.jpg) Delaware
Uses Four-Run Seventh To Orchestrate 7-4
Come-From-Behind Victory Over James
Madison
Date:
May 13, 2005
HARRISONBURG,
VA -- The University of Delaware baseball
team rebounded from a 14-4 loss to Rutgers
on Wednesday and used four runs in the top
of the seventh to cap off a four-run
come-from-behind victory over James
Madison, 7-4 in Colonial Athletic
Association action Friday afternoon at
Long Field.
Junior
shortstop Todd Davison (Somers Point,
NJ/St. Augustine-at right) led the charge
by batting 4-for-5, driving in three runs,
and stealing a base while on his way to
batting a home run away from the
cycle.
The
Hens (23-26) hold off the sixth place
Dukes (19-30) and remain in fifth place in
the CAA standings with a 10-9 record in
league play. James Madison dips to 7-12 in
the conference. Delaware has now won the
last six contests with the Duke's
including a three-game sweep from last
season at Bob Hannah Stadium.
Brandon
Menchaca (Wilmington, DE/Concord) broke
the tie with Bryan Hagerich (Somerset,
PA/Somerset) for the team lead in home
runs by blasting a solo home run for his
eighth of the season. The freshman also
singled to join Adam Tsakonas (Pottstown,
PA/Boyertown), who doubled and singled,
for two hits on the afternoon. The trio of
Menchaca, Davison, and Tsakonas combined
for eight of the Hens 11 hits while
Davison and Menchaca were responsible for
driving in four of Delaware's seven
runs.
Brent
Gaphardt (Bel Air, MD/Dundalk) claimed the
victory and improves to 3-5 after pitching
six scoreless innings of relief and
allowing only three hits and two walks
while striking out seven. Mike McGuire
(Swarthmore, PA/Ridley) took the start and
struck out three but allowed all four
runs.
Jacob
Cook suffered the loss and drops to 3-7
after allowing four runs, three earned,
and not recording an out after replacing
starter Brian Leatherwood in the
seventh.
Michael
Cowgill had a solo home run and added a
double for the Duke's while Ryan Reid also
belted a solo homer and Matt Sluder posted
a run-scoring double.
The
Dukes took advantage of McGuire early and
dropped four runs on the freshman in three
innings before he was pulled in favor of
Gaphardt in the fourth. James Madison
centerfielder Doom reached third on a
sacrifice bunt that was misplayed after
being hit by a pitch as the Dukes lead off
batter. He scored when Cowgill grounded
into a double play. Reid sent a solo home
run to right field for James Madison's
first score in the second. Bristow singled
to the third base side and scored when
Sluder doubled to right-center. Cowgill
used the long ball in the bottom of the
third and blasted in the Duke's last run
of the game when he went deep to
center.
Delaware
began chipping away at the 4-0 deficit in
the top of the fourth when Menchaca belted
a solo home run of his own over the wall
in left. Dan Kozek (Medford, NJ/Shawnee)
led off the top of the fifth with a single
and a stolen base and scored when Davison
singled to the right side.
The
Blue Hen rally was halted in the sixth
after Delaware could not convert
Tsakonas's lead off double into a run but
a four-run seventh inning capped off the
Hens comeback to make the score 6-4. Cook
came in to pitch for Leatherwood and
allowed a lead off walk to Brent Rogers
(Claymont, DE/Mt. Pleasant). Ryan Graham
(Danville, IL/Triton) singled to right
followed by Davison who tripled to right
to score Graham and Rogers. Kelly Buber
(Yuba City, CA/Yuba Community) followed
with a single through the right side to
score Davison and advanced to third when
Brian Valichka (Frederick, MD/Urbana)
reached on a throwing error. McKim entered
the game for Cook and recorded the innings
first out by striking out Tsakonas but a
throwing error on McKim scored Buber
before Menchaca grounded out to end the
inning.
Delaware
tacked on one last run in the top of the
ninth to increase the lead to 7-4.
