 Todd
Davison Stays Hot as Delaware Baseball
Clinches CAA Playoff Berth With 6-5
Victory Over James Madison
HARRISONBURG,
VA (May 14, 2005)- University of Delaware
shortstop Todd Davison (Somers Point,
NJ/St. Augustine-far right) batted 3-for-3
with a double, two runs scored, and stole
three bases to help the Hens secure a
playoff berth in the Colonial Athletic
Association Tournament by defeating James
Madison, 6-5 on Saturday afternoon at Long
Field.
Delaware
(24-26) continues to solidify a fifth
place slot in the conference with a record
of 11-9 while the Dukes (19-31) drop from
sixth to seventh and hold a 7-13 mark in
league play. Even if Delaware was to drop
its final four CAA contests and James
Madison or William & Mary are
victorious in their final games, the three
way tie would favor the Hens, who have
taken two of three in each series so far
to date with those teams.
The
Hens have earned a spot in the tournament
for the second straight year and it will
mark their third appearance
overall.
Down
by three in the bottom of the ninth, Dan
Santobianco sent a two-run shot to
left-center to cut the deficit to 6-5 with
no outs. Matt Bristow followed with a
single up the middle which brought Mitch
Heckert (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin)
in to pitch for the Hens. Heckert ended
the rally and recorded his second save of
the season by forcing Sean Loso into a
ground out, Matt Sluder into a fly out,
and Rob Altieri into a ground
out.
Kelly
Buber (Yuba City, CA/Yuba Community) sent
a two-run homer to left-center and singled
for three RBI while Brandon Menchaca
(Wilmington, DE/Concord) added a pair of
singles that drove in two runs and stole a
base. Brent Rogers (Claymont, DE/Mt.
Pleasant) tripled and also scored a run
while Ryan Graham (Danville, IL/Triton)
drove in a run on a sacrifice
fly.
Jason
Rogers (New Castle, DE/WIlliam Penn)
claimed the victory and improves to 2-4
after allowing three runs on six hits in
5.1 innings on the mound. He was succeeded
by Chad Kerfoot (Owings, MD/Northern) who
allowed two runs on four hits and struck
out six in only 2.2 innings of work.
Brostow
had a two-run home run that went along
with his single while Michael Cowgill also
chipped in a pair of hits with a
double.
Ryan
Reid took the loss for the Dukes and drops
to 3-4 after allowing five runs on seven
hits in five innings on the mound.
Delaware
took the lead in the top of the second
when Brian Valichka (Frederick, MD/Urbana)
reached base after being hit by a pitch
and scored from second when Menchaca
singled. The Hens added four more to their
total before James Madison reached the
scoreboard. Bryan Hagerich (Somerset,
PA/Somerset) singled up the middle and
stole second and scored on Menchaca's
second single in the fourth. In the fifth
Brent Rogers led off with a triple and
scored on Graham's sacrifice. Davison was
walked and that led to Buber's two run
homer to give the Hens a 5-0 lead.
The
Dukes began crawling back in the bottom of
the inning with two runs on one hit as
Bristow let his homer fly after
Santobianco walked. James Madison tacked
on another run one inning later when
Cowgill singled to center and Kellen
Kulbacki singled to the right side,
advancing Cowgill to third. Schill dropped
a bunt that went for a single and scored
Cowgill but that ended the innings
scoring.
Delaware's
winning run came in the top of the seventh
when Davison doubled to right-center and
advanced to third on a wild pitch, finally
scoring when Buber singled through the
right side.
The
teams conclude the three-game set on
Sunday at 1 p.m.
AGATE:
2005 University of Delaware Baseball
Delaware at James Madison
May 14, 2005 at Harrisonburg, Va. (Long/Mauck)
Delaware 6 (24-26,11-9 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Ryan Graham 2b........... 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2
Todd Davison ss.......... 3 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 0
Kelly Buber dh........... 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Valichka c......... 4 1 0 0 0 2 10 1 2
Adam Tsakonas 1b......... 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0
Bryan Hagerich lf........ 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brandon Menchaca cf...... 3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0
Dan Richardson rf........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0
Brent Rogers 3b.......... 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Jason Rogers p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chad Kerfoot p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitch Heckert p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 33 6 10 6 3 7 27 7 7
James Madison 5 (19-31,7-13 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Doom cf.................. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Stoneburner cf.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sluder ph............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Altieri ss............... 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1
Cowgill 2b............... 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0
Kulbacki rf.............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1
Schill 3b................ 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 2
Lake dh.................. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Santobianco c............ 3 2 1 2 1 2 8 0 2
Bristow 1b............... 4 1 2 2 0 1 11 2 0
MacDougall pr........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loso lf.................. 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Reid p................... 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
Rich p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Degener p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Riley p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 35 5 10 5 1 10 27 16 6
Score by Innings R H E
-------------------------------------------
Delaware............ 010 130 100 - 6 10 0
James Madison....... 000 021 002 - 5 10 1
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E - Cowgill(8). DP - Dukes 1. LOB - Blue Hens 7; Dukes 6. 2B - Davison,
T(15); Cowgill(14). 3B - Rogers, B(1). HR - Buber, K(5); Santobianco(11);
Bristow(7). HBP - Valichka, B; Hagerich, B; Altieri. SH - Rogers, B(2);
Loso(4). SF - Graham, R(1). SB - Davison, T 3(10); Hagerich, B(11);
Menchaca, B(17); Altieri(3). CS - Menchaca, B(5).
