New York Regional - Game 7 - May 18, 2006
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Auburn, N.Y. -- The Eastern Connecticut Warriors remained alive in the NCAA NY Regional at Auburn's Falcon Park, eliminating the Centenary Cyclones with a 16-3 win in the final game on Thursday's weather-shortened schedule. Eastern Connecticut advances to play the winner of Friday's St. Lawrence-Renssealer game in an elimination game Friday at 7 p.m.
Thanks in part to a two-hour, three-minute rain delay during Thursday's games, the schedule has been revised as follows: Game 8: St. Lawrence vs. Rensselaer (loser eliminated) May 19 - Noon Game 9: Cortland vs. Ithaca May 19 - 3:30 p.m. Game 10: Eastern Connecticut vs. Game 8 Winner (loser eliminated) May 19 - 7 p.m. Game 11: Game 9 Loser vs. Game 10 Winner (loser eliminated) May 20 - Noon Game 12: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 11 Winner May 20 - 4 p.m. Game 13: Game 12 Winner vs. Game 12 Loser (if necessary) May 21 - Noon
Four first-inning runs by Eastern Connecticut and a 7-0 lead in the fourth put the Warriors in control early. Centenary pulled to within 7-3 with three runs in the bottom the fourth but Eastern Connecticut scored eight runs over the seventh and eighth.
Junior center fielder Randy Re (Danbury/Danbury, N.H.) led Eastern Connecticut with four hits and three RBI's. Senior left fielder Greg Sullivan (Needham/Needham, Mass.) singled, doubled, tripled, scored three runs and drove in two more. Junior catcher Matt Cooney (Arlington/Arlington, Mass.) added three hits for the Warriors who fell one run short of matching their highest scoring output of the season.
Senior third baseman Zach Merbach (Hanover/Lyme, N.H.) started the offensive fireworks with a three-run double in the first inning.
Freshman Jimmy Jagodzinski (Greenwich/Greenwich, Conn.) earned the win, allowing three runs on eight hits over eight innings. He struck out 10 Cyclones before giving way to classmate Mike Tingley (Rockville/Rockville, Conn.), who threw a scoreless ninth.
Centenary scored its runs on an RBI single by by senior right fielder Chris Felix (Monroe/Jamesburg, N.J.) and a two-out bases loaded error by Eastern Connecticut.
Junior shortstop Dave Vargo (Brick Township Memorial/Brick, N.J.) had three of the Cyclones' nine hits. Felix went two-for-three.
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Eastern Connecticut 16 (31-18) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Greg Sullivan lf......... 6 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 Randy Re cf.............. 6 0 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 Marc Garofalo 2b......... 5 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 Shawn Gilblair dh........ 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jason LaVorgna ph/dh.... 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 Chris DeSantis 1b........ 4 2 1 0 2 0 6 0 3 Matt Cremins 1b......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Zack Thomas ss........... 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 Brandon Goodman ph/ss... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Zach Mehrbach 3b......... 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 5 Will Moran ph/3b........ 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Cooney c............ 5 2 3 1 0 1 8 0 1 Andrew Magliola ph/c.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Tristan Hobbes rf........ 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 Eric O'Toole ph/rf...... 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Jagodzinski p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mike Tingley p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 48 16 21 15 6 4 27 10 15 Centenary (N.J.) 3 (29-13) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Brandon Perrine 3b....... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Dave Vargo ss............ 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 3 0 Todd Sigafoos dh/ss...... 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Pat Cassidy 1b........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 Cory Pelissier ph/1b.... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Gerry Papa cf............ 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 Chris Felix rf........... 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Matt Hoffman c........... 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 Matt Lindower 2b......