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Rutgers 11, Delaware 4
Tuesday, May 2, 2000


NEWARK, DE - A two for three, three-run day at the plate from Darren Fenster and eight innings from starting pitcher Todd Wheeler were too much for the Hens to overtake as Rutgers defeated Delaware, 11-4, at Delaware Diamond in Newark. The game was the 50th meeting between these two schools.

Rutgers (33-13/No. 18 in Baseball America Poll) scored early and often. The Scarlet Knights got out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning behind an RBI single from Joe B. Cirone and a two-run RBI double from designated hitter Mike Popowski.

Delaware (26-16) was behind 5-0 before it got on the board in the fourth. Vince Vukovich (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern) singled home Chris Kolodzey (Cherry Hill, NJ/East), who reached on a single.

Delaware Shortstop Kris Dufner
hit his sixth triple of the season, good for three RBI
The Hens trailed 11-1 in the ninth when it got three runs off of a Kris Dufner (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge) triple to center which drove home Doug Eitelman (Wilmington, DE/Concord), America East Rookie of the Week Steve Harden (Wilmington, DE/Dickinson) and Vukovich.

The Scarlet Knights were led by Fenster, who went two for three with three runs scored. Also, Jake Daubert, Todd Speedy, Popowski and Ken Ulrich had multiple-hit games. Wheeler started the game, giving up four runs on nine hits while striking out four batters.

The Hens had multiple-hit games from Vukovich and Andrew Salvo (East Islip, NY/St. Anthony's). Brian Zeigler (Bear, DE/Caravel Academy) started his second game of the year for the Hens in the loss.

Rutgers now leads the overall series, 27-23, winning the last four meetings. Delaware last won in 1995, defeating Rutgers, 10-1 at Delaware Diamond.

Delaware will take to the field on Wednesday hosting UMBC at 3:00 p.m. in the final home game of the 2000 baseball campaign. Bob Hannah will coach his final game at Delaware Diamond on Wednesday.

AGATE

RUTGERS (33-13)………..320 213 000 - 11 16 1
DELAWARE (26-16)……...000 100 003 - 4 9 2
Pitching: Wheeler, Crohan (9) and Ulrich, Vasquez (9); Zeigler, Lorito (6), Spiewak (8) and Schneider, Wimer (9); E: Cirone (4), Gorecki (5), Dufner (8); 2B: Speedy (10), Popowski 2 (7), O' Brien (9), Ulrich 2 (7); 3B: Dufner (6); SB: Fenster (9), Daubert (13); W: Wheeler (5-1); L: Zeigler (1-1).

The Automated ScoreBook
                        Rutgers at U. of Delaware
              May 02, 2000 at Newark, DE (Delaware Diamond)
 
 Rutgers 11 (33-13)
 
 Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A LOB   Avg
 DeJesus, David cf.........  5  1  2  1    0  0  3  0   1      
  Sweeney, Tim ph/ss........ 1  0  1  0    0  0  0  0   0      
 Fenster, Darren ss........  3  3  2  0    2  0  4  1   0      
  Normane, Steve ph/1b...... 1  0  0  0    0  0  1  0   2      
 Daubert, Jake 3b..........  3  2  2  1    0  0  1  2   0      
  Lillis, Ryan ph/3b........ 1  0  0  0    0  1  1  0   0      
 Speedy, Todd rf...........  4  2  2  2    1  0  2  0   1      
 Cirone, Joe B. lf.........  4  1  1  2    0  2  1  0   1      
  Shade, Leon ph/lf......... 0  0  0  0    1  0  1  0   0      
 Popowski, Mike dh.........  3  1  2  3    1  0  0  0   0      
  Esposito, Vinnie dh/cf.... 1  0  0  0    0  1  0  0   1      
 O'Brien, Mike 1b..........  4  0  1  0    0  1  6  0   1      
  Majewski, Val ph.......... 1  0  0  0    0  0  0  0   0      
  Crohan, Tom p............. 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0   0      
 Ulrich, Ken c.............  4  1  3  0    0  0  5  0   1      
  Vasquez, Alberto ph/c..... 1  0  0  0    0  0  0  2   0      
 Wolski, Matt 2b...........  3  0  0  1    0  0  1  2   0      
  Marciniak, Jeff ph/2b..... 1  0  0  0    0  0  0  0   0      
 Wheeler, Tom p............  0  0  0  0    0  0  1  3   0      
 Totals.................... 40 11 16 10    5  5 27 10   9 
 
