Game 9 - May 29, 2005
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Grand Chute, Wisconsin - State University of New York-Cortland designated hitter Pat D'Auria described Sunday's elimination contest with Chapman University as a "heavyweight boxing match." Indeed, Sunday's affair was a back-and-forth battle. Cortland State had to rally three times from deficits to Chapman. And the teams combined for 27 runs, 33 hits, four innings where teams batted around the lineup, eight different pitchers … and two weather delays at Fox Cities Stadium totaling one hour and 35 minutes.
"I told the guys after Chapman went up in the third inning, 'Guys, this is going to be a heavyweight boxing match. We're going to have to slug it out.' … This is it, we're fighting. We lose, we go home. We've got a lot of seniors on our team and we're not ready to be done yet." And in the end, Cortland State got the knockout blow, rallying to score a 15-12 victory over Chapman in the wild contest, remaining alive in the double-elimination tournament and sending home the No. 2-ranked team in the country in the process. With the win, Cortland State (41-8-1) set a new school record for single-season victories and will face the winner of Sunday's other elimination game between Rowan University (42-9) and Wartburg College (36-10), in another elimination game on Monday, scheduled for 12 noon.
"I'm awfully proud because we battled and battled and battled," said Cortland State coach Joe Brown. "We got down a little bit and things didn't go quite well early for our pitching. Chapman does a phenomenal job of putting the ball in play, and they had some very, very quality at bats which wore some of our pitchers out a little bit. We just had to keep rolling them out there until we came up with Kenny."
Kenny - Cortland State reliever Ken Hartling (pictured right) , the fifth pitcher used by the Red Dragons on Sunday - shut down the Panthers after he came into the game in the fourth inning. Despite having to deal with two extended rain delays, Hartling was effective, not allowing a hit or a run in his five-and-a-third innings of work.
"I just located my pitches, kept it down and let the defense do the work," Hartling said. "He had to accept a new role," Brown said of Hartling. "Last year, he was a starting pitcher for us and got six to eight starts. We went into this year and asked him basically to go to the bullpen for us, and it was his day (today)." Hartling struck out three and walked four, only having to deal with five baserunners in his extended time in relief.
"He made good pitches, and we had some opportunities and didn't capitalize on them," said Chapman second baseman Justin Hallenbeck (pictured left), who went 3-for-6 at the plate on the day. "It kind of summed up our whole day. We had opportunities to keep the merry-go-round game going, and he (Hartling) made some good pitches. We didn't clutch up in times that we needed to."
Meanwhile, the Red Dragons came up with their clutch hits at key times, rallying three times from deficits to score the win. Shawn Ensel and Nick Wilson scored each of the three times they came to the plate in the third, fourth and fifth innings, with each netting two singles. In the third inning, Cortland State sent nine batters to the plate and scored five runs, again sent nine batters to the plate and scored four runs in the four runs, and did the same in the seventh inning to take the lead for good. Andy Mead (pictured right) hit a clutch two-run single with the bases loaded to spark the first rally in the third inning, followed by a two-run double off the left-center wall by D'Auria (pictured below left), who ended the game going 3-for-5 with five RBI.
"It was just one of those weird games, and that's the way it goes," said Chapman coach Tom Tereschuk. "It was a really unusual game to have a high-scoring game like that. For us, we normally have really good pitching and defense, and it didn't come out that way today."
But Chapman battled back in its half of the fourth, taking the lead back at 12-7. The Panthers sent 11 batters to the plate in the frame, scoring seven runs on six hits. Hallenbeck and Travis Otott each clouted two-run doubles, Brian Brubaker had a run-scoring single and Scott Zine drove in a run on a triple.
A run-scoring single by Zach Tacelli, a sacrifice fly by Travis Robinson, and a two-run single by D'Auria were key hits in the fifth inning for Cortland State, as the Red Dragons scored four runs to trim the lead to 12-11. Jimmy Basnight opened the seventh for the Red Dragons with a solo home run to left field, tying the game at 12-12, and took the lead on an RBI single by D'Auria. Two more runs came across following a throwing error on an infield grounder to give the Red Dragons their eventual margin of victory.
All nine hitters for the Red Dragons had at least one hit. Mead went 3-for-4 with three RBI, and Ricky Piovesan, Tacelli, Ensel and Wilson had two hits each. Jimmy Basnight, Ensel and Wilson scored three runs each.
Chapman took the early lead, scoring in each of its first four innings. Hallenbeck had three hits, including a two-run double, in his first four at-bats, scoring three runs. Mooneyham had two run-scoring singles and scored a run himself, while C.J. Castillo doubled and scored, and Kyle Redding singled to drive in a run and scored himself. Hallenbeck ended up with two RBI and three runs scored for Chapman, while Zine, Mooneyham, John Alexander, Brubaker and Otott had two hits each. Otott drove in three runs, and Zine and Mooneyham had two RBI each.
