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America East Tournament 1st Round Delaware 4, Northeastern 3 (12 innings) May 18, 2000 Vukovich's 12th Inning Homer Wins Longest AE Tournament Game for Blue Hens   America East Baseball Championship Frawley Stadium, Wilmington, Delaware May 18, Game 2- Delaware 4, Northeastern 3 (12 innings)   WILMINGTON, Delaware-Vince Vukovich hit a solo home run to right field with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning to lead top-seeded University of Delaware to a 4-3 win over fourth-seeded Northeastern University in the America East Baseball Championship at Frawley Stadium. Vince Vukovich Vukovich's home run was his second of the season and came on a 1-0 fastball from Northeastern reliever and loser Ken Henry (4-5), who allowed just the one hit in 1.2 innings in the longest game in the eight-year history of the America East Championship. The Blue Hens, 35-18, advance to the winner's bracket of the championship where they will play University of Vermont, an 8-7 winner over Towson University, at 3:30 p.m. Friday. The Huskies, 23-23, play Towson at 12 noon. The game was a pitcher's duel between 1999 America East Pitcher of the Year Greg Montalbano of Northeastern and 2000 America East Pitcher of the Year Rich McGuire of Delaware. Montalbano pitched 10 innings and allowed 10 hits while striking out six and walking four. McGuire allowed nine hits in eight innings, striking out eight and walking three. Jason Vincent (7-3) earned the win with four innings of two-hit, scoreless relief. The Huskies scored first when Hernan Guerrero led off the second inning with a single and advanced to third on a one-out single by Brendan Ryan. Omar Pena delivered a sacrifice fly to right field to score Guerrero. Delaware took a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning. Casey Fahy led off the inning with a double to left field and advanced to third on a throwing error by Ben Beck. America East Player of the Year Andrew Salvo followed with a triple down the left field line to tie the game, 1-1. Chris Kolodzey singled through the left side for a 2-1 Blue Hen lead and Peter Maestrales doubled to right field to score Kolodzey. Northeastern forced the extra innings with two runs in the seventh. Mike Wysong led off with a home run down the left field line to cut the lead to 3-2. Steve Padovani singled to left field and Luke Carlin followed with a double to left field to put runners at second and third with no outs. Matt Keating's ground out to short scored Padovani to tie it, 3-3. McGuire then struck out Beck and got Pedro Pena to line to left field after an intentional walk to Guerrero to end the threat.   America East Championship Thusday, May 18 Game 1-No. 3 Vermont 8, No. 2 Towson 7 Game 2-No. 1 Delaware 4, No. 4 Northeastern 3 (12 innings) Friday, May 19 Game 3-Towson vs. Northeastern, 12 noon Game 4-Vermont vs. Delaware, 3:30 p.m. Game 5-Winner Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 20 Game 6-Winner Game 4 vs.Winner Game 5 Game 7-same teams, if necessary   The Automated ScoreBook Northeastern vs U. of Delaware May 18, 2000 at Wilmington, DE (Frawley Stadium) Northeastern 3 (23-23) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg Steve Padovani 2b......... 6 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 .286 Luke Carlin c............. 4 0 2 0 1 1 7 0 0 .289 Matt Keating 1b........... 5 0 1 1 1 0 10 1 0 .347 Ben Beck lf............... 5 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 3 .298 Hernan Guerrero rf........ 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 .382 Pedro Pena dh............. 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 .266 Brendan Ryan cf........... 6 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 .278 Omar Pena ss.............. 4 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 2 .278 Mike Wysong 3b............ 5 1 2 1 0 2 2 4 1 .239 Greg Montalbano p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ken Henry p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 43 3 11 3 6 12 35 11 13 U. of Delaware 4 (35-18) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg Reid Gorecki lf........... 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 .351 Casey Fahy cf............. 3 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 .316 Andrew Salvo 2b........... 6 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 .437 Chris Kolodzey rf......... 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 .354 Peter Maestrales 3b....... 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 1 .363 John Schneider c.......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 13 0 0 .323 Vince Vukovich dh......... 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .337 Steve Harden 1b........... 5 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 2 .310 Kris Dufner ss............ 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 .324 Rich McGuire p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jason Vincent p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 42 4 11 4 5 7 36 8 13 Score by innings: R H E -------------------------------------------------- Northeastern 010 000 200 000 - 3 11 2 U. of Delaware 000 300 000 001 - 4 11 0 -------------------------------------------------- Note: 2 outs, 0 runner(s) LOB when the game ended. E - Beck(3); Pena, Omar(18). DP - Northeastern 1; Delaware 2. LOB - Northeastern 13; Delaware 13. 2B - Carlin(9); Keating(12); Fahy(10); Maestrales(22); Schneider(15). 3B - Salvo(2). HR - Wysong(3); Vukovich(2). SB - Guerrero(9); Vukovich(6). SH - Pena, Pedro(2); Gorecki(4); Schneider 2(3). SF - Pena, Omar(1). Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NP Greg Montalbano..... 10.0 10 3 3 4 6 36 45 2.61 144 Ken Henry........... 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 6 7 7.41 24 U. of Delaware IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NP Rich McGuire........ 8.0 9 3 3 3 8 31 36 3.53 139 Jason Vincent....... 4.0 2 0 0 3 4 12 16 3.12 58 Win - Vincent 7-3. Loss - Henry 4-5. Save - None. WP - McGuire(8). HBP - by McGuire (Carlin); by Montalbano (Maestrales); by Montalbano (Vukovich). Umpires - Home:Jim Ricci 1st:Mike Cerra 2nd:Don January 3rd:Steve Riccarini Start: 7:14 Time: 3:12 Attendance: 250 Game Notes: America East Game #2...Montalbano's first outing since May 6 due to blister (10-0 win over Towson)...Second-longest game in tourney history on time; longest game on innings (Delaware lost to Maine, 6-1, in 11 inning, 5/22/93)...Friday: Northeastern-Towson 12 noon; Delaware-Vermont 3:30 pm.   