 
 U. of Delaware 4 (26-17)
 
 Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A LOB   Avg
 Casey Fahy lf.............  5  0  1  0    0  1  2  1   0  .325
 Reid Gorecki cf...........  4  0  0  0    0  1  4  0   3  .317
 Andrew Salvo 2b...........  4  1  2  0    0  1  1  7   0  .413
 Chris Kolodzey rf.........  3  0  1  0    0  0  2  0   0  .377
 Peter Maestrales 3b.......  4  0  0  0    0  0  1  1   2  .347
 Vince Vukovich dh.........  4  1  3  1    0  0  0  0   0  .320
 Steve Harden 1b...........  2  1  0  0    1  1 10  1   0  .333
 John Schneider c..........  3  0  0  0    0  1  6  0   2  .315
  Matt Wimer c.............. 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0   0  .250
  Doug Eitelman ph.......... 1  1  1  0    0  0  0  0   0  .316
 Kris Dufner ss............  3  0  1  3    1  0  0  3   0  .293
 Brian Zeigler p...........  0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0   0      
  Tim Lorito p.............. 0  0  0  0    0  0  1  0   0      
  Nick Spiewak p............ 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0   0      
 Totals.................... 33  4  9  4    2  5 27 13   7 
 
 
 
 Score by innings:                      R  H  E
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 Rutgers               320 213 000   - 11 16  1
 U. of Delaware        000 100 003   -  4  9  2
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 E - Cirone(4); Gorecki(5); Dufner(8). 
 DP - Rutgers 1; Delaware 1. LOB - Rutgers 9; Delaware 7. 
 2B - Speedy(10); Popowski 2(7); O'Brien(9); Ulrich 2(7). 3B - Dufner(6). 
 SB - Fenster(9); Daubert(13). CS - Dufner(1). 
 SH - Gorecki(3). SF - Daubert(5); Wolski(3). 
 
 Rutgers                IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF   ERA  NP
 Wheeler, Tom........  8.0   9   4   4   2   4  31 36      
 Crohan, Tom.........  1.0   0   0   0   0   1   2  2      
 
 
 U. of Delaware         IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF   ERA  NP
 Brian Zeigler.......  5.0  11   8   8   3   3  23 28  4.76
 Tim Lorito..........  2.0   4   3   3   1   0   9 10  8.89
 Nick Spiewak........  2.0   1   0   0   1   2   8  9  8.49
 
 
 
 Win - Wheeler 5-1.  Loss - Zeigler 1-1.  Save - None.
 WP - Zeigler(4). 
 HBP - by Wheeler (Kolodzey); by Wheeler (Harden). 
 Umpires - Home:Ricci  1st:Graham  
 Start: 3 pm   Time: 2:28   Attendance: 400
 
 Rutgers wins 50th meeting between these schools
 Rutgers leads the series 27-23
 Wheeler faced 4 batters in the 9th.
 
         
         
Play-by-play
         
         
                         The Automated ScoreBook
                        Rutgers at U. of Delaware
              May 02, 2000 at Newark, DE (Delaware Diamond)
 
 
 Score by innings:                      R  H  E
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 Rutgers               320 213 000   - 11 16  1
 U. of Delaware        000 100 003   -  4  9  2
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 Rutgers inning 1
 
   DeJesus grounded out to 2b.  Fenster walked.  Daubert grounded out to 2b;
   Fenster advanced to second.  Speedy walked.  Cirone singled, advanced to
   second on the throw, RBI; Speedy advanced to third; Fenster scored. 
   Popowski doubled, 2 RBI; Cirone scored; Speedy scored.  O'Brien struck out
   looking.  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 1
 
   Fahy singled through the right side.  Gorecki grounded out to p, SAC; Fahy
   advanced to second.  Salvo struck out.  Kolodzey hit by pitch.  Maestrales
   flied out to cf.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
 
 Rutgers inning 2
 
   Ulrich doubled to right center.  Wolski grounded out to 2b; Ulrich advanced
   to third.  DeJesus singled up the middle, RBI; Ulrich scored.  Fenster
   singled to right field; DeJesus advanced to third.  Daubert flied out to cf,
   SF, RBI; Fenster advanced to second on an error by cf; DeJesus scored. 
   Speedy grounded out to ss.  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 2
 
   Vukovich grounded out to 2b.  Harden grounded out to 3b.  Schneider struck
   out looking.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
 
 Rutgers inning 3
 
   Cirone struck out.  Popowski flied out to rf.  O'Brien doubled to right
   field.  Ulrich singled; O'Brien advanced to third, out at home lf to c.  0
   runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 3
 
