New York Regional - Game 11 - May 20, 2006
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Auburn, N.Y. -- The Eastern Connecticut Warriors eliminated the Ithaca Bombers from the NCAA NY Regional with a 14-3 win Saturday. Eastern Connecticut advances to face top-seeded Cortland at 4 p.m. in the championship round. Cortland needs one win to claim the regional title; if Eastern Connectut beat the Red Dragons, the two teams would play a second game Sunday at noon for the regional title.
Senior second baseman Marc Garofalo (South Kingstown/South Kingstown, R.I.) and freshman designated hitter Shawn Gilblair (Windham/Windham, Conn.) each pounded out six of Eastern Connecticut's 16 hits. Both scored two runs and drove in two.
The Warriors spotted Ithaca a 2-0 third-inning lead, then scored 14 runs over the next five innings. Run-scoring singles by Gilblair, senior first baseman Chris DeSantis (Saint John's/Shrewsbury, Mass,), junior catcher Matt Cooney (Arlington/Arlington, Mass.) and junior centerfielder Randy Re (Danbury/Danbury, Conn.) and an RBI double by sophomore shortstop Zach Thomas (Xavier/East Haddam, Conn.) produced five runs in a five-run fifth that put the Warriors up 8-3.
Thomas and sophomore right fielder Jason LaVorgna (Avon Old Farms/North Haven, Conn.) both doubled twice. Re scored three times.
Senior Alex Narus (Wolcott/Prospect, Conn.) threw his first complete game, fanning five and walking one. The Warriors have used 11 pitchers in their five NCAA playoff games but have not used any pitcher more than once.
Sophomore third baseman Josh Smith (Pualski/Richland) hit a two-run third-inning home run to give the Bombers an early lead. He and senior second baseman Bryan Stamboly (Thomas R. Proctor/New Hartford) each had two of Ithaca's eight hits.
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Ithaca College 3 (33-11) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Rob LITZ ss.............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 Jeremy PETERS cf......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 Eric FERGUSON 1b......... 4 1 1 0 0 2 12 1 0 Rob RAUX c............... 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 P.J. CANESTRARI rf....... 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Drew ASH dh/c............ 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bryan STAMBOLY 2b........ 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 6 1 Josh SMITH 3b............ 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Kyle RUTHERFORD lf....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Bryan GARDNER ph/lf..... 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Ryan MAYS p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Matt LAVOIE p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adam BROWN p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grant BLEDSOE p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brendan CONWAY p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 33 3 8 2 1 5 24 14 4 Eastern Connecticut 14 (33-18) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Eric O'Toole lf.......... 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 Greg Sullivan ph/lf..... 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Randy Re cf.............. 4 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 Marc Garofalo 2b......... 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 5 0 Shawn Gilblair dh........ 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 Zack Thomas ss........... 2 2 2 2 1 0 6 6 0 Brandon Goodman ss...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Chris DeSantis 1b........ 3 0 1 2 0 0 9 0 0 Matt Cooney c............ 4 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 Zach Mehrbach 3b......... 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Will Moran ph/3b........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason LaVorgna rf........ 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Sean Kukucka ph/rf...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Alex Narus p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Totals................... 38 14 16 12 3 2 27 14 8 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Ithaca College...... 002 100 000 - 3 8 4 Eastern Connecticut. 002 153 30X - 14 16 2 ------------------------------------------- E - LITZ(26); STAMBOLY(5); SMITH 2(21); Thomas(23); Mehrbach(4). DP - Eastern Conn 3. LOB - Ithaca 4; Eastern Conn 8. 2B - PETERS(10); RAUX(11); Sullivan(7); Thomas 2(9); LaVorgna 2(6). HR - SMITH(3). SH - Thomas. SF - Thomas; DeSantis 2; Cooney. CS - LITZ(3). Ithaca College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Ryan MAYS........... 4.0 5 4 4 0 1 16 18 58 Matt LAVOIE......... 1.0 6 5 4 0 0 9 10 35 Adam BROWN.......... 0.2 3 2 0 0 0 5 6 18 Grant BLEDSOE....... 0.2 2 3 3 2 0 4 6 18 Brendan CONWAY...... 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 22 Eastern Connecticut IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Alex Narus.......... 9.0 8 3 3 1 5 33 34 111 Win - Narus (4-1). Loss - MAYS (4-2). Save - None. Pitches/strikes: MAYS 58/42; LAVOIE 35/19; BROWN 18/14; BLEDSOE 18/8; CONWAY 22/12; Narus 111/78. Umpires - HP: Chris Marshall 1B: Joe DiPietro 2B: Robin Harty 3B: Jeff Burt Start: noon Time: 2:20 Attendance: Game notes: NCAA NY Regional Game 11. Ithaca eliminated. Eastern Connecticut will face Cortland at 4 p.m., needing to beat Cortland twice to win the regional title (second game would be Sunday at noon). MAYS faced 1 batter in the 5th. LAVOIE faced 1 batter in the 6th.