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 Bill Geltzeiler lf....... 3 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 2 Brian Ciamarra lf....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Rossi p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ben Jurgensen p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Chris Mattson p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erik Schmidt p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 34 3 9 1 1 10 27 9 5 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut. 402 110 260 - 16 21 1 Centenary (N.J.).... 000 300 000 - 3 9 4 ------------------------------------------- E - Thomas(22); PERRINE 2(15); VARGO(7); LINDOWER(10). DP - Eastern Conn 1; Centenary 1. LOB - Eastern Conn 15; Centenary 5. 2B - Sullivan(6); LaVorgna(4); Mehrbach(4). 3B - Sullivan(6); Moran(1). HBP - Garofalo; S. Gilblair. SH - Hobbes. SF - Re. Eastern Connecticut IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Jimmy Jagodzinski... 8.0 8 3 1 1 10 31 32 102 Mike Tingley........ 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 Centenary (N.J.) IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Mike Rossi.......... 4.0 7 7 6 4 0 20 25 77 Ben Jurgensen....... 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 4 7 24 Chris Mattson....... 2.2 10 8 5 1 1 18 20 54 Erik Schmidt........ 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 6 6 19 Win - Jagodzinski (3-2). Loss - ROSSI (4-3). Save - None. WP - ROSSI(4). HBP - by ROSSI (Garofalo); by JURGENSEN (S. Gilblair). Pitches/strikes: Jagodzinski 102/72; Tingley 9/7; ROSSI 77/40; JURGENSEN 24/14; MATTSON 54/32; SCHMIDT 19/13. Umpires - HP: Joe DiPietro 1B: Erick Pavlovich 2B: Jeff Burt 3B: Carmen Perotti Start: 9:45 pm Time: 2:45 Attendance: Game notes: NCAA NY Regional game seven. Centenary eliminated. Eastern Connecticut will play the Rensselaer/St. Lawrence winner in an elimination game Friday at 7 p.m.
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Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut. 402 110 260 - 16 21 1 Centenary (N.J.).... 000 300 000 - 3 9 4 ------------------------------------------- Eastern Connecticut starters: 7/lf Sullivan; 24/cf Re; 8/2b Garofalo; 29/dh S. Gilblair; 31/1b DeSantis; 2/ss Thomas; 13/3b Mehrbach; 15/c Cooney; 41/rf Hobbes; 50/p Jagodzinski; Centenary (N.J.) starters: 1/3b PERRINE; 15/ss VARGO; 3/dh SIGAFOOS; 6/1b CASSIDY; 2/cf PAPA; 7/rf FELIX; 12/c HOFFMAN; 9/2b LINDOWER; 22/lf GELTZEILER; 11/p ROSSI; Eastern Connecticut 1st - Sullivan walked (3-0). Sullivan advanced to second on a wild pitch. Re grounded out to 2b (2-2); Sullivan advanced to third. Garofalo hit by pitch (0-1). S. Gilblair singled to shortstop, RBI (0-1); Garofalo advanced to second; Sullivan scored. DeSantis reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); S. Gilblair out at second p to ss; Garofalo advanced to third. Thomas walked (3-1); DeSantis advanced to second. Mehrbach doubled to left field, 3 RBI (0-0); Thomas scored; DeSantis scored; Garofalo scored. Cooney grounded out to ss (2-1). 4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 1st - PERRINE grounded out to ss (0-1). VARGO singled, out at second lf to 2b (0-0). SIGAFOOS flied out to cf (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 2nd - Hobbes grounded out to ss (1-0). Sullivan reached on a throwing error by ss, advanced to second (1-0). Re singled, bunt (0-0); Sullivan advanced to third. Garofalo hit into double play 2b to 1b (0-0); Re out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 2nd - CASSIDY singled up the middle (0-0). PAPA struck out (1-2). FELIX grounded out to 2b (3-2); CASSIDY advanced to second. HOFFMAN flied out to rf (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 3rd - S. Gilblair flied out to cf (1-0). DeSantis singled down the lf line (2-0). Thomas reached on a throwing error by 3b (0-0); DeSantis advanced to second. Mehrbach grounded out to ss (2-1); Thomas advanced to second; DeSantis advanced to third. Cooney singled, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b, RBI (1-2); Thomas scored, unearned; DeSantis scored. Hobbes walked (3-2). Sullivan flied out to cf (1-1). 