said. "We weren’t able to get the clutch hits we needed, and our pitching can only go so far."
Six Captains produced multiple-hit games, while Jones and Tignor each picked up three. Tignor finished the day 3-for-5 with two runs and two batted in. Lakeland finished its season 34-16-1, while Christopher Newport improved to 37-15. The Captains will face Eastern Connecticut State University at a time to be determined on Monday.
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Christopher Newport 10 (37-15) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jeremy Elliott dh......... 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Kevin Stocks ph........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T.J. Jones lf............. 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 Matt Turner rf............ 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 Chris Phaup 3b............ 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 Jon Hurd 1b............... 5 1 1 0 0 0 13 0 Ted Tignor ss............. 5 2 3 2 0 1 1 6 Scotty George c........... 4 1 1 1 1 0 8 3 Jeff Eicher cf............ 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 Adam Larson 2b............ 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 Mike Cosby p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Tignor p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 44 10 17 8 2 5 27 15 Lakeland College 1 (34-16-1) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Vance Henning lf.......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 Steve Plucinski 2b........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Kevin Oimoen ph........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Chris Thousand p/dh....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 P.J. Weber ph............. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Bintner pr............ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Frelich c............ 3 0 1 1 1 1 7 0 Justin Wolter pr.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Gustman 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Steve Goes ph............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Stoeckigt cf......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bo Heinemeyer rf.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Isaac Hart rf............. 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Thiry pr/rf.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Kluck ss.............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 Tadd Russell 3b........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 Dan Rauwerdink p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lance Ratcliff p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 31 1 6 1 1 9 27 11 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Christopher Newport 100 001 404 - 10 17 1 Lakeland College 000 000 001 - 1 6 3 ---------------------------------------------- E - T.Tignor, Heinemeyer, Kluck, Russell. DP - Chr. Newport 1, Lakeland 1. LOB - Chr. Newport 11, Lakeland 4. 2B - Jones, Turner, Phaup, Eicher, Larson, Frelich. SB - Phaup, Hurd. CS - Heinemeyer. SH - Elliott. Christopher Newport IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Mike Cosby.......... 8.1 4 0 0 1 8 27 28 Matt Tignor......... 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 4 4 Lakeland College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Chris Thousand...... 6.2 11 6 5 1 3 31 34 Dan Rauwerdink...... 1.2 4 3 2 1 2 9 10 Lance Ratcliff...... 0.2 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 Win - Cosby 6-2. Loss - Thousand 5-4. Save - None. WP - Ratcliff 2. PB - Frelich. HBP - by Thousand (Phaup). Umpires - Home:George Drouches 1st:Bob Still 2nd:John Ramsey 3rd:Paul Keitel Start: 4:45 pm Time: 2:20 Attendance: 1173
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Christopher Newport 100 001 404 - 10 17 1 Lakeland College 000 000 001 - 1 6 3 ---------------------------------------------- Christopher Newport inning 1 Elliott singled to right center (3-2). Jones flied out to ss (3-2). Turner singled down the rf line, advanced to second on an error by rf (1-1); Elliott advanced to third. Phaup singled to center field, RBI (0-1); Turner advanced to third; Elliott scored. Hurd reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Phaup advanced to second; Turner out at home 3b to ss to c. T.Tignor struck out swinging (1-2). 1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Lakeland College inning 1 Henning struck out swinging (0-2). Plucinski flied out to rf (2-1). Thousand grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 2 George flied out to rf (0-0). Eicher grounded out to 3b (0-0). Larson struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Lakeland College inning 2 Frelich grounded out to c (1-0). Gustman struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (0-2). Stoeckigt grounded out to 3b (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 3 Elliott grounded out to ss (2-2). Jones fouled out to 3b (1-0). Turner flied out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Lakeland College inning 3 Heinemeyer singled to center field (0-0). Heinemeyer out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Kluck singled to right field (2-2). Russell struck out swinging. Henning struck out looking (0-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 4 Hart to rf for Heinemeyer. Phaup doubled to right center (0-0). Hurd singled to shortstop (1-2). T.Tignor fouled out to c (3-2). George flied out to 2b (1-2). Eicher struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Lakeland College inning 4 Plucinski lined out to lf (0-0). Thousand grounded out to ss (1-0). Frelich struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 5 Larson singled up the middle (2-2). Elliott out at first 1b to p, SAC, bunt (1-0); Larson advanced to second. Jones reached on a fielder's choice (1-1); Larson out at second p to ss. Turner flied out to 1b (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lakeland College inning 5 Gustman struck out swinging (1-2). Stoeckigt grounded out to 3b (0-1). Hart grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 6 Phaup reached on an error by ss (0-1). Hurd flied out to lf (1-1). T.Tignor singled through the left side (0-2); Phaup advanced to second. Phaup stole third. George singled to left field, RBI (3-2); T.Tignor advanced to second; Phaup scored, unearned. Eicher popped up to 2b (0-1). Larson reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); George advanced to second; T.Tignor out at third 3b unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Lakeland College inning 6 Kluck flied out to rf (1-2). Russell flied out to cf (0-0). Henning singled to second base (0-1). Plucinski grounded out to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 7 Elliott grounded out to ss (1-2). Jones singled to left field (0-0). Turner doubled to left center, RBI (1-0); Jones scored. Phaup hit by pitch (1-2). Hurd reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Phaup out at second 2b to ss; Turner advanced to third. Hurd stole second. T.Tignor singled to right field, 2 RBI (0-1); Hurd scored; Turner scored. George walked (3-1); T.Tignor advanced to second. Thousand to dh. Rauwerdink to p. Eicher doubled to left field, RBI (3-2); George advanced to third; T.Tignor scored. Larson struck out swinging (1-2). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Lakeland College inning 7 Thousand grounded out to ss (3-2). Frelich walked (3-1). Gustman lined into double play ss to 1b (0-2); Frelich out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 8 Elliott struck out swinging (1-2). Jones doubled to left center (2-1). Jones advanced to third on a passed ball. Turner walked (3-0). Turner failed pickoff attempt. Phaup grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (1-0); Turner out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lakeland College inning 8 Stoeckigt struck out swinging (1-2). Hart singled to right field (0-1). Thiry pinch ran for Hart. Kluck out at first 3b to ss to 1b (0-0); Thiry advanced to second. Russell struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 9 Thiry to rf. Hurd grounded out to p (0-1). T.Tignor singled to right field (0-0). George reached on an error by 3b (1-0); T.Tignor advanced to second. Eicher singled to left field, RBI (1-0); George advanced to second; T.Tignor scored. Ratcliff to p for Rauwerdink. Larson doubled down the rf line, RBI (2-1); Eicher advanced to third; George scored, unearned. Stocks pinch hit for Elliott. Larson advanced to third; Eicher scored on a wild pitch. Stocks grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). Larson scored on a wild pitch, unearned. Jones singled to center field (1-1). Turner flied out to cf (0-0). 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Lakeland College inning 9 Henning grounded out to 3b (0-0). Oimoen pinch hit for Plucinski. M.Tignor to p for Cosby. Oimoen struck out looking (2-2). Weber pinch hit for Thousand. Weber singled to right field (0-0). Bintner pinch ran for Weber. Frelich doubled, RBI, advanced to third on an error by ss (1-2); Bintner scored. Wolter pinch ran for Frelich. Goes pinch hit for Gustman. Goes grounded out to ss (0-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Updated Sept 2003