Game 1 - May 26, 2006
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GRAND CHUTE, Wis. - Buddy Klovstad (pictured left) told his old roommate, Jeff Green, that he was going to break his school record for victories. In Friday's opening game of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship at Fox Cities Stadium, Klovstad did just that. Klovstad allowed only six hits in going the distance in Chapman's 6-3 victory over Eastern Connecticut State University.
The Panthers advance to face Wheaton (Mass.) College or North Carolina Wesleyan College at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Eastern Connecticut (35-19) will face the loser of the Wheaton-North Carolina Wesleyan game at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
"I told (Green) at the regionals, if I've got a chance to go to the World Series, I'm going to break your record," said Klovstad, who picked up career victory No. 28. Klovstad, who struck out four and walked one, improved to 13-1 on the season. "I saw a good pitcher," Eastern Connecticut coach Bill Holowaty said of Klovstad. "He showed why he's a senior. He showed why he's an All-American. … Good pitching certainly takes care of good hitting."
The Panthers (32-11) staked Klovstad to a 1-0 lead in the fourth when John Alexander singled to left field with one out. A ground ball moved Alexander to second, and he scored when Steven Fraser's bloop single fell in front of right fielder Tristan Hobbes. The Warriors battled back and scratched out a run in the top of the sixth. Hobbes dribbled a grounder down the first base line, and Klovstad fielded it but threw wildly to first, allowing Hobbes to reach second. Two ground ball outs later, Hobbes had scored and tied the game at 1-1.
That lead didn't last long. Brian Brubaker took the first pitch of the bottom of the sixth from Eastern Connecticut starter Justin Davis and deposited it over the left field fence to give Chapman a 2-1 edge. "Bru's shot did get us going a little bit," Chapman coach Tom Tereschuk said. Klovstad was happy to have the lead back after his throwing error had allowed the game to be tied. "It was a big relief after I sort of screwed myself," Klovstad said.
Chapman then put the game away in the bottom of the eighth. After Kurt Yacko (pictured right) singled and went to second on a sacrifice bunt, Davis gave way to reliever Joe Esposito, one of four Warriors pitchers to work in the eighth. After Brubaker walked, Tyler Dean belted a run-scoring double down the right field line to score Yacko. After an intentional walk and sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 4-1, Fraser singled home another run. Reliever Jason LaVorgna came in and walked the next two batters to force in another run and make the score 6-1. Sam Iverson became Eastern's fourth pitcher of the inning and he struck out Yacko to end the inning.
Klovstad gave up two runs in the ninth, both on Chris DeSantis' single, for the final margin.
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Eastern Conn State 3 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Greg Sullivan lf.......... 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Randy Re cf............... 4 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 Marc Garofalo 2b.......... 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 Shawn Gilblair dh......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris DeSantis 1b......... 4 0 1 2 0 1 11 1 Zack Thomas ss............ 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Zach Mehrbach 3b.......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Matt Cooney c............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 Tristin Hobbes rf......... 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Eric O'Toole rf........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Justin Davis p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Joe Esposito p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason LaVorgna p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Iverson p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 32 3 6 3 1 4 24 12 Chapman 6 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jarrod Sammet rf.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 James Godfrey rf.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Brubaker lf......... 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 Tyler Dean 3b............. 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 John Alexander c.......... 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 Patrick Ohail 1b.......... 3 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 Steve Fraser cf........... 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 Tyler Norman dh........... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Kyle Redding 2b........... 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 Kurt Yacko ss............. 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 10 Buddy Klovstad p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals.................... 27 6 8 6 5 3 27 17 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Conn State 000 001 002 - 3 6 0 Chapman 000 101 04 - 6 8 1 ---------------------------------------------- E - Klovstad. DP - Chapman 1. LOB - ECSU 3; Chapman 6. 2B - Garofalo; T Dean. HR - Brubaker. CS - Garofalo; Fraser. SH - Sammet 2; Yacko. SF - Ohail. Eastern Conn State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Justin Davis........ 7.1 6 3 3 1 2 24 28 Joe Esposito........ 0.1 2 3 3 2 0 2 5 Jason LaVorgna...... 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 Sam Iverson......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Chapman IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Buddy Klovstad...... 9.0 6 3 2 1 4 32 33 Win - Klovstad 13-1. Loss - J Davis 7-3. Save - None. Umpires - Home:Mike Walsh 1st:Andre Lanoue 2nd:Kevin Joyce 3rd:Scott Behn Start: 10:00 Time: 2:10 Attendance: 511 LaVorgna faced 2 batters in the 8th.
