Game 11 - May 27, 2002
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Grande Chute, Wisconsin - In each of their first two games in the NCAA Division III Championship Series, the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors, had a different hero. In game one, Eugene Julien's pinch hit set the stage for a 10th-inning comeback victory. Sunday, third baseman Inaki Ormaecha's home run again set the stage for a ninth-inning victory.
Monday, however belonged to Adam Czerwinski (pictured to the right). Czerwinski was still a little sore from losing his last two starts, lingering effects of a flu that plagued him for much of the past three weeks, and a Ulnar problem that caused him to redshirt last season. Czerwinski found his groove thanks to a dominating change-up to lead his Eastern Connecticut State University team into the NCAA Division III Championship game with a 4-2 victory over Marietta College.
The right-hander threw 119 pitches in seven and two-thirds innings of work to pick up his eighth victory of the year. Marietta was unable to compensate for Czerwinski's change-up, collecting just six hits and striking out six times. "He moved that pitch all over today," catcher Jeff Funaro (pictured to the left) said. "Up, down, outside, inside. Wherever he wanted to put the ball, he did it." ECSU head coach Bill Holowaty could not have been more pleased with his starter's effort.
Both teams played close through the first two thirds of the game, as each pitcher traded an unearned run though the fifth. Marietta starter Scott Stocker was having success in shutting down the Warriors' often-potent offensive attack, but ran into trouble in the sixth inning. After getting first baseman John Kubachka to fly out to centerfield, left fielder John Hedde singled up the middle. Right fielder Jared Holowaty followed that with a single of his own to put two on with one out. Hedde would get to third on a wild pitch to Oremaecha. Stocker walked the third baseman to load the bases, but was forced out at second when shortstop Tom Koch reached on a fielder's choice, which scored Hedde to put the Warriors up, 2-1. Holowaty would make the score 3-1, scoring on Funaro's single before Stocker got out of the inning by striking out second baseman Morgan Thompson.
The Pioneers cut the deficit to 3-2 in their half of the inning, when third baseman Brent Curtin's single drove in left-fielder Derek Pauley, but Curtin was thrown out at second base to end the inning with two on.
ECSU added an insurance run in the seventh, and continued to ride the coattails of Czerwinski, who was replaced by Jeremy Hall with two outs in the eighth. Hall thwarted a last-ditch Marrietta effort by striking out pinch hitter Chase Brackley. ECSU coach Bill Holowaty praised his pitcher's determination after the game. "I couldn't be happier for this young man, and my team," Holowaty said. "He struggled lately but he came in and got it done for us."
Funaro had a successful day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Dwight Wildman and Hedde each had a pair of hits and scored. Catcher Jay Coakley swung a big bat for the Pioneers, 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. His 39-8-1 Marietta squad was to play The College of New Jersey in a game to start at 3:30 CDT. ECSU will play again tonight in a game against Christopher Newport University at 7 p.m. (CDT), but the Warriors - thanks to the wacky brackets of the tournament - are assured a trip to the championship game for the first time since 1998, when they won the title.
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Eastern Connecticut 4 (38-10-1) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Morgan Thompson 2b........ 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 Eugene Julien dh.......... 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Dwight Wildman cf......... 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 John Kubachka 1b.......... 4 0 1 0 1 1 9 0 John Hedde lf............. 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Jared Holowaty rf......... 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 Inaki Ormaechea 3b........ 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 Tom Koch ss............... 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 Jeff Funaro c............. 4 0 3 1 0 0 7 1 Adam Czerwinski p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeremy Hall p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 36 4 10 3 3 7 27 11 Marietta College 2 (39-8-1) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Chris Sidick cf/lf........ 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Derek Pauley lf/rf........ 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Todd Yoder dh............. 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Jay Coakley c............. 3 1 1 0 1 0 7 0 Brent Curtin 3b........... 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Matt McLuckey rf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Chase Brackley ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Andy Coble cf............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kevin May 1b.............. 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Dusty Childress 2b........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 Nate Brown ss............. 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 Scott Stocker p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dan May p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 33 2 6 1 3 7 27 8 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut 010 002 100 - 4 10 1 Marietta College 000 101 000 - 2 6 1 ---------------------------------------------- E - Kubachka, Childress. DP - Eastern Conn 1, Marietta 1. LOB - Eastern Conn 9, Marietta 7. SB - Wildman, Sidick 2, Coakley. Eastern Connecticut IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Adam Czerwinski..... 7.2 6 2 1 3 6 29 32 Jeremy Hall......... 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 Marietta College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Scott Stocker....... 6.1 9 4 3 3 5 28 32 Dan May............. 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 8 8 Win - Czerwinski 8-4. Loss - Stocker 4-2. Save - Hall (1). WP - Czerwinski, Stocker. HBP - by Stocker (Wildman). Umpires - Home:Rod Murphy 1st:George Drouches 2nd:Paul Keitel 3rd:Jim Jackson Start: 12:00 pm Time: 2:43 Attendance: 1052
