Mid-Atlantic Regional - Game 13 - May 21, 2006
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Red Hawks Headed To 14th World Series
Boyertown, PA (May 21, 2006) – Sophomore starter Tim Stringer (Annandale, N.J.), pitching on one day’s rest, threw his second straight complete game and struck out nine to lead second-seeded Montclair St. to a 5-1 win over The top-seeded College of New Jersey Sunday afternoon in the final game of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional at Bear Stadium. Stringer, who fanned a total of 23 batters in 18.0 innings, was named the Mid-Atlantic Regional Most Outstanding Player.
Junior designated hitter Rob Bowness (Sparta, N.J.) launched his 10th homer of the season, a 3-run shot to rightfield in the top of the first inning, spotting Stringer all the offense he needed. The 5-11 righty came right after the Lions (38-8) in the first striking out the first two batters and running his regional tournament streak to 13 strikeouts in his last 18 batters going back to Friday night’s start.
The only base runner Stringer allowed in the first four innings was TCNJ leadoff hitter Charles Iacono (Hamilton, N.J.), who walked to open the fourth. Iacono, the fourth leading base stealer in Division III entering the regional, was caught for just the second time this season, and Stringer followed with back-to-back K’s to end the fourth. Stringer’s third straight strikeout opened the fifth and with two outs, senior Rich Kropp (Pottstown, Pa.) hit a two-hopper to third that Rob Clark (Livingston, N.J.) couldn’t field cleanly. TCNJ junior Jeff Botti (Avenel, N.J.) followed with a drive to right center that barely fell beyond the diving effort of rightfielder Scott Evangelist (Northfield, N.J.) for the first hit off Stringer, a run-scoring double.
The Lions went in order in the sixth and started to make some noise in the seventh when Blake Bullis (Delran, N.J.) reached on a one-out single and Chris Wilson (Pt. Pleasant Beach, N.J.) was hit by a pitch. TCNJ put runners on the corners with two outs when MSU (33-17-2) couldn’t quite turn the inning-ending double play, and with the potential tying run on base, Stringer came through in the clutch with his final punch-out of the day.
After stranding another runner at third in the home eighth, the Red Hawks offense gave Stringer two more runs in the ninth on a Lou Politan (Livingston, N.J.) home run down the rightfield line. Stringer set down the Lions in the bottom of the ninth getting the final out himself on a comebacker that sent the Red Hawk reserves flooding out of the dugout and the team to its 14th Division III World Series. Montclair St. will face Aurora University on Friday at 5:30 p.m. EDT.
In a pivotal spot midway through the game, TCNJ appeared to turn the tide in the top of the fourth when sophomore lefty Bob Buskett (Trenton, N.J.), who joined Stringer on the All-Tournament Team, entered the game in relief with the bases loaded and no one out. Buskett got Politan swinging for the first out and with Evangelist, the hero of Saturday night’s win, at the plate the Red Hawks tried to squeeze, but Bowness was hung out to dry when Buskett’s pitch was well wide of Evangelist’s reach. TCNJ catcher Gerard Haran (Old Bridge, N.J.) easily tug out Bowness, and the Lions had their choice of rundows, settling for Clark between second and third.
Due up third in the fourth, a pumped up Haran pleaded for base runners and had one when Iacono walked, but when Stringer got the caught stealing and strikeout on successive pitches, the wind had once again left the Lions’ sails.
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Montclair St. AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Michael Nunes cf......... 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 Danny Rodriguez 2b....... 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Brian Butler lf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Rob Bowness dh........... 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 Robert Clark 3b.......... 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 Andrew Vicaro c.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 2 0 Lou Politan 1b........... 4 1 1 2 0 1 8 1 0 Scott Evangelist rf...... 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 Kevin Cuozzi ss.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 Tim Stringer p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Totals................... 31 5 9 5 2 7 27 10 4 Coll of New Jersey AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Charlie Iacono cf........ 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Mike Bruschini ss........ 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 Gerard Haran c........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 Blake Bullis 1b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 14 1 0 Chris Wilson rf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Rich Kropp 3b............ 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Jeff Botti lf............ 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 Andrew Cosgrove 2b....... 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 PJ Anzelone dh........... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Mike Oliver p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Buskett p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Blake Ortiz p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 29 1 3 1 1 9 27 14 4 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Montclair St........ 300 000 002 - 5 9 1 Coll of New Jersey.. 000 010 000 - 1 3 1 ------------------------------------------- E - R. Clark(10); Buskett(2). DP - TCNJ 2. LOB - Montclair St 4; TCNJ 4. 2B - R. Clark(5); Botti(6). HR - R. Bowness(10); L. Politan(3). HBP - Wilson. SH - M. Nunes(4); B. Butler(5); K. Cuozzi(4); Anzelone(2). SB - R. Bowness(6); R. Clark(8); R. Kropp(10). CS - R. Bowness(5); R. Clark(2); Iacono(2). Montclair St. IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Tim Stringer........ 9.0 3 1 0 1 9 29 32 Coll of New Jersey IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Mike Oliver......... 3.0 4 3 3 2 2 12 15 Bob Buskett......... 5.1 3 1 1 0 5 15 17 Blake Ortiz......... 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 4 4 Win - T. Stringer (4-4). Loss - Oliver (6-1). Save - None. WP - T. Stringer(18). HBP - by T. Stringer (Wilson). Umpires - HP: Bruce Petro 1B: Ken Crouse 2B: Mark Whitman 3B: Charles Coslett Start: 12:00 pm Time: 2:15 Attendance: 250 Game notes: Game Thirteen of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional Umpires: Bill Reuter (LF), Carlos Deno (RF) #2 Montclair St. advances to the Division III College World Series MSU sophomore Tim Stringer named Regional Most Outstanding Player Oliver faced 3 batters in the 4th.