Play-by-play The Automated ScoreBook Northeastern vs U. of Delaware May 18, 2000 at Wilmington, DE (Frawley Stadium) Score by innings: R H E -------------------------------------------------- Northeastern 010 000 200 000 - 3 11 2 U. of Delaware 000 300 000 001 - 4 11 0 -------------------------------------------------- Northeastern inning 1 Padovani struck out looking (1-2). Carlin walked (3-2). Carlin advanced to second on a wild pitch. Keating flied out to lf (1-0); Carlin advanced to third. Beck flied out to lf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 1 Gorecki flied out to lf (2-0). Fahy lined out to lf (0-2). Salvo grounded out to 2b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 2 Guerrero singled to left field (3-2). Pena, Pedro struck out swinging (1-2). Ryan singled up the middle (2-1); Guerrero advanced to third. Pena, Omar flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-0); Guerrero scored. Wysong struck out looking (0-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 2 Kolodzey grounded out to p (1-2). Maestrales grounded out to 3b (0-1). Schneider doubled to left center (3-2). Vukovich popped up to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 3 Padovani struck out looking (2-2). Carlin hit by pitch (1-0). Keating popped up to 3b (0-0). Beck reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); Carlin out at second 3b to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 3 Harden struck out (1-2). Dufner struck out swinging (3-2). Gorecki grounded out to p (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 4 Guerrero fouled out to c (3-2). Pena, Pedro singled to right field. Ryan grounded out to p (0-1); Pena, Pedro advanced to second. Pena, Omar struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 4 Fahy doubled to left center, advanced to third on a fielding error by lf (0-0). Salvo tripled down the lf line, RBI (2-0); Fahy scored. Kolodzey singled through the left side, RBI; Salvo scored. Maestrales doubled, out at third rf to ss to 3b, RBI (2-1); Kolodzey scored. Schneider lined out to 2b (0-1). Vukovich singled up the middle (0-1). Vukovich stole second. Harden struck out swinging (1-2). 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 5 Wysong singled to left field (0-0). Padovani flied out to cf to right center (2-2). Carlin singled through the right side (1-1); Wysong advanced to second. Keating flied out to lf (2-1). Beck walked (3-1); Carlin advanced to second; Wysong advanced to third. Guerrero struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 5 Dufner popped up to ss (1-0). Gorecki grounded out to 3b (1-1). Fahy walked (3-1). Salvo singled to center field (1-1); Fahy advanced to second. Kolodzey flied out to lf (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Northeastern inning 6 Pena, Pedro struck out swinging (0-2). Ryan grounded out to ss (0-0). Pena, Omar flied out to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 6 Maestrales hit by pitch (0-1). Schneider grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC, bunt (1-1); Maestrales advanced to second. Vukovich hit by pitch (0-0). Harden lined into double play 3b to 2b (0-2); Maestrales out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 7 Wysong homered down the lf line, RBI (1-1). Padovani singled to left field (2-1). Carlin doubled to left field (2-2); Padovani advanced to third. Keating grounded out to ss, RBI (2-1); Carlin advanced to third; Padovani scored. Beck struck out swinging (3-2). Guerrero intentionally walked (3-0). Guerrero stole second. Pena, Pedro lined out to rf (2-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 7 Dufner singled to right field (0-0). Gorecki out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-1); Dufner advanced to second. Fahy walked (3-1). Salvo struck out looking (0-2). Kolodzey reached on a fielder's choice (2-1); Fahy out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Northeastern inning 8 Ryan singled to right field (1-2). Pena, Omar flied out to cf (2-2). Wysong lined into double play 3b to 1b (1-1); Ryan out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 8 Maestrales singled to second base (3-2). Schneider grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC, bunt (2-1); Maestrales advanced to second. Vukovich walked (3-0). Harden struck out swinging (1-2). Dufner walked (3-2); Vukovich advanced to second; Maestrales advanced to third. Gorecki flied out to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Northeastern inning 9 Vincent to p for McGuire. Padovani flied out to rf (0-0). Carlin struck out looking (3-2). Keating doubled to left field (1-1). Beck struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 9 Fahy flied out to cf (1-1). Salvo singled to center field (0-0). Kolodzey flied out to cf (1-1). Maestrales popped up to 1b (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 10 Guerrero walked (3-1). Pena, Pedro grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt (0-1); Guerrero advanced to second. Ryan flied out to cf (1-1); Guerrero advanced to third. Pena, Omar struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 10 Schneider struck out looking (1-2). Vukovich grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2). Harden reached on a fielding error by ss (0-0). Dufner popped up to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 11 Wysong struck out looking (1-2). Padovani lined out to 1b (0-0). Carlin flied out to cf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 11 Henry to p for Montalbano. Gorecki flied out to lf (1-1). Fahy walked (3-1). Salvo reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Fahy out at second 1b to ss. Kolodzey flied out to cf (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 12 Keating walked (3-0). Beck hit into double play 2b to 1b (0-0); Keating out on the play. Guerrero walked (3-1). Pena, Pedro singled to left field (1-2); Guerrero advanced to second. Ryan reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); Pena, Pedro advanced to second; Guerrero advanced to third, out at third 2b to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. U. of Delaware inning 12 Maestrales grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-1). Schneider struck out swinging (3-2). Vukovich homered to right field, RBI (1-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.