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America East Baseball Tournament
Day 2 * Saturday, May 21, 1999

Towson 4, Delaware 1
Delaware 5, Maine 3

WILMINGTON, DE - The University of Delaware baseball team advanced to the America East championship game for the fourth time in five years as the Hens bounced back from a 4-1 loss to Towson earlier in the day with a 5-3 victory over Maine in the elimination game Friday night.

The Blue Hens (33-23), the No. 2 seed and defending league champions, will take on top seed Towson (33-17) Saturday at 12 noon in the title game. Should the Blue Hens win, the teams would play another game to decide the league title and automatic NCAA Tournament berth.

In the opener, Towson lefthander Chris Russ (5-3) held the Blue Hens in check all day, holding Delaware to just six hits and a single run in the eighth inning while striking out nine batters. Delaware's Dave Mullin (7-6) went the distance but took the loss, allowing four runs, all in the sixth inning.

The Tigers scored all their runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Mike Dubansky, a two-run single by Greg Davies, and a sacrifice fly by Tim Pritchard. Delaware got its only run in the eighth on an RBI single by Frank DiMaggio.

The Hens bounced back in the nightcap to post a 5-3 win over No. 4 seed Maine and eliminate the Black Bears from the tournament.

Delaware starter Rich McGuire went the distance, scattering 13 hits and striking out five batters. Ryan Preziosi delivered a two-run double in the second inning and Peter Maestrales had two RBI on a run scoring double and single. Maestrales and Andrew Salvo each had two hits.

Maine, which got three hits from Julian Bracali and two RBI from Mike Ross, cut the Delaware lead to 4-3 with two runs in the seventh. But Delaware scored an insurance run in the top of the eighth and moved on for the win.

Chris Tucker (5-7) took the loss for Maine.

 

Game 1

Towson...000 004 000 - 4 - 11-1
Delaware.000 000 010 - 1-6-2

Russ and Reynolds; Mullin and McSherry; E- Bacon (T), Giles (D), Maestrales (D); SB: Rummel (T); WP: Russ (5-3); LP: Mullin (7-6)

Game 2

Delaware....020 011 010 - 5-9-1
Maine.........000 010 200 - 3-13-0

McGuire and McSherry; Tucker, Hewey (7), Truman (9) and Jarvais; E: DiMaggio (D); DP: D-1, M-1; LOB: D-6, M-9; 2B: Maestrales (D), Preziosi (D), Bracali (M), Jarvais (M), Ross-2 (M); SB: Kolodzey (D), Mench (D); WP: McGuire (7-3): LP: Tucker (5-7); Attendance: 378

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