   Dufner popped up to ss.  Fahy lined out to lf.  Gorecki grounded out to 2b. 
   0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
 
 Rutgers inning 4
 
   Wolski flied out to cf.  DeJesus fouled out to 3b.  Fenster singled to
   shortstop.  Daubert singled; Fenster advanced to third.  Daubert stole
 
         
         
   second; Fenster stole home.  Daubert advanced to third on a wild pitch. 
   Speedy singled, RBI; Daubert scored.  Cirone struck out.  2 runs, 3 hits, 0
   errors, 1 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 4
 
   Salvo singled down the rf line.  Kolodzey singled, advanced to second on an
   error by lf; Salvo advanced to third.  Maestrales popped up to p.  Vukovich
   singled to right field, RBI; Kolodzey advanced to third; Salvo scored. 
   Harden struck out.  Schneider flied out to cf.  1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2
   LOB.
 
 Rutgers inning 5
 
   Popowski walked.  O'Brien flied out to lf.  Ulrich doubled to left field;
   Popowski advanced to third.  Wolski flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Ulrich
   advanced to third; Popowski scored.  DeJesus grounded out to 2b.  1 run, 1
   hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 5
 
   Dufner flied out to cf.  Fahy struck out looking.  Gorecki grounded out to
   3b.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
 
 Rutgers inning 6
 
   Lorito to p for Zeigler.  Fenster walked.  Daubert singled to center field;
   Fenster advanced to second.  Speedy doubled down the lf line, RBI; Daubert
   advanced to third; Fenster scored.  Cirone grounded out to 2b, RBI; Speedy
   advanced to third; Daubert scored.  Popowski doubled, RBI; Speedy scored. 
   O'Brien out at first 1b to p; Popowski advanced to third.  Ulrich flied out
   to lf.  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 6
 
   Salvo singled to right field.  Kolodzey popped up to ss.  Maestrales
   grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; Salvo out on the play.  0 runs, 1
   hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
 
 Rutgers inning 7
 
   Wolski grounded out to 2b.  DeJesus singled to right field.  Fenster
   grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; DeJesus out on the play.  0 runs,
   1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 7
 
   Vukovich singled up the middle.  Harden hit by pitch; Vukovich advanced to
   second.  Schneider reached on a fielder's choice; Harden advanced to second;
   Vukovich out at third 3b unassisted.  Dufner walked; Schneider advanced to
   second; Harden advanced to third.  Fahy reached on a fielder's choice;
 
         
         
   Dufner advanced to second; Schneider advanced to third; Harden out at home p
   to c.  Gorecki flied out to rf.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
 
 Rutgers inning 8
 
   Spiewak to p for Lorito.  Lillis pinch hit for Daubert.  Lillis struck out. 
   Speedy grounded out to 3b.  Shade pinch hit for Cirone.  Shade walked. 
   Esposito to dh for Popowski.  Esposito struck out looking.  0 runs, 0 hits,
   0 errors, 1 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 8
 
   Lillis to 3b.  Shade to lf.  Salvo lined out to lf.  Kolodzey popped up to
   ss.  Maestrales lined out to 2b.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
 
 Rutgers inning 9
 
   Majewski pinch hit for O'Brien.  Wimer to c for Schneider.  Majewski lined
   out to cf.  Vasquez pinch hit for Ulrich.  Vasquez grounded out to ss. 
   Marciniak pinch hit for Wolski.  Marciniak reached on an error by ss. 
   Sweeney pinch hit for DeJesus.  Sweeney singled through the left side;
   Marciniak advanced to second.  Normane pinch hit for Fenster.  Normane lined
   out to rf.  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
 
 U. of Delaware inning 9
 
   Sweeney to ss.  Normane to 1b.  Esposito to cf.  Wheeler to p for Majewski. 
   Vasquez to c.  Marciniak to 2b.  / for Wheeler.  Vukovich singled through
   the left side.  Harden walked; Vukovich advanced to second.  Eitelman pinch
   hit for Wimer.  Eitelman singled to right field; Harden advanced to second;
   Vukovich advanced to third.  Dufner tripled, 3 RBI; Eitelman scored; Harden
   scored; Vukovich scored.  Crohan to p for Wheeler.  Fahy flied out to rf. 
   Dufner out at third c to 3b, caught stealing.  Gorecki struck out, out at
   first c to 1b.  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
 
 Rutgers wins 50th meeting between these schools
 Rutgers leads the series 27-23
 Wheeler faced 4 batters in the 9th.
         
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