New York Regional - Game 7 - May 17, 2003
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Troy, NY -- Trinity College scored runs in five consecutive innings and held on to win, 8-7, in the seventh game of the six-team, double elimination NCAA Division III Baseball Regional at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy, N.Y. With the victory, the Bantams advance to Sunday's Championship Round (12pm). They need to win just one game to advance to the NCAA Championship Tournament. Cortland will play the winner of the eighth game between Messiah and Mount Saint Mary for the right to play Trinity on Sunday.
Cortland struck for three runs in the third inning on two hits and two Trinity errors. With one out, Brian Huber reached first on a bunt single and advanced to second base on a throwing error on the play. The next batter, Matt Ellis, reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt and Huber moved to third. Huber then scored and Ellis advanced to second base on a wild pitch. After a walk to Cory Haggerty, senior Jeff Flegler doubled to deep left centerfield for a 3-0 lead.
Trinity sophomore Jeff Natale cut the Bantams' deficit to two runs with a solo home run to the opposite field in the bottom of the third but Cortland's Pat D'Auria answered with a dinger of his own to left field. Trinity senior Kurt Piantek, who entered the game batting .529 on the season, knocked out his 17th home run of the season and third in the Regionals in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 4-2.
The Bantams tied the game in the fifth when Natale and Jayme Dorr singled and Piantek was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. Senior Rob Dolliver came through with a single to right field that scored two runs. Trinity scored three more runs in the sixth inning to take a 7-4 lead. Aaron Goldstein led off with a single, stole second base and scored on a double by Robert O'Leary. A Matt Engster single advanced O'Leary to third base and a hit batsman loaded the bases. A single by Dorr scored two runs and Trinity led, 7-4.
A Nate Gagnon home run pulled Cortland to within two runs in the seventh inning but the Bantams got the run right back on a sacrifice fly by O'Leary.
The Red Dragons climbed to within one run with a pair in the eighth. Cory Haggarty and Flegler both singled and advanced one base each on a balk. A single by Ben Albright brought home Haggarty and Flegler scored on a double steal. The Red Dragons left a man on third base in the ninth inning as Craig Tredenick got Josh Horner to fly out to left field. Tredenick picked up his sixth save of the season and second of the tournament.
Cortland 7 (33-10) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Andy Mead rf............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 Josh Horner ph.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cory Haggerty ss......... 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Jeff Flegler 1b.......... 4 1 3 2 0 0 7 1 0 Ben Albright 2b.......... 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 Pat D'Auria lf........... 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 Neal Heaton 3b........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 Nate Gagnon dh........... 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Adam Sidebottom pr...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Huber cf........... 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Matt Ellis c............. 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Travis Robinson ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toby Youngs p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Ryan Ensel p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Robinson p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 32 7 8 5 2 5 24 10 3 Trinity 8 (26-9) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Natale 2b........... 4 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 Jayme Dorr 3b............ 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 Kurt Piantek 1b.......... 3 1 1 1 1 1 11 4 0 Rob Dolliver dh.......... 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 Andrew Fries c........... 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 Aaron Goldstein rf....... 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 Bill Wise ss............. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Robert O'Leary lf....... 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Angel Resto cf.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Engster cf/lf....... 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 Kyle Cox p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Craig Tredenick p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 33 8 12 8 2 6 27 18 8 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Cortland............ 003 100 120 - 7 8 1 Trinity............. 001 123 10X - 8 12 3 ------------------------------------------- E - B.HUBER; Jayme Dorr; Bill Wise; Kyle Cox. DP - Cortland 1; Trinity 1. LOB - Cortland 3; Trinity 8. 2B - J.FLEGLER; Rob Dolliver; R. O'Leary. HR -P.D'AURIA(7); N.GAGNON(2); Jeff Natale(8); Kurt Piantek(17). HBP - B.HUBER;Jeff Natale; Kurt Piantek; Bill Wise. SH - B.HUBER; M.ELLIS; Jayme Dorr. SF- R. O'Leary. SB - J.FLEGLER; B.ALBRIGHT; A. Goldstein. CS - B.HUBER. Cortland IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Toby Youngs......... 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 22 24 82 Ryan Ensel.......... 2.0 4 3 2 0 2 10 13 49 Craig Robinson...... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 7 Trinity IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Kyle Cox............ 7.1 8 7 5 1 3 28 31 99 Craig Tredenick..... 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 26 Win - Kyle Cox (2-1). Loss - T.YOUNGS (4-2). Save - C. Tredenick (6). WP - T.YOUNGS; Kyle Cox. HBP - by T.YOUNGS (Kurt Piantek); by R.ENSEL (Jeff Natale); by Kyle Cox (B.HUBER); by R.ENSEL (Bill Wise). BK - Kyle Cox. Inherited runners/scored: R.ENSEL 1/1; C.ROBINSON 1/0; C. Tredenick 2/1. Pitches/strikes: T.YOUNGS 82/50; R.ENSEL 49/32; C.ROBINSON 7/2; Kyle Cox 99/58; C. Tredenick 26/15. Umpires - HP: Cox 1B: Perotti 2B: Paul 3B: Whitman Start: 12:00pm Time: 2:31 Attendance: Game notes: T.YOUNGS faced 1 batter in the 6th. R.ENSEL faced 1 batter in the 8th.
Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Cortland............ 003 100 120 - 7 8 1 Trinity............. 001 123 10X - 8 12 3 ------------------------------------------- Cortland - inning 1 A.MEAD grounded out to ss (0-2). C.HAGGERTY popped up to rf (1-0). J.FLEGLER grounded out to ss (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Trinity - inning 1 Jeff Natale struck out (0-2). Jayme Dorr singled to right center (2-1). Jayme Dorr advanced to second on a wild pitch. Kurt Piantek struck out (3-2). Jayme Dorr out at second p to ss, picked off. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cortland - inning 2 B.ALBRIGHT popped up to p, bunt (0-0). P.D'AURIA struck out looking (2-2). N.HEATON reached on a fielding error by ss (2-0). N.HEATON out at first p to 1b to ss to 1b, picked off. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Trinity - inning 2 Rob Dolliver doubled to right field (2-2). Andrew Fries grounded out to 2b (0-0); Rob Dolliver advanced to third. A. Goldstein struck out (1-2). Bill Wise flied out to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cortland - inning 3 N.GAGNON fouled out to 3b (2-0). B.HUBER singled to third base, bunt, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b (0-0). M.ELLIS reached on a fielding error by p, SAC, bunt (1-0); B.HUBER advanced to third. M.ELLIS advanced to second on a wild pitch; B.HUBER scored on a wild pitch. A.MEAD struck out looking (2-2). C.HAGGERTY walked (3-1). J.FLEGLER doubled to left center, 2 RBI (0-0); C.HAGGERTY scored, unearned; M.ELLIS scored, unearned. B.ALBRIGHT grounded out to ss (3-1). 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Trinity - inning 3 R. O'Leary flied out to rf (2-1). Matt Engster popped up to 3b, bunt (0-0). Jeff Natale homered to right center, RBI (1-0). Jayme Dorr grounded out to 3b (1-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cortland - inning 4 P.D'AURIA homered down the lf line, RBI (2-1). N.HEATON grounded out to ss (2-1). N.GAGNON out at first 1b to p (2-1). B.HUBER grounded out to 2b (1-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Trinity - inning 4 Kurt Piantek homered down the lf line, RBI (1-1). Rob Dolliver lined out to lf (1-1). Andrew Fries out at first 1b to p (1-2). A. Goldstein walked (3-1). Bill Wise popped up to 2b (0-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cortland - inning 5 M.ELLIS grounded out to ss (1-2). A.MEAD grounded out to p (0-1). C.HAGGERTY flied out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Trinity - inning 5 R. O'Leary flied out to cf (3-1). Matt Engster struck out (0-2). Jeff Natale singled to right center (0-0). Jayme Dorr singled to left field (0-0); Jeff Natale advanced to second. Kurt Piantek hit by pitch (3-0); Jayme Dorr advanced to second; Jeff Natale advanced to third. Rob Dolliver singled to right field, 2 RBI (1-1); Kurt Piantek advanced to third; Jayme Dorr scored; Jeff Natale scored. Andrew Fries grounded out to 3b (1-0). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cortland - inning 6 J.FLEGLER singled to left field (0-1). B.ALBRIGHT grounded into double play ss to 1b (0-0); J.FLEGLER out on the play. P.D'AURIA struck out (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Trinity - inning 6 A. Goldstein singled to first base (0-1). R.ENSEL to p for T.YOUNGS. A. Goldstein stole second. Bill Wise grounded out to 3b (1-2); A. Goldstein no advance. R. O'Leary doubled to right center, RBI (2-2); A. Goldstein scored. Matt Engster singled to third base (1-2); R. O'Leary advanced to third. Jeff Natale hit by pitch (3-2); Matt Engster advanced to second. Jayme Dorr singled to left field, 2 RBI (0-1); Jeff Natale advanced to second; Matt Engster scored; R. O'Leary scored. Kurt Piantek reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Jayme Dorr advanced to second; Jeff Natale out at third 3b unassisted. Rob Dolliver struck out (3-2). 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cortland - inning 7 N.HEATON popped up to cf (3-2). N.GAGNON homered to right field, RBI (1-0). B.HUBER hit by pitch (1-2). B.HUBER out at second p to 1b to ss to 1b to 2b, caught stealing. M.ELLIS flied out to cf (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Trinity - inning 7 Andrew Fries reached on a dropped fly by cf, advanced to third (1-2). A. Goldstein grounded out to 2b (0-0). Bill Wise hit by pitch (1-0). R. O'Leary flied out to rf, SF, RBI (1-1); Bill Wise no advance; Andrew Fries scored, unearned. Matt Engster struck out looking (1-2). 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cortland - inning 8 Angel Resto to cf for R. O'Leary. Matt Engster to lf. A.MEAD popped up to rf (1-0). C.HAGGERTY singled through the right side (1-0). J.FLEGLER singled to center field (2-1); C.HAGGERTY advanced to second. J.FLEGLER advanced to second on a balk; C.HAGGERTY advanced to third on a balk. B.ALBRIGHT singled up the middle, RBI (1-0); J.FLEGLER advanced to third; C.HAGGERTY scored. C. Tredenick to p for Kyle Cox. P.D'AURIA struck out looking (3-2); B.ALBRIGHT stole second; J.FLEGLER stole home. N.HEATON struck out, out at first c to 1b (1-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Trinity - inning 8 Jeff Natale singled up the middle (1-1). C.ROBINSON to p for R.ENSEL. Jayme Dorr grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-0); Jeff Natale advanced to second. Kurt Piantek intentionally walked (3-0). Rob Dolliver grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-0); Kurt Piantek out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cortland - inning 9 N.GAGNON walked (3-1). A.SIDEBOTTOM pinch ran for N.GAGNON. B.HUBER out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-0); A.SIDEBOTTOM advanced to second. T.ROBINSON pinch hit for M.ELLIS. T.ROBINSON grounded out to 2b (1-0); A.SIDEBOTTOM advanced to third. J.HORNER pinch hit for A.MEAD. J.HORNER flied out to lf (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Updated Sept 2003