Game 13 - May 27, 2002
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Grand Chute, Wisconsin - Three times in the last three innings, Christopher Newport University found itself trailing with two outs, and three times, they found a way out of the jam. Shortstop Tim Tignor (pictured to the left) doubled to the warning track in left center field to drive in the winning run as CNU defeated Eastern Connecticut State University, 6-5 in an NCAA Division III Championship Series game at Fox Cities Stadium Monday night.
Tignor's heroics complemented a 2-for-5 night by third baseman Chris Phaup (pictured to the right), who belted solo home runs to left field in the fourth and sixth innings. "This is what you work for all year," CNU head coach John Harvell said. "This game was typical of what we have done this season; work and fight our way back." The Captains scored in each of the final three innings to erase a 5-3 deficit, but had more than ample opportunity to settle the game before the ninth.
The seventh inning started when ECSU reliever Jason Brown walked centerfielder Chris Glidewell on four straight pitches. Second baseman Adam Larson followed with a sacrifice bunt that retired Glidewell at second. After Larson was thrown out on a similar play by leadoff man Jeremy Elliot, T.J. Jones singled to left, driving in Elliot, to make the score 5-4. Jones' shot closed the book on Warriors' starter David Meeker. Meeker pitched 5.1 innings, and gave up three runs on five hits, striking out four. Tim Fagan replaced him. The right-hander loaded the bases by walking right-fielder Matt Turner before getting Phaup to pop up to shortstop to end the inning.
ECSU failed to utilize its chances in the top of the eighth, putting two on with a pair of outs. After doubling to left field, designated hitter Morgan Thompson was thrown out at the plate when he tried to score from second on Dwight Wildman's base hit to right to end the inning with a man stranded.
CNU again rallied with two outs when a pitch from new ECSU hurler Thomas Spirito to load the bases hit Larson. Spirito followed that act by drilling Elliot in the rear to drive in the tying run, 5-5. With the bases still loaded, Jones lined a shot right at Phaup to end the inning and head to the ninth, setting the stage for Tignor.
Rob Dye got the win for the Captains, improving to 11-4. Spirito took the loss for ECSU, picking up two runs, both earned, in two innings of work.
Left fielder John Hedde continued to produce in the tournament, with a 2-for-4 day that included a run and two batted in. First baseman John Kubachka homered in the first inning, highlighting a two-run, two-rbi performance.
Christopher Newport (38-11-1) will face Marietta College at 1 p.m. (CDT) Tuesday. Should the Captains win that contest, they will again face ECSU, which dropped to 38-15, in the National Championship game at 4:30 p.m. (CDT).
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Eastern Connecticut 5 (38-11-1) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Eugene Julien 2b.......... 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 Justin Waz dh............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Silva ph/dh........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Morgan Thompson dh........ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dwight Wildman cf......... 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 John Kubachka 1b.......... 5 2 1 2 0 1 9 0 John Hedde lf............. 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 Jared Holowaty rf......... 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 Inaki Ormaechea 3b........ 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Jason Pekrul pr/3b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Tom Koch ss............... 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 4 Jeff Funaro c............. 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 David Meeker p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tim Fagan p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Thomas Spirito p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 35 5 11 5 4 9 26 11 Christopher Newport 6 (38-15) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jeremy Elliott dh......... 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 T.J. Jones lf............. 5 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 Matt Turner rf............ 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 Chris Phaup 3b............ 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 Jon Hurd 1b............... 4 1 1 0 1 1 7 0 Ted Tignor ss............. 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 Scotty George c........... 4 1 1 0 0 2 11 2 Chris Glidewell cf........ 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 Adam Larson 2b............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 Brandon Haywood p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Brown p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Dye p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 31 6 8 6 7 5 27 8 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut 200 001 200 - 5 11 2 Christopher Newport 001 101 111 - 6 8 0 ---------------------------------------------- Note: 2 outs, 1 runner(s) LOB when the game ended. E - Kubachka, Koch. DP - Eastern Conn 1. LOB - Eastern Conn 10, Chr. Newport 10. 2B - Thompson, Holowaty, Ormaechea, T.Tignor. HR - Kubachka(14), Phaup 2(13). SB - Julien, Kubachka, Koch, Elliott. CS - Holowaty, Ormaechea, T.Tignor. SH - Larson 2. Eastern Connecticut IP H R ER BB SO AB BF David Meeker........ 5.1 5 3 3 3 4 19 23 Tim Fagan........... 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 4 6 Thomas Spirito...... 2.0 2 2 2 3 0 8 13 Christopher Newport IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Brandon Haywood..... 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 25 27 Jason Brown......... 0.2 1 2 2 2 1 3 6 Rob Dye............. 2.1 2 0 0 1 3 7 9 Win - Dye 11-4. Loss - Spirito 2-2. Save - None. WP - Fagan, Haywood. HBP - by Haywood (Wildman), by Brown (Holowaty), by Dye (Ormaechea), by Spirito (Larson), by Spirito (Elliott). Umpires - Home:Paul Keitel 1st:Rod Murphy 2nd:John Ramsey 3rd:Bob Still Start: 6:45 pm Time: 2:59 Attendance: 920
