South Regional - Game 9 - May 19, 2006
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Rocky Mount, NC - Behind a tournament-high 19 hits, the host Battling Bishops of North Carolina Wesleyan earned a ticket to the championship game of Division III Baseball South Regional with their ninth straight win. NCWC eliminated rival Virginia Wesleyan by a 9-5 score and will take on third-seeded Rowan University at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday for the chance to go to the Division III World Series. Rowan will have to knock off the Bishops twice.
NC Wesleyan (30-16) jumped out on top in the opening frame when six of the first seven batters collected hits. The Bishops scored four runs in the inning, but the lead was cut in half in the bottom of the inning as the Marlins plated two runs of their own.
VWC (24-22) pulled to within one at 4-3 with another run in the second. Phil Cadle led off the inning with a walk and came around to score on a Mike Cardwell RBI-single. Of the Marlins’ first three runs, two reached by bases-on-balls and the other by an error.
The Bishops opened up their lead with a run in the fourth and another four-spot in the fifth. Kenny Flythe and Justin Batts led off the inning with back-to-back doubles followed by back-to-back singles by Luke Williford and Nathan West. After Chris Pecora singled for the Bishops’ fifth straight hit, Rob Johnson hit into a bases-loaded fielder’s choice that saw Marlin third baseman Mike Cardwell make a costly throwing error that allowed two more runs to cross.
Up 9-3, NCWC freshman hurler Ben Moore (5-4) settled in on the mound and gave up only one run over his final five innings. He scattered eight hits and allowed four runs, two earned, in seven complete.
Marlin starter Zach Baker (5-5) took the loss after giving up seven runs on fourteen hits in four innings of work. Pecora finished 4-for-4 at the plate, while Ryan Snyder and Batts each had three hits for the Bishops.
Dan Sellers and Ricky Allred paced Virginia Wesleyan with three hits apiece.
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NC Wesleyan 9 (30-16) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ PECORA, Chris rf......... 4 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 JOHNSON, Rob 3b.......... 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 1 SMITH, Matt cf........... 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 SNYDER, Ryan 2b.......... 5 1 3 3 0 0 1 4 1 WOOTEN, Mark 1b.......... 5 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 2 FLYTHE, Kenny dh......... 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 BATTS, Justin c.......... 5 1 3 2 0 1 4 0 0 WEST, Nathan ss.......... 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 WILLIFORD, Luke lf....... 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 MOORE, Ben p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RICHARDSON, Josh p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 STRICKLAND, Cale p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 42 9 19 7 0 3 27 11 8 Virginia Wesleyan 5 (24-22) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Mike Cardwell 3b......... 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 Brent Vuyovich lf........ 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 Dan Sellers cf........... 4 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 Daniel Andrews cf....... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Hudgins c........... 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 Ricky Allred dh.......... 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ozz Dhramapitaksook rf... 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 C.J. Rhodes 1b........... 5 0 1 0 0 1 16 0 2 Phil Cadle 2b............ 1 2 0 0 3 0 4 5 0 Brandon Hathaway ss...... 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 Zach Baker p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Wayne Renfrow p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Erik Nguyen p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 38 5 12 5 4 4 27 17 11 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- NC Wesleyan......... 400 140 000 - 9 19 2 Virginia Wesleyan... 210 001 001 - 5 12 1 ------------------------------------------- E - SNYDER(10); WOOTEN(5); Cardwell(19). DP - NCWC 2; VWC 3. LOB - NCWC 8; VWC 11. 2B - SNYDER(23); FLYTHE(15); BATTS(7); Allred(10). SH - PECORA(10); JOHNSON(16). SF - Hudgins(5). SB - PECORA(33). NC Wesleyan IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- MOORE, Ben.......... 7.0 8 4 2 3 3 29 33 RICHARDSON, Josh.... 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 STRICKLAND, Cale.... 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 6 6 Virginia Wesleyan IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Zach Baker.......... 4.0 14 7 7 0 1 23 25 Wayne Renfrow....... 2.2 4 2 0 0 1 12 12 Erik Nguyen......... 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 7 7 Win - MOORE (5-4). Loss - Baker (5-5). Save - None. PB - BATTS 3(6). Umpires - HP: Bobby Walker 1B: John Haggerty 2B: Steve Williams 3B: Tom Stallings Start: 4:45 pm Time: 2:20 Attendance: 90
