Otterbein vs Manchester

Mideast Regional - Game 11 - May 19, 2006


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Otterbein Advances to Championship Game with 13-7 Win Over Manchester

TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Otterbein College advanced to the championship round of the NCAA Division III Mideast Baseball Regional with a 13-7 victory over Manchester College on Friday night at Rose-Hulman.

Otterbein relied on a 10-run sixth inning to turn a 7-2 deficit into the victory. The Cardinals advance to square off with Ohio Athletic Conference rival Marietta College on Saturday. Marietta needs one win to earn the regional title, while Otterbein must win twice.

Chris Kovanda and Mike Griffin paced the 12-hit Cardinal attack with three hits each. Kovanda drove home two runs and scored twice, while Griffin scored two runs.

Andrew Harrison picked up the victory with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing one hit with three strikeouts. Trevor Horn added a pair of scoreless innings for Otterbein.

Manchester's 12-hit attack was led by three hits and three RBIs from shortstop Ryan Seal. Matt Talarico and George Mallett added two singles each, with Mallett scoring twice and driving home two.

Manchester scored four times in the fifth inning, before Otterbein answered with 10 in the sixth frame. Otterbein relied on two hit by pitches and one walk to load the bases. Mike Griffin drove home one run on a fielding error, then Brandon Mauck added a sacrifice fly to plate a second run.

The Cardinal bats then heated up for the 10-run frame. Kovanda slapped an RBI single to left field, Chris Martin added another hit and Kyle Dyar smashed a two-run double to bring home more tallies. Bobby Wright then hit a two-run single, before Aaron Hutchinson capped the frame with another RBI single.

Otterbein improved to 33-15 on the campaign, with Manchester completing the season at 35-11. The championship round begins on Saturday at noon.


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Boxscore - Otterbein vs Manchester

Otterbein 13 (33-15)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Chris Kovanda lf.........  6  2  3  2   0  0  3  0   0
 Jeff Solt rf............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Ben Titus ss.............  5  1  2  1   0  1  1  5   0
Chris Martin c...........  4  1  1  1   0  0  5  0   1
Kyle Dyar dh.............  4  1  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
Bobby Wright 1b..........  2  2  1  2   2  0  8  0   2
Pat Connor cf............  3  2  0  0   2  0  5  0   0
Aaron Hutchison rf/lf....  5  1  1  1   0  0  1  0   2
Mike Griffin 2b..........  5  2  3  1   0  0  3  4   0
Brandon Mauck 3b.........  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Ryne Ratliff p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Andrew Harrison p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Trevor Horn p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37 13 12  9   4  1 27  9   6

Manchester 7 (35-11)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Matt Talarico 2b.........  5  0  2  1   0  0  7  2   2
Zach Scott dh............  5  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   4
Scott Tarnowski cf.......  3  2  1  0   2  2  1  0   0
Brock Treesh rf..........  5  0  1  0   0  1  1  0   1
Zac Bireley 1b...........  4  1  1  1   0  0  9  0   0
George Mallett 3b........  5  2  2  2   0  0  2  4   2
Danner Partridge lf......  3  2  1  0   1  0  4  1   0
Michael Shearer c........  5  0  1  0   0  1  2  1   0
Ryan Seal ss.............  4  0  3  3   1  0  1  6   2
Dan Sprunger p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 Joe Egner p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Shaun Carrico p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 39  7 12  7   4  5 27 17  11

Score by Innings                       R  H  E
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Otterbein........... 002 00(10) 100 - 13 12  1
Manchester.......... 021 040    000 -  7 12  4
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E - Titus; Partridge; Seal 2; Sprunger. DP - Otterbein 1; Manchester 2. LOB
- Otterbein 6; Manchester 11. 2B - Dyar; Treesh; Mallett; Seal. HBP -
Martin; Dyar; Wright; Mauck; Bireley; Partridge. SH - Mauck. SB - Kovanda;
Tarnowski 2.

Otterbein              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Ryne Ratliff........  4.2 11  7  4  2  1 25 28  94
Andrew Harrison.....  2.1  1  0  0  1  3  8  9  40
Trevor Horn.........  2.0  0  0  0  1  1  6  8  29

Manchester             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Dan Sprunger........  5.2  5  8  3  2  0 23 29  91
Joe Egner...........  2.1  6  5  4  2  1 11 14  55
Shaun Carrico.......  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  3  3   7

Win - Harrison (1-0).  Loss - Sprunger (9-1).  Save - None.
WP - Egner. HBP - by Sprunger (Mauck); by Sprunger (Martin); by Ratliff
(Partridge); by Sprunger (Dyar); by Sprunger (Wright); by Horn (Bireley).
Pitches/strikes: Ratliff 94/59; Harrison 40/25; Horn 29/15; Sprunger 91/53;
Egner 55/34; Carrico 7/5.
Umpires - HP: Jim Muhleck  1B: Mike Walsh  2B: John Whitson  3B: Deron Brown
Start: 6:45 pm   Time: 2:38   Attendance: 200

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Play-by-Play - Otterbein vs Manchester

Score by Innings                       R  H  E
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Otterbein........... 002 00(10) 100 - 13 12  1
Manchester.......... 021 040    000 -  7 12  4
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Otterbein starters: 41/lf Kovanda; 3/ss Titus; 9/c Martin; 43/dh Dyar; 33/1b Wright;
8/cf Connor; 2/rf Hutchison; 20/2b Griffin; 6/3b Mauck; 7/p Ratliff;
Manchester starters: 1/2b Talarico; 5/dh Scott; 19/cf Tarnowski; 30/rf Treesh; 24/1b
Bireley; 18/3b Mallett; 13/lf Partridge; 2/c Shearer; 3/ss Seal; 8/p Sprunger;

Otterbein 1st - Kovanda grounded out to p (0-1). Titus singled to left center
(3-1). Martin grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-2); Titus out on the play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Manchester 1st - Talarico singled to right field (0-1). Scott grounded into
double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-1); Talarico out on the play. Tarnowski walked (3-2).
Tarnowski stole second. Treesh struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
1 LOB.