Valichka was hit by a pitch followed by
Tsakonas who singled. Finally Valichka was
driven in by Hagerich who sent a sacrifice
fly to right field.
The
teams continue their three-game set on
Saturday, May 14 at 1 p.m.
AGATE:
2005 University of Delaware Baseball
Delaware at James Madison
May 13, 2005 at Harrisonburg, Va. (Long/Mauck)
Delaware 7 (23-26,10-9 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Ryan Graham 2b........... 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
Todd Davison ss.......... 5 1 4 3 0 0 2 2 1
Kelly Buber dh........... 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Brian Valichka c......... 3 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 3
Adam Tsakonas 3b......... 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 2 0
Bryan Hagerich lf........ 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0
Brandon Menchaca cf...... 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 2
Dan Richardson rf........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Dan Kozek 1b............. 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 2
Brent Rogers ph......... 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike McGuire p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Gaphardt p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 37 7 11 6 2 8 27 9 9
James Madison 4 (19-30,7-12 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Doom cf.................. 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2
Stoneburner ss........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2
Cowgill 2b............... 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
Kulbacki rf.............. 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
Santobianco dh........... 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Schill 3b................ 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 0
Reid lf.................. 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 0
Loso ph................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bristow 1b............... 4 1 1 0 0 1 8 1 2
Sluder c................. 4 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 1
Leatherwood p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Cook p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McKim p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 34 4 7 3 4 10 27 6 10
Score by Innings R H E
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Delaware............ 000 110 401 - 7 11 4
James Madison....... 121 000 000 - 4 7 3
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E - Davison, T(21); Tsakonas, A(6); Kozek, D(3); Gaphardt, B(2); Sluder(4);
Cook(3); McKim(2). DP - Blue Hens 1. LOB - Blue Hens 9; Dukes 10. 2B -
Davison, T(14); Tsakonas, A(9); Sluder(10). 3B - Davison, T(3). HR -
Menchaca, B(8); Cowgill(12); Reid(3). HBP - Valichka, B; Richardson,D; Doom.
SH - Valichka, B(1); Stoneburner(2); Loso(3). SF - Hagerich, B(4). SB -
Davison, T(7); Richardson,D(9); Kozek, D(6). CS - Cowgill(4).
Delaware IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Mike McGuire........ 3.0 4 4 3 2 3 13 17
Brent Gaphardt...... 6.0 3 0 0 2 7 21 24
James Madison IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Leatherwood......... 6.0 7 2 2 1 4 25 26
Cook................ 0.0 3 4 3 1 0 3 5
McKim............... 3.0 1 1 1 0 4 9 12
Win - Gaphardt, B (3-5). Loss - Cook (3-7). Save - None.
WP - Gaphardt, B 2(8). HBP - by McGuire, M (Doom); by McKim (Richardson,D); by
McKim (Valichka, B).
Umpires - HP: John Thomas 1B: Craig Alden 3B: Greg Howard
Start: 3:05 Time: 2:58 Attendance: 157
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings R H E
-------------------------------------------
Delaware............ 000 110 401 - 7 11 4
James Madison....... 121 000 000 - 4 7 3
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Delaware starters: 12/2b Graham, R; 7/ss Davison, T; 6/dh Buber, K; 27/c Valichka,
B; 3/3b Tsakonas, A; 22/lf Hagerich, B; 1/cf Menchaca, B; 14/rf Richardson,D; 10/1b
Kozek, D; 15/p McGuire, M;
James Madison starters: 7/cf Doom; 1/ss Stoneburner; 4/2b Cowgill; 5/rf Kulbacki;
31/dh Santobianco; 24/3b Schill; 32/lf Reid; 19/1b Bristow; 6/c Sluder; 11/p
Leatherwood;
Delaware 1st - Graham, R grounded out to 3b. Davison, T singled to center
field. Buber, K struck out looking. Davison, T stole second. Valichka, B grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 1st - Doom hit by pitch. Stoneburner reached on a fielding
error by 1b, assist by 3b, SAC, bunt; Doom advanced to third. Cowgill grounded into
double play ss to 1b; Stoneburner out on the play; Doom scored, unearned. Kulbacki
struck out looking. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Delaware 2nd - Tsakonas, A walked. Hagerich, B struck out swinging. Menchaca,
B singled to shortstop; Tsakonas, A advanced to second. Richardson,D lined out to p.