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Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Ithaca College...... 002 100 000 - 3 8 4 Eastern Connecticut. 002 153 30X - 14 16 2 ------------------------------------------- Ithaca College starters: 2/ss LITZ; 5/cf PETERS; 22/1b FERGUSON; 24/c RAUX; 25/rf CANESTRARI; 13/dh ASH; 11/2b STAMBOLY; 7/3b SMITH; 21/lf RUTHERFORD; 23/p MAYS; Eastern Connecticut starters: 12/lf O'Toole; 24/cf Re; 8/2b Garofalo; 29/dh S. Gilblair; 2/ss Thomas; 31/1b DeSantis; 15/c Cooney; 13/3b Mehrbach; 27/rf LaVorgna; 20/p Narus; Ithaca College 1st - LITZ struck out (1-2). PETERS grounded out to ss (2-2). FERGUSON struck out (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 1st - O'Toole struck out (3-2). Re flied out to lf (0-2). Garofalo grounded out to 2b (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Ithaca College 2nd - RAUX reached on a throwing error by 3b (3-2). CANESTRARI out at first 2b to p (1-1); RAUX advanced to second. ASH popped into double play ss to 2b (1-1); RAUX out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 2nd - S. Gilblair reached on a fielding error by ss (0-2). Thomas grounded out to c, SAC (1-0); S. Gilblair advanced to second. DeSantis grounded out to 2b (1-0); S. Gilblair advanced to third. Cooney grounded out to ss (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Ithaca College 3rd - STAMBOLY singled, bunt (0-1). SMITH homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-1); STAMBOLY scored. RUTHERFORD struck out (2-2). LITZ singled up the middle (0-1). LITZ out at second c to ss, caught stealing. PETERS flied out to lf (3-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 3rd - Mehrbach singled, bunt (1-0). LaVorgna doubled to left field (1-0); Mehrbach advanced to third. O'Toole out at first p to 2b to 1b, RBI (1-2); LaVorgna advanced to third; Mehrbach scored. Re grounded out to ss (0-1). Garofalo singled to left field, RBI (0-1); LaVorgna scored. S. Gilblair popped up to p (0-0). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Ithaca College 4th - FERGUSON singled through the left side (0-2). RAUX doubled to center field (0-0); FERGUSON advanced to third. CANESTRARI reached on a fielding error by ss (1-2). ASH hit into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-2); CANESTRARI out on the play; RAUX advanced to third; FERGUSON scored. STAMBOLY grounded out to ss (0-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 4th - Thomas doubled down the lf line (1-1). DeSantis out at first 1b to p (2-2); Thomas advanced to third. Cooney lined out to cf, SF, RBI (0-0); Thomas scored. Mehrbach grounded out to 2b (1-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Ithaca College 5th - SMITH flied out to cf (1-0). GARDNER pinch hit for RUTHERFORD. GARDNER struck out looking (1-2). LITZ grounded out to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 5th - GARDNER to lf. LaVorgna doubled to right field (0-2). LAVOIE to p for MAYS. Sullivan pinch hit for O'Toole. Sullivan flied out to rf (0-0); LaVorgna advanced to third. Re singled to right center, RBI (3-2); LaVorgna scored. Garofalo singled to left center (0-0); Re advanced to second. S. Gilblair singled to left field, RBI (1-1); Garofalo advanced to second; Re scored. Thomas doubled to left field, RBI (1-0); S. Gilblair advanced to third; Garofalo scored. DeSantis flied out to lf, SF, RBI (1-0); S. Gilblair scored. Cooney singled up the middle, RBI (3-2); Thomas scored. Mehrbach reached on a fielding error by 2b (1-1); Cooney advanced to second. LaVorgna reached on a fielder's choice (3-1); Mehrbach out at second ss to 2b. 5 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Ithaca College 6th - Sullivan to lf. PETERS doubled to center field (0-2). FERGUSON reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); PETERS out at second p to ss. RAUX hit into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-0); FERGUSON out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 6th - Sullivan doubled to left field (3-1). BROWN to p for LAVOIE. Re reached on a fielding error by 3b (2-2). Garofalo popped up to 1b (0-0). S. Gilblair singled, advanced to third on the throw (2-2); Re scored on the throw, unearned; Sullivan scored on a throwing error by 3b, unearned. Thomas flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-1); S. Gilblair scored, unearned. DeSantis singled to right field (0-1). Cooney singled to left center (0-1); DeSantis advanced to third. BLEDSOE to p for BROWN. Mehrbach grounded out to 2b (1-0). 3 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Ithaca College 7th - CANESTRARI popped up to ss (0-1). ASH grounded out to ss (1-1). STAMBOLY singled through the right side (0-0). SMITH singled through the right side (0-0); STAMBOLY advanced to second. GARDNER walked (3-1); SMITH advanced to second; STAMBOLY advanced to third. LITZ grounded out to 2b (0-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 7th - LaVorgna flied out to cf (0-1). Sullivan walked (3-1). Re walked (3-0); Sullivan advanced to second. Garofalo singled through the left side, RBI (1-2); Re advanced to second; Sullivan scored. S. Gilblair singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Garofalo advanced to second; Re scored. CONWAY to p for BLEDSOE. Thomas walked (3-1); S. Gilblair advanced to second; Garofalo advanced to third. DeSantis flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-0); Garofalo scored. Cooney grounded out to ss (3-2). 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Ithaca College 8th - PETERS popped up to 3b (0-0). FERGUSON struck out (1-2). RAUX flied out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 8th - CONWAY to p for RAUX. ASH to c. / for CONWAY. Moran pinch hit for Mehrbach. S. Kukucka pinch hit for LaVorgna. Moran grounded out to 3b (2-2). S. Kukucka struck out (1-2). Sullivan grounded out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Ithaca College 9th - Goodman to ss for Thomas. Moran to 3b. S. Kukucka to rf. CANESTRARI popped up to 1b (3-1). ASH grounded out to p (1-2). STAMBOLY popped up to ss (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Updated May 2006