Otterbein 2nd - Dyar fouled out to 3b (1-0). Wright walked (3-1). Connor
popped up to 2b (3-1). Hutchison lined out to lf (2-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
1 LOB.

Manchester 2nd - Bireley fouled out to 1b (2-2). Mallett singled to right
field (0-0). Partridge singled to left field (1-0); Mallett advanced to second.
Shearer flied out to rf (3-2). Seal doubled to left field, 2 RBI (3-2); Partridge
scored; Mallett scored. Talarico grounded out to ss (2-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Otterbein 3rd - Griffin lined out to cf (0-0). Mauck hit by pitch (1-2).
Kovanda singled to pitcher, advanced to third on a throwing error by p (0-1); Mauck
scored. Titus singled to right field, RBI (0-1); Kovanda scored. Martin hit by pitch
(0-0); Titus advanced to second. Dyar reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Martin
out at second ss to 2b; Titus advanced to third. Wright grounded out to p (0-0).
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Manchester 3rd - Scott grounded out to ss (0-1). Tarnowski walked (3-0).
Tarnowski stole second. Treesh grounded out to 2b (2-2); Tarnowski advanced to
third. Bireley singled to right center, RBI (0-2); Tarnowski scored. Mallett popped
up to ss (1-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Otterbein 4th - Connor fouled out to 3b (1-1). Hutchison grounded out to ss
(0-1). Griffin singled to third base (3-2). Mauck grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Manchester 4th - Partridge flied out to cf (0-0). Shearer singled down the rf
line (0-1). Seal singled down the lf line (1-2); Shearer advanced to second.
Talarico flied out to cf (1-0). Scott lined out to lf (1-1). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.

Otterbein 5th - Kovanda lined out to 2b (1-0). Titus grounded out to ss
(0-1). Martin lined out to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Manchester 5th - Tarnowski singled to left field (0-0). Treesh flied out to
lf (0-0). Bireley reached on an error by ss, advanced to second (2-2); Tarnowski
advanced to third. Mallett doubled to right center, 2 RBI (2-0); Bireley scored,
unearned; Tarnowski scored. Partridge hit by pitch (2-2). Shearer flied out to cf
(0-0). Seal singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Partridge advanced to second; Mallett
scored, unearned. Talarico singled to center field, RBI, advanced to second on the
throw (0-0); Seal advanced to third; Partridge scored, unearned. Harrison to p for
Ratliff. Scott struck out looking (2-2). 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Otterbein 6th - Dyar hit by pitch (0-0). Wright hit by pitch (1-1); Dyar
advanced to second. Connor walked (3-1); Wright advanced to second; Dyar advanced to
third. Hutchison reached on a fielder's choice (0-2); Connor advanced to second;
Wright advanced to third; Dyar out at home p to c. Griffin reached on an error by
ss, RBI (2-2); Hutchison advanced to second; Connor scored, unearned; Wright scored.
Mauck flied out to lf (3-2). Kovanda singled to center field, RBI (1-0); Griffin
advanced to third; Hutchison scored, unearned. Kovanda stole second. Titus reached
on an error by ss (2-2); Kovanda advanced to third; Griffin scored, unearned. Egner
to p for Sprunger. Martin singled to right field, RBI (1-2); Titus advanced to
second; Kovanda scored, unearned. Dyar doubled to left field, RBI (0-0); Martin
advanced to third; Titus scored, unearned. Wright singled up the middle, 2 RBI
(3-2); Dyar scored; Martin scored. Connor walked (3-2); Wright advanced to second.
Hutchison singled, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf, RBI, out at second
lf to 3b to c to ss (1-2); Connor scored, unearned; Wright scored. 10 runs, 5
hits, 3 errors, 0 LOB.

Manchester 6th - Tarnowski struck out (1-2). Treesh doubled to right field
(3-2). Bireley flied out to lf (2-2). Mallett grounded out to 2b (1-1). 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Otterbein 7th - Griffin singled to left center (2-2). Mauck grounded out to
3b, SAC, bunt (0-0); Griffin advanced to second. Kovanda singled to center field,
RBI (2-2); Griffin scored. Kovanda advanced to second on a wild pitch. Titus struck
out (2-2). Martin flied out to lf (0-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Manchester 7th - Partridge flied out to cf (1-0). Shearer struck out looking
(1-2). Seal walked (3-1). Talarico reached on a fielder's choice (0-2); Seal out at
second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Otterbein 8th - Dyar grounded out to ss (1-0). Wright walked (3-1). Connor
flied out to lf (0-2). Hutchison reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); Wright out at
second 3b to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Manchester 8th - Horn to p for Harrison. Scott grounded out to 2b (2-1).
Tarnowski struck out (1-2). Treesh grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Otterbein 9th - Carrico to p for Egner. Griffin singled to shortstop (2-2).
Mauck flied out to rf (0-0). Kovanda grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (0-0);
Griffin out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Manchester 9th - Solt to rf for Kovanda. Hutchison to lf. Bireley hit by
pitch (0-0). Mallett popped up to 2b (0-0). Partridge walked (3-1); Bireley advanced
to second. Shearer flied out to cf (3-2); Bireley advanced to third. Seal lined out
to rf (3-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Updated May 2006