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut 200 001 200 - 5 11 2 Christopher Newport 001 101 111 - 6 8 0 ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut inning 1 Julien flied out to rf (3-2). Waz grounded out to 2b (1-2). Wildman hit by pitch (1-1). Kubachka homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Wildman scored. Hedde struck out looking (2-2). 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 1 Elliott walked (3-1). Jones flied out to rf (3-2). Turner flied out to lf (0-0). Phaup grounded out to ss (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 2 Holowaty doubled to left field (0-0). Holowaty advanced to third on a wild pitch. Ormaechea grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-1). Koch flied out to 2b (1-2). Funaro struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 2 Hurd struck out swinging (3-2). T.Tignor struck out swinging (1-2). George grounded out to ss (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 3 Julien singled through the right side (1-2). Waz singled to center field (1-0); Julien advanced to second. Wildman struck out swinging (2-2). Kubachka grounded out to 3b (3-2); Waz advanced to second; Julien advanced to third. Hedde walked (3-1). Holowaty struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 3 Glidewell singled up the middle (1-1). Larson grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-0); Glidewell advanced to second. Elliott grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1); Glidewell advanced to third. Jones singled through the right side, RBI (0-1); Glidewell scored. Turner grounded out to 3b (0-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 4 Ormaechea flied out to lf (2-2). Koch singled to second base (1-0). Funaro struck out swinging (0-2). Koch stole second. Julien grounded out to ss (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 4 Phaup homered to left center, RBI (3-2). Hurd flied out to lf (1-1). T.Tignor reached on an error by ss (1-2). George struck out swinging (1-2). T.Tignor out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 5 Waz flied out to lf (0-1). Wildman grounded out to 2b (2-2). Kubachka flied out to cf (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 5 Glidewell flied out to lf (0-0). Larson walked (3-1). Elliott walked (3-1); Larson advanced to second. Jones struck out swinging (0-2); Elliott out at first c to 1b, picked off. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 6 Hedde singled to right field (0-1). Holowaty grounded out to c (1-1); Hedde advanced to second. Ormaechea doubled down the lf line, RBI (2-2); Hedde scored. Koch singled to center field (3-1); Ormaechea advanced to third. Koch advanced to second; Ormaechea out at home c unassisted, caught stealing. Funaro grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 6 Turner grounded out to 2b (0-1). Phaup homered to left field, RBI (1-0). Hurd singled to right field (1-2). Fagan to p for Meeker. T.Tignor flied out to ss (0-0). Hurd advanced to second on a wild pitch. George struck out swinging (3-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 7 Brown to p for Haywood. Julien walked (3-2). Silva pinch hit for Waz. Silva struck out swinging (1-2). Julien stole second. Wildman walked (3-1). Kubachka reached on a fielder's choice (2-2); Wildman out at second ss to 2b; Julien advanced to third. Kubachka stole second. Hedde singled to second base, 2 RBI (2-2); Kubachka scored; Julien scored. Holowaty hit by pitch (1-0); Hedde advanced to second. Dye to p for Brown. Ormaechea hit by pitch (0-2); Holowaty advanced to second; Hedde advanced to third. Pekrul pinch ran for Ormaechea. Koch struck out looking (1-2). 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 7 Silva to dh. Pekrul to 3b. Glidewell walked (3-0). Larson reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt (1-1); Glidewell out at second p to ss. Elliott reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); Larson out at second ss to 2b. Elliott stole second. Jones singled to left field, RBI (0-2); Elliott scored. Spirito to p for Fagan. Turner walked (3-1); Jones advanced to second. Phaup flied out to ss (3-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 8 Funaro struck out looking (3-2). Julien flied out to rf (1-1). Thompson to dh for Silva. Thompson doubled down the lf line (0-1). Wildman singled to right field (1-0); Thompson advanced to third, out at home rf to c. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 8 Hurd flied out to rf (2-1). T.Tignor grounded out to ss (2-2). George singled through the right side (0-1). Glidewell walked (3-2); George advanced to second. Larson hit by pitch (0-0); Glidewell advanced to second; George advanced to third. Elliott hit by pitch, RBI (0-0); Larson advanced to second; Glidewell advanced to third; George scored. Jones flied out to 3b (1-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Eastern Connecticut inning 9 Kubachka struck out looking (1-2). Hedde flied out to rf (1-1). Holowaty walked (3-2). Holowaty out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Christopher Newport inning 9 Turner reached on an error by 1b (1-0). Phaup lined into double play 3b to 1b (3-1); Turner out on the play. Hurd walked (3-0). T.Tignor doubled to left center, RBI (1-1); Hurd scored. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Updated Sept 2003