Eastern Conn State vs Centenary

New York Regional - Game 7 - May 18, 2006


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Eastern Connecticut Eliminates Centenary With 16-3 Rout

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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Boxscore - Eastern Conn State vs Centenary

Eastern Connecticut 16 (31-18)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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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
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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
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Eastern Connecticut. 402 110 260 - 16 21  1
Centenary (N.J.).... 000 300 000 -  3  9  4
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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
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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
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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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Play-by-Play - Eastern Conn State vs Centenary

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Eastern Connecticut. 402 110 260 - 16 21  1
Centenary (N.J.).... 000 300 000 -  3  9  4
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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