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Conn State 000 001 002 - 3 6 0 Chapman 000 101 04 - 6 8 1 ---------------------------------------------- Eastern Conn State inning 1 G Sullivan grounded out to ss. Re grounded out to ss. Garofalo grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 1 Sammet grounded out to ss. Brubaker lined out to ss. T Dean walked. Alexander grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Conn State inning 2 S Gilblair grounded out to 2b. C DeSantis grounded out to ss. Z Thomas grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 2 Ohail flied out to cf. Fraser struck out swinging. T Norman flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Conn State inning 3 Mehrbach struck out swinging. Cooney out at first p to ss to 1b. Hobbes lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 3 Redding grounded out to ss. Yacko singled to left field. Sammet grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Yacko advanced to second. Brubaker flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Conn State inning 4 G Sullivan singled to left field. Re struck out swinging. Garofalo walked; G Sullivan advanced to second. S Gilblair grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Garofalo out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman inning 4 T Dean flied out to lf. Alexander singled to left field. Ohail grounded out to 3b; Alexander advanced to second. Fraser singled to right field, RBI; Alexander scored. Fraser out at second c to 1b to 2b, caught stealing. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Conn State inning 5 C DeSantis struck out swinging. Z Thomas grounded out to ss. Mehrbach singled to center field. Cooney reached on a fielder's choice; Mehrbach out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman inning 5 T Norman grounded out to ss. Redding singled to center field. Yacko grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Redding advanced to second. Sammet struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Conn State inning 6 Hobbes reached on a throwing error by p, advanced to second. G Sullivan grounded out to 2b; Hobbes advanced to third. Re grounded out to ss, RBI; Hobbes scored, unearned. Garofalo singled to center field. Garofalo out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 6 Brubaker homered to left field, RBI. T Dean flied out to cf. Alexander grounded out to 2b. Ohail flied out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Conn State inning 7 S Gilblair lined out to cf. C DeSantis grounded out to 2b. Z Thomas grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 7 Fraser flied out to cf. T Norman grounded out to 2b. Redding grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Conn State inning 8 Mehrbach grounded out to 1b unassisted. Cooney struck out swinging. Hobbes grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman inning 8 O'Toole to rf for Hobbes. Yacko singled to left field. Sammet grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC; Yacko advanced to second. Esposito to p for J Davis. Brubaker walked. T Dean doubled to right field, RBI; Brubaker advanced to third; Yacko scored. Alexander intentionally walked. Ohail flied out to rf, SF, RBI; T Dean advanced to third; Brubaker scored. Fraser singled to right center, RBI; Alexander advanced to second; T Dean scored. LaVorgna to p for Esposito. T Norman walked; Fraser advanced to second; Alexander advanced to third. Redding walked, RBI; T Norman advanced to second; Fraser advanced to third; Alexander scored. Iverson to p for LaVorgna. Yacko struck out swinging. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Eastern Conn State inning 9 Godfrey to rf for Sammet. G Sullivan singled to center field. Re popped up to 3b. Garofalo doubled down the lf line; G Sullivan advanced to third. S Gilblair flied out to lf. C DeSantis singled to left field, 2 RBI; Garofalo scored; G Sullivan scored. Z Thomas flied out to rf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Updated May 2006