Midwest Regional - Game 5 - May 18, 2006
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St. Thomas used a 22-hit attack to eliminate Dominican from the NCAA Division III baseball tournament with a 22-3 victory Thursday morning in Wisconsin Rapids.
Eric Bloom had a two run-scoring single with two outs in the top of the first as the Tommies jumped in front of the Stars early and never looked back. Bloom was three-for five in the game with five runs driven in. Sean Young added a two run-scoring single and Jordan Roering added a run-scoring double in the third as St. Thomas led 5-0 through three.
Mike Kimlinger’s two-run home run highlighted a five-run fourth inning for St. Thomas. The Tommies also scored in the sixth to lead 11-0. Mark Higgins put Dominican on the board with his third home run of the year as he hit a two-run shot to center. Dominican tallied another run in the bottom of the eighth.
St. Thomas blew the game wide open late, scoring 11 runs on eight hits in the top of the ninth. Mark Boland had two hits in the inning as he drove in three runs. Will Montgomery improved to 4-1 with the victory, pitching eight strong innings. Montgomery allowed two earned runs on seven hits as he struck out two.
St. Thomas (30-10) advanced to play St. Scholastica this afternoon at 4:30. Dominican finished it season 21-21 after making its first NCAA tournament appearance.
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St. Thomas 22 (30-10) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Mike Kimlinger ss........ 5 1 1 2 0 0 3 6 0 Mark Boland ph/ss....... 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 Matt Pexa rf/c........... 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 Zach Goldberg c.......... 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 Bryan Johnson rf........ 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 Mike Moran cf............ 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Chris Bullis ph/cf...... 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 Sean Young 1b............ 2 2 1 1 2 0 10 0 0 Darrin Hubbard 1b....... 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 Eric Bloom dh............ 5 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Carino ph/dh...... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Roering lf........ 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 Reese Collins lf........ 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 Dan Leslie 3b............ 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Matt Stengel ph/cf...... 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Louie Salmen 2b.......... 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 6 0 Nick Bellmont ph/2b..... 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Will Montgomery p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Ted Pastoors p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 48 22 22 21 9 3 27 21 10 Dominican 3 (21-21) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Nate Mercado ss.......... 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 Colby Batchelor 2b/p..... 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 Kevin Kosowski cf........ 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 Mark Higgins 3b/2b....... 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 George Hickey ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rich Sullivan rf......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Brian Herman ph/rf...... 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Derrek Manuel dh/3b...... 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Ryan Tlusty c............ 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 Michael Albert 1b........ 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 2 David Hardt lf........... 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Ray Kinczyk ph/lf....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeffrey Thorson p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kyle Stone p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ryan Brzezicki p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Bargle p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 31 3 7 3 2 2 27 11 3 Score by Innings R H E ---------------------------------------------- St. Thomas.......... 203 501 00(11) - 22 22 3 Dominican........... 000 000 210 - 3 7 2 ---------------------------------------------- E - Kimlinger; Boland; Goldberg; Mercado; Albert. DP - UST 3; DU 1. LOB - UST 10; DU 3. 2B - Pexa(4); Goldberg(4); Bullis 2(3); Roering(3); Collins(2); Albert(8). HR - Kimlinger(4); Boland(1); Goldberg(4); Bloom(1); Higgins(3). HBP - Johnson; Hubbard. SB - Moran(6). CS - Moran. St. Thomas IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Will Montgomery..... 8.0 7 3 2 2 2 28 30 Ted Pastoors........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Dominican IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Thorson..... 3.2 10 10 10 5 1 19 24 Kyle Stone.......... 2.1 3 1 1 0 0 10 10 Ryan Brzezicki...... 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 8 9 Michael Bargle...... 0.1 5 8 8 1 1 6 9 Colby Batchelor..... 0.2 3 3 3 2 0 5 7 Win - Montgomery (4-1). Loss - Thorson (3-6). Save - None. WP - Thorson 2. HBP - by Bargle (Johnson); by Bargle (Hubbard). BK - Montgomery. PB - Tlusty. Umpires - HP: Robin Johnson 1B: Chad Eischens 2B: Andre Lanoue 3B: Steve Reinhardt Start: 9:29 am Time: 2:21 Attendance: 75 Game notes: Game 5...UST will play St. Scholastica at 4:30 pm today...DU eliminated from first tournament appearance...UST's Bloom had two-run single in first inning and three-run homer in fourth inning...UST scored 11 runs on eight hits in ninth inning...UST's season high for runs and hits.