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Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Montclair St........ 300 000 002 - 5 9 1 Coll of New Jersey.. 000 010 000 - 1 3 1 ------------------------------------------- Montclair St. starters: 13/cf M. Nunes; 3/2b D. Rodriguez; 7/lf B. Butler; 1/dh R. Bowness; 36/3b R. Clark; 11/c A. Vicaro; 14/1b L. Politan; 31/rf S. Evangelis; 19/ss K. Cuozzi; 6/p T. Stringer; Coll of New Jersey starters: 13/cf Iacono; 7/ss Bruschini; 55/c Haran; 21/1b Bullis; 4/rf Wilson; 5/3b R. Kropp; 19/lf Botti; 3/2b Cosgrove; 12/dh Anzelone; 25/p Oliver; Montclair St. 1st - M. Nunes walked. D. Rodriguez singled to third base, bunt; M. Nunes advanced to second. B. Butler out at first c to 2b, SAC, bunt; D. Rodriguez advanced to second; M. Nunes advanced to third. R. Bowness homered to right field, 3 RBI; D. Rodriguez scored; M. Nunes scored. R. Clark struck out looking. A. Vicaro fouled out to 1b. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 1st - Iacono struck out swinging. Bruschini struck out looking. Haran flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Montclair St. 2nd - L. Politan grounded out to 2b. S. Evangelis struck out swinging. K. Cuozzi grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 2nd - Bullis flied out to rf. Wilson struck out swinging. R. Kropp grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Montclair St. 3rd - M. Nunes grounded out to 3b. D. Rodriguez flied out to lf. B. Butler grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 3rd - Botti flied out to rf. Cosgrove flied out to rf. Anzelone struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Montclair St. 4th - R. Bowness singled to center field. R. Clark singled to pitcher, bunt; R. Bowness advanced to second. R. Clark stole second; R. Bowness stole third. A. Vicaro walked. Buskett to p for Oliver. L. Politan struck out swinging. R. Clark out on double play c to 1b to ss, caught stealing; R. Bowness out on the play, caught stealing. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 4th - Iacono walked. Iacono out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Bruschini struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Haran struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Montclair St. 5th - S. Evangelis singled to left center. K. Cuozzi grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; S. Evangelis advanced to second. M. Nunes struck out looking. D. Rodriguez grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 5th - Bullis struck out swinging. Wilson grounded out to p. R. Kropp reached on a fielding error by 3b. Botti doubled to right center, RBI; R. Kropp scored, unearned. Cosgrove flied out to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Montclair St. 6th - B. Butler lined out to rf. R. Bowness struck out swinging. R. Clark struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 6th - Anzelone struck out swinging. Iacono out at first 1b to p. Bruschini flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Montclair St. 7th - A. Vicaro flied out to cf. L. Politan grounded out to 2b. S. Evangelis grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 7th - Haran fouled out to 1b. Bullis singled up the middle. Bullis advanced to second on a wild pitch. Wilson hit by pitch. R. Kropp reached on a fielder's choice; Wilson out at second p to ss; Bullis advanced to third. R. Kropp stole second. Botti struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Montclair St. 8th - K. Cuozzi singled to left field. M. Nunes reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt; K. Cuozzi advanced to second on a fielding error by p. D. Rodriguez grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; M. Nunes out on the play; K. Cuozzi advanced to third. B. Butler struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 8th - Cosgrove singled to center field. Anzelone grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Cosgrove advanced to second. Iacono grounded out to 2b; Cosgrove advanced to third. Bruschini fouled out to c. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Montclair St. 9th - R. Bowness popped up to 1b. R. Clark doubled down the lf line. Ortiz to p for Buskett. A. Vicaro grounded out to ss; R. Clark advanced to third. L. Politan homered to right field, 2 RBI; R. Clark scored. S. Evangelis singled up the middle. K. Cuozzi grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Coll of New Jersey 9th - Haran grounded out to ss. Bullis lined out to cf. Wilson grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Updated May 2006