Kozek, D struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
James Madison 2nd - Santobianco grounded out to 3b. Schill struck out
looking. Reid homered to right field, RBI. Bristow singled to third base. Sluder
doubled to left center, RBI; Bristow scored. Doom walked. Stoneburner struck out
swinging. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Delaware 3rd - Graham, R fouled out to 3b. Davison, T doubled to right
center. Buber, K popped up to 2b. Valichka, B flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 3rd - Cowgill homered to center field, RBI. Kulbacki flied out
to lf. Santobianco popped up to 2b. Schill reached on a throwing error by ss. Reid
walked; Schill advanced to second. Bristow flied out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 1
error, 2 LOB.
Delaware 4th - Tsakonas, A grounded out to 2b. Hagerich, B struck out
swinging. Menchaca, B homered to left field, RBI. Richardson,D popped up to p. 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 4th - Gaphardt, B to p for McGuire, M. Sluder grounded out to
2b. Doom struck out looking. Stoneburner flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Delaware 5th - Kozek, D singled to right center. Kozek, D stole second.
Graham, R flied out to lf. Davison, T singled to left field, RBI; Kozek, D scored.
Buber, K grounded out to 3b; Davison, T advanced to second. Valichka, B flied out to
lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 5th - Cowgill reached on a throwing error by 3b. Kulbacki
struck out looking. Cowgill out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Santobianco
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Delaware 6th - Tsakonas, A doubled to right center. Hagerich, B flied out to
lf. Menchaca, B flied out to cf. Richardson,D out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 6th - Schill struck out looking. Reid walked. Bristow flied out
to cf. Sluder flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 7th - Cook to p for Leatherwood. Rogers, B pinch hit for Kozek, D.
Rogers, B walked. Graham, R singled to right field; Rogers, B advanced to third.
Davison, T tripled to right field, 2 RBI; Graham, R scored; Rogers, B scored. Buber,
K singled through the left side, RBI; Davison, T scored. Valichka, B reached on a
throwing error by p, SAC, bunt; Buber, K advanced to third. McKim to p for Cook.
Tsakonas, A struck out swinging. Hagerich, B fouled out to 1b. Valichka, B advanced
to second on a throwing error by p; Buber, K scored, unearned. Menchaca, B grounded
out to ss. 4 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 7th - Tsakonas, A to 1b. Rogers, B to 3b. Doom walked.
Stoneburner struck out swinging. Cowgill reached on a fielder's choice; Doom out at
second 2b to ss. Kulbacki singled up the middle; Cowgill advanced to second. Cowgill
advanced to third on a wild pitch. Santobianco struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 2 LOB.
Delaware 8th - Richardson,D hit by pitch. Rogers, B struck out swinging.
Graham, R fouled out to 1b. Richardson,D stole second, advanced to third on a
throwing error by c. Davison, T lined out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.
James Madison 8th - Schill singled to right center. Loso pinch hit for Reid.
Loso reached on a throwing error by p, SAC, bunt; Schill advanced to third. Loso
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Bristow struck out looking. Sluder grounded out
to p. Doom fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Delaware 9th - Loso to lf. Buber, K struck out swinging. Valichka, B hit by
pitch. Tsakonas, A singled to left field; Valichka, B advanced to third. Hagerich, B
flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Valichka, B scored. Menchaca, B struck out looking. 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 9th - Stoneburner grounded out to 2b. Cowgill singled through
the left side. Kulbacki grounded out to ss; Cowgill advanced to second. Santobianco
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
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