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Score by Innings R H E ---------------------------------------------- St. Thomas.......... 203 501 00(11) - 22 22 3 Dominican........... 000 000 210 - 3 7 2 ---------------------------------------------- St. Thomas starters: 5/ss Kimlinger; 12/rf Pexa; 24/c Goldberg; 19/cf Moran; 21/1b Young; 16/dh Bloom; 25/lf Roering; 20/3b Leslie; 26/2b Salmen; 28/p Montgomery; Dominican starters: 3/ss Mercado; 8/2b Batchelor; 18/cf Kosowski; 16/3b Higgins; 15/rf Sullivan; 11/dh Manuel; 4/c Tlusty; 24/1b Albert; 23/lf Hardt; 12/p Thorson; St. Thomas 1st - Kimlinger popped up to 2b. Pexa struck out. Goldberg doubled down the lf line. Moran walked; Goldberg advanced to third on a wild pitch. Moran stole second. Young walked. Bloom singled to right field, 2 RBI; Young advanced to third; Moran scored; Goldberg scored. Roering reached on a fielder's choice; Bloom out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dominican 1st - Mercado grounded out to 2b. Batchelor grounded out to ss. Kosowski grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Thomas 2nd - Leslie flied out to cf. Salmen walked. Kimlinger grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Salmen out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dominican 2nd - Higgins walked. Sullivan singled to left field; Higgins advanced to second. Higgins out at second c to ss, picked off. Manuel struck out. Sullivan advanced to second on a throwing error by c, failed pickoff attempt. Tlusty walked. Albert grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. St. Thomas 3rd - Pexa singled to left field. Goldberg lined out to ss; Pexa advanced to second on a throwing error by ss. Moran singled to left field; Pexa advanced to third. Moran out at second p to 2b, caught stealing. Young singled to left field, RBI; Pexa scored. Young advanced to second on a wild pitch. Bloom singled to left field; Young advanced to third. Roering doubled, advanced to third on the throw, 2 RBI; Bloom scored; Young scored. Leslie popped up to 2b. 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Dominican 3rd - Hardt grounded out to 3b. Mercado flied out to rf. Batchelor grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Thomas 4th - Salmen walked. Kimlinger homered to left field, 2 RBI; Salmen scored. Pexa doubled to center field. Goldberg flied out to rf. Bullis pinch hit for Moran. Bullis grounded out to 2b; Pexa advanced to third. Young walked. Bloom homered to right field, 3 RBI; Young scored; Pexa scored. Stone, K. to p for Thorson. Roering grounded out to ss. 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dominican 4th - Bullis to cf. Kosowski grounded out to ss. Higgins struck out. Sullivan grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Thomas 5th - Leslie singled to left field. Salmen flied out to cf. Kimlinger flied out to lf. Pexa flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dominican 5th - Manuel singled to right field. Tlusty grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Manuel out on the play. Albert grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Thomas 6th - Goldberg homered to left center, RBI. Bullis singled to right field. Young grounded out to p; Bullis advanced to second. Bloom grounded out to p; Bullis advanced to third. Roering grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dominican 6th - Pexa to c. Johnson to rf for Goldberg. Hubbard to 1b for Young. Collins to lf for Roering. Hardt singled to third base. Mercado grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Hardt out on the play. Batchelor flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Thomas 7th - Brzezicki to p for Stone, K.. Leslie fouled out to c. Salmen struck out looking. Kimlinger reached on a fielding error by 1b. Pexa walked; Kimlinger advanced to second. Johnson flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Dominican 7th - Kosowski reached on a fielding error by ss. Higgins homered to center field, 2 RBI; Kosowski scored, unearned. Herman pinch hit for Sullivan. Herman singled to second base. Herman advanced to second on a balk. Herman out at second p to ss, picked off. Manuel out at first 1b to p. Tlusty grounded out to p. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. St. Thomas 8th - Herman to rf. Bullis doubled down the rf line. Hubbard grounded out to ss. Bloom flied out to lf. Collins popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dominican 8th - Albert doubled to right field. Kinczyk pinch hit for Hardt. Kinczyk grounded out to ss; Albert advanced to third. Mercado grounded out to 2b, RBI; Albert scored. Batchelor singled to center field. Kosowski flied out to rf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Thomas 9th - Kinczyk to lf. Bargle to p for Brzezicki. Stengel pinch hit for Leslie. Stengel struck out looking. Bellmont pinch hit for Salmen. Bellmont walked. Boland pinch hit for Kimlinger. Boland singled to left field; Bellmont advanced to second. Pexa singled down the rf line, RBI; Boland advanced to third; Bellmont scored. Johnson hit by pitch; Pexa advanced to second. Bullis doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI; Johnson advanced to third; Pexa scored; Boland scored. Hubbard hit by pitch. Carino pinch hit for Bloom. Carino singled to right field, RBI; Hubbard advanced to second; Bullis advanced to third; Johnson scored. Collins doubled to left center, 2 RBI; Carino advanced to third; Hubbard scored; Bullis scored. Batchelor to p. Higgins to 2b. Manuel to 3b. / for Bargle. Collins advanced to third; Carino scored on a passed ball. Stengel walked. Bellmont singled to third base, RBI; Stengel advanced to second; Collins scored. Boland homered to left field, 3 RBI; Bellmont scored; Stengel scored. Pexa grounded out to 2b. Johnson walked. Bullis singled to third base; Johnson advanced to second. Hubbard flied out to rf. 11 runs, 8 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dominican 9th - Boland to ss. Bullis to 3b. Carino to dh. Stengel to cf. Bellmont to 2b. Pastoors to p for Montgomery. Hickey pinch hit for Higgins. Hickey grounded out to 2b. Herman reached on a fielding error by ss. Manuel grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; Herman out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Updated May 2006