Jon Rockfeld started on the mound for Cortland State and allowed eight hits and four runs in an inning-and-a-third. Ryan Hooper, Toby Youngs and Jason Chyr pitched in relief before Hartling entered the game to earn the win for the Red Knights.
Jeff Green started for Chapman and struck out four, but allowed seven runs, six hits and three walks. Billy Sulentor pitched one inning for the Panthers, and Scott Akamine pitched four-and-a-third innings of relief, taking the loss.
The game was delayed for the first time for 48 minutes in the middle of the fifth inning, due to a threat of severe weather in the area. The game was delayed for the second time in the middle of the seventh inning due to rain. The second delay lasted 47 minutes.
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SUNY-Cortland 15 (41-8-1) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Jimmy Basnight cf........ 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Zach Tacelli lf.......... 6 1 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 Travis Robinson 1b....... 4 2 1 2 1 1 10 0 0 Andy Mead rf............. 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 Pat D'Auria dh........... 5 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 Ricky Piovesan 3b........ 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 6 Steve Newman 2b.......... 6 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 Shawn Ensel c............ 5 3 2 0 0 1 7 0 0 Nick Wilson ss........... 4 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 2 Jon Rockfeld p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Hooper p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toby Youngs p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jason Chyr p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Hartling p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 44 15 17 14 4 11 27 9 10 Chapman University 12 (37-11) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Justin Hallenbeck 2b..... 6 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 Scott Zine cf............ 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 Jason Mooneyham 1b....... 4 1 2 2 1 0 9 0 1 Tyler Dean 3b............ 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 John Alexander c......... 4 1 2 0 1 0 10 1 2 Brian Brubaker dh........ 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 C.J. Castillo lf......... 1 2 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 Travis Otott rf.......... 5 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 Kyle Redding ss.......... 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 Jeff Levering ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Ricatto ss......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Green p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Billy Sulentor p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Akamine p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 41 12 16 12 5 7 27 8 10 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- SUNY-Cortland....... 002 540 400 - 15 17 2 Chapman University.. 131 700 000 - 12 16 4 ------------------------------------------- E - Newman; Chyr; Hallenbeck; Zine; Otott; Redding. DP - Cortland 1. LOB - Cortland 10; Chapman 10. 2B - D'Auria(16); Piovesan(8); Hallenbeck(7); Castillo(8); Otott(6). 3B - Zine(2). HR - Basnight(2). HBP - Basnight; D'Auria; Mooneyham. SH - Zine; Castillo. SF - Robinson; Mead. SB - Redding(2). SUNY-Cortland IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Jon Rockfeld........ 1.1 8 4 4 0 1 11 12 Ryan Hooper......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Toby Youngs......... 1.2 5 6 6 1 2 9 12 Jason Chyr.......... 0.1 3 2 1 0 0 4 4 Ken Hartling........ 5.1 0 0 0 4 3 16 20 Chapman University IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Jeff Green.......... 3.2 6 7 7 3 4 16 22 Billy Sulentor...... 1.0 5 4 1 1 0 8 10 Scott Akamine....... 4.1 6 4 3 0 7 20 20 Win - Hartling (3-1). Loss - Akamine (7-3). Save - None. HBP - by Green (Basnight); by Green (D'Auria); by Youngs (Mooneyham). Umpires - HP: Wayne Shelton 1B: Bill Ryan 2B: Don Umland 3B: Tim Carey Start: 12:01 pm Time: 3:29 Attendance: 1364
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Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- SUNY-Cortland....... 002 540 400 - 15 17 2 Chapman University.. 131 700 000 - 12 16 4 ------------------------------------------- SUNY-Cortland starters: 9/cf Basnight; 17/lf Tacelli; 23/1b Robinson; 3/rf Mead; 21/dh D'Auria; 20/3b Piovesan; 6/2b Newman; 22/c Ensel; 5/ss Wilson; 11/p Rockfeld; Chapman University starters: 1/2b Hallenbeck; 22/cf Zine; 19/1b Mooneyham; 7/3b Dean; 24/c Alexander; 15/dh Brubaker; 9/lf Castillo; 8/rf Otott; 11/ss Redding; 32/p Green; SUNY-Cortland 1st - Basnight struck out looking. Tacelli lined out to 1b. Robinson grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman University 1st - Hallenbeck singled through the left side. Zine grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC, bunt; Hallenbeck advanced to second. Mooneyham singled up the middle, RBI; Hallenbeck scored. Dean struck out swinging. Alexander singled to left field; Mooneyham advanced to second. Brubaker reached on a fielder's choice; Alexander out at second ss unassisted. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. SUNY-Cortland 2nd - Mead struck out swinging. D'Auria grounded out to p. Piovesan doubled to right center. Newman flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman University 2nd - Castillo doubled to left center. Otott grounded out to 3b; Castillo advanced to third. Redding singled to left field, RBI; Castillo scored. Redding stole second. Hallenbeck singled through the right side; Redding advanced to third. Zine singled through the left side, RBI; Hallenbeck advanced to third; Redding scored. Mooneyham singled to center field, RBI; Zine advanced to third; Hallenbeck scored. Hooper to p for Rockfeld. Dean struck out swinging. Youngs to p for Hooper. Alexander grounded out to 2b. 3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. SUNY-Cortland 3rd - Ensel singled to right field. Wilson singled to second base; Ensel advanced to second. Basnight hit by pitch; Wilson advanced to second; Ensel advanced to third. Tacelli singled through the right side, RBI; Basnight advanced to second; Wilson advanced to third; Ensel scored. Robinson struck out swinging. Mead flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Wilson scored. D'Auria hit by pitch; Tacelli advanced to second; Basnight advanced to third. Piovesan lined out to ss. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Chapman University 3rd - Brubaker singled to center field. Castillo grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Brubaker advanced to second. Otott singled up the middle, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; Brubaker scored. Redding struck out swinging. Hallenbeck lined out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. SUNY-Cortland 4th - Newman grounded out to 3b, bunt. Ensel singled down the lf line. Wilson walked; Ensel advanced to second. Basnight walked; Wilson advanced to second; Ensel advanced to third. Tacelli struck out looking. Robinson walked, RBI; Basnight advanced to second; Wilson advanced to third; Ensel scored. Mead singled to left field, 2 RBI; Robinson advanced to third; Basnight scored; Wilson scored. Sulentor to p for Green. D'Auria doubled to left center, 2 RBI; Mead scored; Robinson scored. Piovesan fouled out to 1b. 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman University 4th - Zine struck out swinging. Mooneyham hit by pitch. Dean singled to left field; Mooneyham advanced to second. Alexander singled to left field; Dean advanced to second; Mooneyham advanced to third. Brubaker singled to right field, RBI; Alexander advanced to second; Dean advanced to third; Mooneyham scored. Castillo walked, RBI; Brubaker advanced to second; Alexander advanced to third; Dean scored. Chyr to p for Youngs. Otott doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI; Castillo advanced to third; Brubaker scored; Alexander scored. Redding flied out to rf. Hallenbeck doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI; Otott scored; Castillo scored. Dropped foul ball, E1F. Zine tripled to left center, RBI; Hallenbeck scored, unearned. Hartling to p for Chyr. Mooneyham flied out to lf. 7 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. SUNY-Cortland 5th - Newman singled up the middle. Ensel reached on a fielder's choice; Newman out at second 3b to 2b. Wilson singled to shortstop; Ensel advanced to second. Basnight reached on a fielding error by 2b; Wilson advanced to second; Ensel advanced to third. Tacelli singled through the left side, RBI; Basnight advanced to second; Wilson advanced to third; Ensel scored. Robinson flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Tacelli advanced to second; Basnight advanced to third; Wilson scored, unearned. Mead walked. D'Auria singled up the middle, advanced to second on a throwing error by cf, 2 RBI; Mead advanced to third; Tacelli scored, unearned; Basnight scored, unearned. Akamine to p for Sulentor. Piovesan flied out to lf. 4 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Chapman University 5th - Dean grounded out to 2b. Alexander walked. Brubaker fouled out to 1b. Castillo walked; Alexander advanced to second. Otott grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. SUNY-Cortland 6th - Newman struck out looking. Ensel grounded out to ss. Wilson struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman University 6th - Redding flied out to lf. Hallenbeck flied out to cf. Zine grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. SUNY-Cortland 7th - Basnight homered down the lf line, RBI. Tacelli struck out looking. Robinson singled to left field. Mead singled through the left side; Robinson advanced to second. D'Auria singled to right field, RBI; Mead advanced to second; Robinson scored. Piovesan singled through the left side; D'Auria advanced to second; Mead advanced to third. Newman reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second, RBI; Piovesan advanced to second on a throwing error by ss, advanced to third; D'Auria scored, unearned; Mead scored. Ensel struck out swinging. Wilson struck out swinging. 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Chapman University 7th - Mooneyham walked. Dean struck out looking. Alexander popped up to 3b. Brubaker struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. SUNY-Cortland 8th - Basnight grounded out to 2b. Tacelli struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Robinson flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman University 8th - Castillo walked. Otott grounded out to 3b; Castillo advanced to second. Levering pinch hit for Redding. Levering flied out to lf. Hallenbeck struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. SUNY-Cortland 9th - Ricatto to ss for Levering. Mead singled through the right side. D'Auria struck out swinging. Mead out at first p to 1b, picked off. Piovesan reached on a fielding error by rf, advanced to second. Newman reached on a fielder's choice; Piovesan out at third 3b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Chapman University 9th - Zine reached on a fielding error by 2b. Mooneyham grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Zine out on the play. Dean popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Updated June 2005