New York Regional - Game 10 - May 19, 2006
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Auburn, N.Y. -- The Eastern Connecticut Warriors eliminated the St. Lawrence Saints from the NCAA NY Regional with a 4-1 win Friday at Auburn's Falcon Park. The Warriors will face Ithaca Saturday at noon in an elimination game Saturday at noon; the winner of that game will face Cortland in the championship round needing to beat the Red Dragons twice to claim the regional title. Cortland can win the regional title with one win.
Freshman Shawn Gilblair (Windham/Windham, Conn.) threw a complete-game four-hitter for Eastern Connecticut, fanning nine and not walking a batter. Eastern Connecticut broke open a scoreless tie with two runs in the fourth. Senior third baseman Zach Mehrbach (Hanover/Lyme, N.H.) and junior catcher Matt Cooney (Arlington/Arlington, Mass.) hit RBI singles.
Gilblair's one-out single started the rally and he scored the first Warrior run. Senior first baseman Chris DeSantis (Saint John's/Shrewsbury, Mass.) and junior center fielder Randy Re (Danbury/Danbury, Conn.) added run-scoring singles in the seventh and eight, respectively. Re finished with three hits. Cooney and sophomore shortstop Zach Thomas (Xavier/East Haddam, Conn.) added two apiece.
Junior right fielder Andy Engbretson (Orono/Long Lake, Minn.) provided St. Lawrence's two brightest moments: he crashed into the right field wall to make an acrobatic catch that ended the fourth inning and led off the next inning with his fourth home run of the season.
The Saints, who recorded their first NCAA playoff win earlier in the day, finished the season 24-14 and made theri second NCAA playoff appearance.
Eastern Connecticut, now 32-18, will renew a long-standing rivalry in Saturday's game against Ithaca. Before the NCAA realigned its regions to create the NY Region, the Bombers and Warriors met in the NCAA Northeast Regional every year between 1976 and 1990. One of the two teams won the regional title in 11 of those 15 years; both teams went on to win two national championships in that span.
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St. Lawrence 1 (24-14) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Matt Yaworsky cf......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 Tim Malisa 3b............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Jeff DiGeronimo 1b....... 4 0 0 0 0 1 11 2 1 Andy Engebretson rf...... 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Joe Regonlinski dh....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Ryan Kimber 2b........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 Matt Carrigg lf.......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 Joel Kocan c............. 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 Andrew Ford ss........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 Troy Lassial p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Mike Gipson p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Graceffo p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals................... 30 1 4 1 0 9 24 13 3 Eastern Connecticut 4 (32-18) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Greg Sullivan lf......... 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 Randy Re cf.............. 5 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 1 Marc Garofalo 2b......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 Shawn Gilblair p......... 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Chris DeSantis 1b........ 4 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 2 Zack Thomas ss........... 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 Zach Mehrbach 3b......... 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Matt Cooney c............ 2 1 2 1 2 0 9 1 0 Tristan Hobbes rf........ 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 Totals................... 33 4 13 4 4 2 27 8 10 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- St. Lawrence........ 000 010 000 - 1 4 1 Eastern Connecticut. 000 200 11X - 4 13 0 ------------------------------------------- E - A Ford(17). DP - St. Lawrence 2; Eastern Conn 1. LOB - St. Lawrence 3; Eastern Conn 10. 2B - Re(13); Hobbes(6). HR - Engebretson(4). HBP - T Malisa. SH - Hobbes. CS - Sullivan(6). St. Lawrence IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Troy Lassial........ 6.0 10 3 3 3 1 25 29 94 Mike Gipson......... 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 4 5 17 Jeff Graceffo....... 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 4 4 15 Eastern Connecticut IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Shawn Gilblair...... 9.0 4 1 1 0 9 30 31 100 Win - S. Gilblair (7-1). Loss - T Lassial (1-3). Save - None. HBP - by S. Gilblair (T Malisa). Pitches/strikes: T Lassial 94/55; M Gipson 17/10; J Graceffo 15/9; S. Gilblair 100/79. Umpires - HP: Jeff Burt 1B: Carmen Perotti 2B: Joe DiPietro 3B: Erick Pavlovich Start: 7:30 pm Time: 1:55 Attendance:
