April 18, 2010

BASEBALL COMPLETES SUSPENDED GAME SUNDAY WITH 6-0 WIN OVER MOUNT ST. MARY'S

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EMMITSBURG, Md. –  With the Bulldogs leading 4-0 in the top of the ninth in Friday's opener at Mount St. Mary's, rain forced the game to be suspended until Sunday. Finally, after waiting a full day before resuming play, the Bulldogs and The Mount closed out the game with the Bulldogs coming out on top 6-0.

The Bulldogs scored four runs in the eighth and were just about to come to bat in the top of the ninth before the game was called.  Resuming play Sunday and looking to gain some momentum heading into Sunday's series finale after dropping two Saturday, the Bulldogs got a two-run RBI double by Kevin Brown in the ninth and Mark Andrews struck out two in the bottom of the ninth to close things out.  Brown finished 4-for-5 in the game.

The game featured a pitcher's duel between Brent Almeida and MSM's Vincent Molesky. Almeida managed to get out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the first but was able to get Andrew Caron to pop up second for the final out.

The Bulldogs finally broke through with four runs in the top of the eighth.  Held to just two hits through the first seven innings, the Bulldogs used four hits and a costly error to get on the scoreboard as Jamie Skagerlind got things started by reaching on an error by the rightfielder with one out in the inning.  Skagerlind was able to advance to second base on the play.  One batter later, Norton lined a double into the gap in right to score Skagerlind and give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead.

After David Soltis drew a walk against starter Vincent Molesky, Brown laced a triple down the right field line on the very first pitch he saw from reliever Mike Matta to score both Soltis and Norton. 

Brown would come on a sacrifice bunt by Jordan English to make it 4-0.  The Bulldogs threatened to push across a few more runs after singles by Jeff Vigurs and Nick Campbell, but Matta was able to escape further damage by getting Dylan Stone to fly out to left to end the inning. 

Nick Laude pitched well in relief of Almeida who was also strong in keeping the Mount scoreless through 6 1/3.  With the lead, Laude got Shane Eyler to pop out to Cianciolo at shortstop before turning things over to closer Andrews.  Andrews proceeded to get the next two batters out on groundouts.