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 3rd - LINDOWER grounded out to ss (0-0). GELTZEILER struck out looking (1-2). PERRINE grounded out to ss (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 4th - Re flied out to lf (0-1). Garofalo flied out to cf (3-1). S. Gilblair singled to left field (1-2). DeSantis walked (3-1); S. Gilblair advanced to second. Thomas singled through the left side, RBI (1-2); DeSantis advanced to second; S. Gilblair scored. Mehrbach flied out to lf (1-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 4th - VARGO singled to left field (0-0). SIGAFOOS singled to left field (2-2); VARGO advanced to second. CASSIDY flied out to cf (1-2). PAPA flied out to rf (0-0). FELIX singled to left field, RBI (1-2); SIGAFOOS advanced to second; VARGO scored. HOFFMAN singled to shortstop (1-1); FELIX advanced to second; SIGAFOOS advanced to third. LINDOWER reached on a fielding error by ss (0-1); HOFFMAN advanced to second; FELIX scored, unearned; SIGAFOOS scored, unearned. GELTZEILER struck out (2-2). 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 5th - JURGENSEN to p for ROSSI. Cooney singled to third base (2-2). Hobbes grounded out to p unassisted, SAC (0-0); Cooney advanced to second. Sullivan struck out looking (2-2). Re singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Cooney scored. Garofalo walked (3-0); Re advanced to second. S. Gilblair hit by pitch (1-2); Garofalo advanced to second; Re advanced to third. DeSantis grounded out to p, bunt (0-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 5th - PERRINE struck out looking (2-2). VARGO flied out to rf (0-0). SIGAFOOS flied out to rf (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 6th - MATTSON to p for JURGENSEN. Thomas flied out to cf (1-0). Mehrbach flied out to lf (0-1). Cooney struck out looking (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 6th - CASSIDY struck out looking (2-2). PAPA struck out looking (1-2). FELIX walked (3-1). HOFFMAN struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 7th - Hobbes singled up the middle (1-0). Sullivan tripled to left center, RBI (0-0); Hobbes scored. Re singled to center field, RBI (1-0); Sullivan scored. Garofalo singled to center field (1-0); Re advanced to second. S. Gilblair popped up to ss (3-2). DeSantis walked (3-1); Garofalo advanced to second; Re advanced to third. Thomas lined out to lf (0-1). Mehrbach reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); DeSantis out at second 2b to ss. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 7th - LINDOWER struck out (2-2). GELTZEILER singled to pitcher (1-0). PERRINE grounded out to 3b (0-1); GELTZEILER advanced to second. VARGO singled to right center (0-0); GELTZEILER out at third 3b unassisted. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 8th - Cooney singled to right field (1-0). O'Toole pinch hit for Hobbes. O'Toole singled down the rf line (2-2); Cooney advanced to second. Sullivan doubled to left field, RBI (0-0); O'Toole advanced to third; Cooney scored. Re flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-0); Sullivan advanced to third; O'Toole scored. Garofalo reached on a throwing error by 3b, RBI (1-0); Sullivan scored. LaVorgna pinch hit for S. Gilblair. LaVorgna doubled down the rf line, RBI (2-1); Garofalo scored, unearned. DeSantis grounded out to 2b (0-0); LaVorgna advanced to third. Goodman pinch hit for Thomas. Goodman singled to first base, RBI (0-1); LaVorgna scored, unearned. Moran pinch hit for Mehrbach. Moran tripled to right center, RBI (0-1); Goodman scored, unearned. SCHMIDT to p for MATTSON. Magliola pinch hit for Cooney. Magliola popped up to ss (0-0). 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 8th - Goodman to ss. Moran to 3b. Magliola to c. O'Toole to rf. SIGAFOOS grounded out to p (1-1). PELISSIER pinch hit for CASSIDY. PELISSIER struck out (0-2). PAPA struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Eastern Connecticut 9th - SCHMIDT to p for VARGO. SIGAFOOS to ss. PELISSIER to 1b. / for SCHMIDT. O'Toole popped up to ss (2-0). Sullivan singled up the middle (0-2). Re singled to left field (1-1); Sullivan advanced to second. CIAMARRA to lf for GELTZEILER. Garofalo struck out (1-2). LaVorgna to dh. LaVorgna struck out (2-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Centenary (N.J.) 9th - Tingley to p for Jagodzinski. Cremins to 1b for DeSantis. FELIX singled to shortstop (2-2). HOFFMAN hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b (0-1); FELIX out on the play. LINDOWER grounded out to 2b (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Updated May 2006