Delaware IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Jason Rogers........ 5.1 6 3 3 1 4 21 23
Chad Kerfoot........ 2.2 4 2 2 0 6 12 12
Mitch Heckert....... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
James Madison IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Reid................ 5.0 7 5 5 1 4 19 23
Rich................ 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 5 6
Degener............. 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 4 5
Riley............... 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 5 6
Win - Rogers, J (2-4). Loss - Reid (3-4). Save - Heckert, M (1).
WP - Degener 2(3); Riley(6). HBP - by Reid (Valichka, B); by Reid (Hagerich, B);
by Rogers, J (Altieri).
Umpires - HP: Craig Alden 1B: Greg Howard 3B: John Thomas
Start: 1:05 Time: 2:43 Attendance: 258
Game: UDBB-50
Play-by-Play
2005 University of Delaware Baseball
Delaware at James Madison - Play-by-Play
May 14, 2005 at Harrisonburg, Va. (Long/Mauck)
Score by Innings R H E
-------------------------------------------
Delaware............ 010 130 100 - 6 10 0
James Madison....... 000 021 002 - 5 10 1
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Delaware starters: 12/2b Graham, R; 7/ss Davison, T; 6/dh Buber, K; 27/c Valichka,
B; 3/1b Tsakonas, A; 22/lf Hagerich, B; 1/cf Menchaca, B; 14/rf Richardson,D; 2/3b
Rogers, B; 16/p Rogers, J;
James Madison starters: 7/cf Doom; 10/ss Altieri; 4/2b Cowgill; 5/rf Kulbacki; 24/3b
Schill; 18/dh Lake; 31/c Santobianco; 19/1b Bristow; 3/lf Loso; 32/p Reid;
Delaware 1st - Graham, R grounded out to 2b. Davison, T singled to left
center. Buber, K grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; Davison, T out on the
play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 1st - Doom struck out looking. Altieri grounded out to 2b.
Cowgill doubled to right center. Kulbacki popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 2nd - Valichka, B hit by pitch. Tsakonas, A grounded out to p;
Valichka, B advanced to second. Hagerich, B hit by pitch. Menchaca, B singled up the
middle, RBI; Hagerich, B advanced to third; Valichka, B scored. Richardson,D reached
on a fielder's choice; Menchaca, B advanced to second; Hagerich, B out at home 1b to
c. Rogers, B grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
James Madison 2nd - Schill flied out to rf. Lake struck out swinging.
Santobianco struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Delaware 3rd - Graham, R flied out to rf. Davison, T singled through the left
side. Davison, T stole second. Buber, K struck out looking. Valichka, B struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 3rd - Bristow lined out to rf. Loso singled to right field.
Loso out at first c to 1b, picked off. Doom flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Delaware 4th - Tsakonas, A struck out looking. Hagerich, B singled up the
middle. Hagerich, B stole second. Menchaca, B singled through the left side, RBI;
Hagerich, B scored. Menchaca, B out at second p to 1b to ss, picked off, caught
stealing. Richardson,D grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 4th - Altieri hit by pitch. Cowgill flied out to cf. Kulbacki
flied out to lf. Schill reached on a fielder's choice; Altieri out at second 2b to
ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 5th - Stoneburner to cf for Doom. Rogers, B tripled to right center.
Graham, R flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Rogers, B scored. Davison, T walked. Davison, T
stole second. Buber, K homered to left center, 2 RBI; Davison, T scored. Valichka, B
grounded out to p. Tsakonas, A struck out swinging. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
James Madison 5th - Lake grounded out to p. Santobianco walked. Bristow
homered to left field, 2 RBI; Santobianco scored. Loso flied out to rf. Stoneburner
popped up to 2b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Delaware 6th - Reid to dh for Lake. Rich to p for Reid. Hagerich, B grounded
out to 2b. Menchaca, B reached on a throwing error by 2b. Richardson,D singled up
the middle; Menchaca, B advanced to second. Rogers, B grounded out to p, SAC, bunt;
Richardson,D advanced to second; Menchaca, B advanced to third. Graham, R grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
James Madison 6th - Altieri struck out looking. Cowgill singled to center
field. Kulbacki singled through the right side; Cowgill advanced to third. Schill
singled, bunt, RBI; Kulbacki advanced to second; Cowgill scored. Kerfoot, C to p for
Rogers, J. Reid struck out looking. Santobianco struck out looking. 1 run, 3
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Delaware 7th - Davison, T doubled to right center. Degener to p for Rich.
Davison, T advanced to third on a wild pitch. Buber, K singled through the left
side, RBI; Davison, T scored. Buber, K advanced to second on a wild pitch. Valichka,
B struck out looking. Tsakonas, A flied out to rf; Buber, K out at third rf to 3b.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 7th - Bristow struck out swinging. Loso struck out looking.
Stoneburner grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Delaware 8th - Hagerich, B grounded out to ss. Menchaca, B walked. Riley to p
for Degener. Menchaca, B stole second. Richardson,D struck out swinging. Rogers, B
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 8th - Altieri singled up the middle. Altieri stole second.
Cowgill struck out looking. Kulbacki struck out swinging. Schill flied out to cf.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 9th - Graham, R popped up to 2b. Davison, T walked. Davison, T stole
second. Buber, K flied out to rf. Davison, T advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Valichka, B grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 9th - Reid singled through the left side. Santobianco homered
to left center, 2 RBI; Reid scored. Bristow singled up the middle. MacDougall pinch
ran for Bristow. Heckert, M to p for Kerfoot, C. Loso out at first p to 2b, SAC,
bunt; MacDougall advanced to second. Sluder pinch hit for Stoneburner. Sluder flied
out to rf; MacDougall advanced to third. Altieri grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
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