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut 010 002 100 - 4 10 1 Marietta College 000 101 000 - 2 6 1 ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut inning 1 Thompson struck out swinging (2-2). Julien struck out swinging (3-2). Wildman singled through the right side (3-2). Kubachka walked (3-0); Wildman advanced to second. Hedde fouled out to 1b (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Marietta College inning 1 Sidick walked (3-0). Sidick stole second. Pauley struck out swinging (2-2). Yoder struck out looking (0-2). Coakley grounded out to ss (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 2 Holowaty walked (3-0). Ormaechea singled through the left side (0-0); Holowaty advanced to second. Koch reached on a fielder's choice, bunt (0-1); Ormaechea advanced to second; Holowaty out at third p to 3b. Funaro reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on an error by 2b (2-2); Koch out at second ss to 2b; Ormaechea scored, unearned. Thompson flied out to rf (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Marietta College inning 2 Curtin grounded out to 2b (3-2). McLuckey flied out to cf (1-0). K.May grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 3 Julien flied out to rf (0-1). Wildman singled up the middle (3-1). Kubachka struck out looking (2-2). Wildman stole second. Hedde fouled out to 1b (2-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Marietta College inning 3 Childress flied out to cf (3-1). Brown singled to right field (3-2). Sidick reached on a fielder's choice (0-2); Brown out at second 2b to ss. Sidick stole second. Pauley fouled out to c (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 4 Holowaty flied out to rf (0-0). Ormaechea grounded out to 2b (1-0). Koch popped up to 1b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Marietta College inning 4 Yoder grounded out to 2b (0-0). Coakley singled through the left side (0-0). Curtin flied out to cf (1-0). Coakley stole second. McLuckey reached on an error by 1b (3-2); Coakley scored, unearned. K.May flied out to cf (1-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 5 Funaro singled to left field (2-2). Thompson reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Funaro out at second 1b to ss. Julien flied out to rf (2-1). Wildman grounded out to ss (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Marietta College inning 5 Childress struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (1-2). Brown grounded out to 3b (0-0). Sidick struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 6 Kubachka flied out to cf (2-1). Hedde singled up the middle (1-2). Holowaty singled to center field (3-0); Hedde advanced to second. Holowaty advanced to second; Hedde advanced to third on a wild pitch. Ormaechea walked (3-1). Koch reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-2); Ormaechea out at second ss to 2b; Holowaty advanced to third; Hedde scored. Funaro singled to center field, RBI (2-2); Koch advanced to second; Holowaty scored. Thompson struck out looking (2-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Marietta College inning 6 Pauley singled to left center (1-1). Yoder struck out looking (2-2). Pauley advanced to second on a wild pitch. Coakley intentionally walked (3-0). Curtin singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Coakley advanced to second; Pauley scored. McLuckey struck out swinging (2-2). K.May reached on a fielder's choice (1-1); Curtin out at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 7 Julien struck out swinging (1-2). Wildman hit by pitch (0-0). Kubachka singled to left field (0-0); Wildman advanced to second. Hedde singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Kubachka advanced to third; Wildman scored. D.May to p for Stocker. Holowaty grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (2-2); Hedde out on the play. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Marietta College inning 7 Childress singled to shortstop (0-1). Brown grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (0-2); Childress out on the play. Sidick grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 8 Ormaechea lined out to ss (2-1). Koch flied out to rf (3-1). Funaro singled to right center (3-2). Thompson struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Marietta College inning 8 Pauley popped up to ss (2-2). Yoder walked (3-1). Coakley flied out to rf (0-1). Curtin singled to center field (0-2); Yoder advanced to second. Hall to p for Czerwinski. Brackley pinch hit for McLuckey. Brackley struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 9 Sidick to lf. Pauley to rf. Coble to cf for Brackley. Julien struck out looking (2-2). Wildman flied out to lf (1-2). Kubachka flied out to cf (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Marietta College inning 9 K.May flied out to rf to right field (1-2). Childress grounded out to 3b (2-2). Brown flied out to rf (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Updated Sept 2003