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Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- St. Lawrence........ 000 010 000 - 1 4 1 Eastern Connecticut. 000 200 11X - 4 13 0 ------------------------------------------- St. Lawrence starters: 23/cf M Yaworsky; 11/3b T Malisa; 24/1b J DiGeronimo; 27/rf Engebretson; 9/dh Regonlinski; 6/2b R Kimber; 7/lf M Carrigg; 17/c J Kocan; 30/ss A Ford; 12/p T Lassial; Eastern Connecticut starters: 7/lf Sullivan; 24/cf Re; 8/2b Garofalo; 29/p S. Gilblair; 31/1b DeSantis; 2/ss Thomas; 13/3b Mehrbach; 15/c Cooney; 41/rf Hobbes; St. Lawrence 1st - M Yaworsky flied out to cf (2-2). T Malisa struck out looking (0-2). J DiGeronimo flied out to cf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 1st - Sullivan singled to shortstop (0-1). Sullivan out at second ss unassisted, caught stealing. Re singled through the left side (0-1). Garofalo hit into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (1-0); Re out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Lawrence 2nd - Engebretson popped up to 1b (0-2). Regonlinski struck out (0-2). R Kimber flied out to rf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 2nd - S. Gilblair flied out to lf (0-0). DeSantis flied out to cf (1-1). Thomas singled through the left side (2-2). Mehrbach grounded out to 3b (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Lawrence 3rd - M Carrigg struck out looking (0-2). J Kocan struck out (1-2). A Ford struck out (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 3rd - Cooney walked (3-2). Hobbes grounded out to p, SAC (0-0); Cooney advanced to second. Sullivan grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2); Cooney advanced to third. Re grounded out to ss (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Lawrence 4th - M Yaworsky grounded out to 2b (0-0). T Malisa popped up to c (0-1). J DiGeronimo struck out, out at first c to 1b (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 4th - Garofalo struck out looking (3-2). S. Gilblair singled to right center (0-1). DeSantis flied out to cf (1-0). Thomas singled down the lf line (1-0); S. Gilblair advanced to second. Mehrbach singled to left field, RBI (2-2); Thomas advanced to second; S. Gilblair scored. Cooney singled to right center, RBI (2-2); Mehrbach advanced to third; Thomas scored. Hobbes flied out to rf (0-2). 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. St. Lawrence 5th - Engebretson homered to left field, RBI (1-1). Regonlinski grounded out to ss (2-2). R Kimber flied out to cf (1-2). M Carrigg singled up the middle (1-2). J Kocan struck out (2-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 5th - Sullivan walked (3-0). Re hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-0); Sullivan out on the play. Garofalo singled to left field (1-0). S. Gilblair reached on a throwing error by ss (1-1); Garofalo advanced to second. DeSantis out at first 1b to p (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. St. Lawrence 6th - A Ford struck out (1-2). M Yaworsky singled, bunt (0-0). T Malisa flied out to lf (1-0). J DiGeronimo reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); M Yaworsky out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 6th - Thomas grounded out to ss (1-1). Mehrbach out at first 1b to p, bunt (0-0). Cooney walked (3-1). Hobbes doubled up the middle (2-2); Cooney advanced to third. Sullivan grounded out to ss (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. St. Lawrence 7th - Engebretson lined out to rf (1-1). Regonlinski flied out to cf (2-1). R Kimber singled to right field (0-2). M Carrigg popped up to 2b (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 7th - Re doubled to left field (1-0). M Gipson to p for T Lassial. Garofalo struck out looking (1-2). S. Gilblair walked (3-2). DeSantis singled through the right side, RBI (1-2); S. Gilblair advanced to third; Re scored. Thomas popped up to 1b (0-0). Mehrbach flied out to lf (1-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. St. Lawrence 8th - J Kocan struck out (2-2). A Ford grounded out to 2b (0-0). M Yaworsky grounded out to p (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 8th - J Graceffo to p for M Gipson. Cooney singled to center field (1-1). Hobbes grounded out to p (1-1); Cooney advanced to second. Sullivan flied out to cf (0-0); Cooney advanced to third. Re singled to center field, RBI (2-2); Cooney scored. Re out at first p to 1b, picked off. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Lawrence 9th - T Malisa hit by pitch (0-0). J DiGeronimo flied out to cf (0-1). Engebretson hit into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-1); T Malisa out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Updated May 2006