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Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- NC Wesleyan......... 400 140 000 - 9 19 2 Virginia Wesleyan... 210 001 001 - 5 12 1 ------------------------------------------- NC Wesleyan starters: 16/rf PECORA; 5/3b JOHNSON; 1/cf SMITH, M.; 11/2b SNYDER; 22/1b WOOTEN; 32/dh FLYTHE; 19/c BATTS; 7/ss WEST; 27/lf WILLIFORD; 4/p MOORE; Virginia Wesleyan starters: 7/3b Cardwell; 13/lf Vuyovich; 9/cf Sellers; 24/c Hudgins; 29/dh Allred; 4/rf Dhramapitaks; 19/1b Rhodes; 16/2b Cadle; 2/ss Hathaway; 23/p Baker; NC Wesleyan 1st - PECORA singled to right field. JOHNSON singled, bunt; PECORA advanced to second. SMITH, M. singled, bunt; JOHNSON advanced to second; PECORA advanced to third. SNYDER doubled to right center, 3 RBI; SMITH, M. scored; JOHNSON scored; PECORA scored. WOOTEN singled to right field; SNYDER advanced to third. FLYTHE struck out swinging. BATTS singled to right field, RBI; WOOTEN advanced to third; SNYDER scored. WEST hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b; BATTS out on the play. 4 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 1st - Cardwell walked. Vuyovich reached on an error by 1b, advanced to second; Cardwell advanced to third. Sellers singled to center field, RBI; Vuyovich advanced to third; Cardwell scored. Hudgins flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; Vuyovich scored, unearned. Allred flied out to lf. Dhramapitaks struck out looking. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 2nd - WILLIFORD singled to left field. PECORA grounded out to p, SAC; WILLIFORD advanced to second. JOHNSON grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC; WILLIFORD advanced to third. SMITH, M. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 2nd - Rhodes grounded out to 3b. Cadle walked. Hathaway grounded out to ss; Cadle advanced to second. Cardwell singled to left field, RBI; Cadle scored. Cardwell advanced to second on a passed ball. Vuyovich struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 3rd - SNYDER grounded out to 3b. WOOTEN flied out to cf. FLYTHE singled to left center. BATTS singled to center field; FLYTHE advanced to second. WEST grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 3rd - Sellers singled to left field. Hudgins grounded out to 1b unassisted; Sellers advanced to second. Allred singled to right field; Sellers advanced to third. Dhramapitaks hit into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Allred out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 4th - WILLIFORD grounded out to 3b. PECORA singled to center field. PECORA stole second. JOHNSON flied out to lf. SMITH, M. singled to right field, RBI; PECORA scored. SNYDER singled to right field; SMITH, M. advanced to second. WOOTEN grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 4th - Rhodes grounded out to 3b. Cadle walked. Hathaway grounded out to 2b; Cadle advanced to second. Cardwell flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 5th - FLYTHE doubled to left field. BATTS doubled to left center, RBI; FLYTHE scored. Renfrow to p for Baker. WEST singled to left field; BATTS advanced to third. WILLIFORD singled to center field, RBI; WEST advanced to second; BATTS scored. PECORA singled to center field; WILLIFORD advanced to second; WEST advanced to third. JOHNSON reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second; PECORA advanced to third; WILLIFORD scored, unearned; WEST scored on a throwing error by 3b, unearned. SMITH, M. flied out to cf. SNYDER lined into double play 2b to ss; JOHNSON out on the play. 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 5th - Vuyovich popped up to 3b. Sellers singled to third base. Hudgins flied out to cf. Allred grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 6th - WOOTEN popped up to 1b. FLYTHE popped up to 2b. BATTS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 6th - Dhramapitaks lined out to lf. Rhodes struck out looking. Cadle reached on an error by 2b. Hathaway singled to third base; Cadle advanced to second. Cardwell singled to center field, RBI; Hathaway advanced to second; Cadle scored, unearned. Vuyovich grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. NC Wesleyan 7th - WEST grounded out to ss. WILLIFORD grounded out to p. PECORA singled to left field. Nguyen to p for Renfrow. JOHNSON grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 7th - Sellers grounded out to ss. Hudgins grounded out to 2b. Allred singled to left center. Dhramapitaks grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 8th - Andrews to cf for Sellers. SMITH, M. grounded out to ss. SNYDER singled to right field. WOOTEN hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b; SNYDER out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 8th - RICHARDSON to p for MOORE. Rhodes singled to right center. Rhodes advanced to second on a passed ball. Cadle walked. Hathaway hit into double play 3b to 1b; Cadle advanced to second; Rhodes out on the play. Cadle advanced to third on a passed ball. Cardwell grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 9th - STRICKLAND to p for RICHARDSON. FLYTHE grounded out to ss. BATTS grounded out to 3b. WEST struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Virginia Wesleyan 9th - Vuyovich struck out swinging. Andrews singled to left center. Hudgins singled to right field; Andrews advanced to second. Allred doubled to left field, RBI; Hudgins advanced to third; Andrews scored. Dhramapitaks flied out to cf. Rhodes flied out to rf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Updated May 2006