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March 6, 1999 UD Baseball Falls Victim to ninth innning rally at Richmond RICHMOND, VA -- The University of Delaware Baseball team (1-4) fell victim to a ninth inning rally against Richmond (5-4) 14-11, on a day that saw the two teams limited to only one game instead of the originally scheduled double header. Delaware scored runs in each of the first three innings, but was trailing 7-5 going into the fourth inning after a three run bottom of the third by the Spiders. The Blue Hens trailed 10-8 going into the top of the eighth until Kevin Mench delivered a two-out RBI single to tie the game, shortstop Peter Maestrales scored on a wild pitch by Richmond reliever Bobby Basham to give Delaware an 11-10 lead that it took into the bottom of the ninth inning. Richmond tied the score on designated hitter Ryan Martin's RBI single, and won on second baseman Nate Rewers three-run homerun with one out in the ninth. Delaware was led by Mench, Chris Kolodzey and Frank DiMaggio who all had two RBI, while Ken Giles hit the Hens only homerun and scored three runs. Mench, who had struggled in the first four games of the season before hitting a homerun in the last game, went two for two from the plate, scored two runs and walked three times. Jeff Romond got the loss giving up four runs in 2 1/3 innings, while Vic Sage gave up two earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Bryan Porcelli started and gave up seven runs in 2 1/3 innings. The three Delaware pitchers did combine for 14 strikeouts on the day. Richmond was led by second baseman Nate Rewers, who had four RBI and two homeruns, including the game-winner in the ninth inning. Starter Casey Burns, who pitched a complete game shutout against the Hens last week down in South Caroline, pitched six innings and gave five runs, including two earned runs. Delaware will back in action tommorow when they play at Richmond in a doubleheader which will start at 12 p.m. in an effort to make up for the game that was rained out today. AGATE: Delaware (1-4).....113 000 330 11 8 4 Richmond (5-4).....133 100 204 14 11 4 D: Porcelli, Sage (3), Romond (7), and McSherry C: Burns, Leonard (7), Basham (7), Givens (8) and Lamberg WP-Givens (1-1), LP-Romond (0-2), Save-none E: DiMaggio (1), Giles (1), Maestrales 2 (4), Kenney 3, Rutter DP: Richmond 1. LOB- Delaware 8, Richmond 8 2B: DiMaggio 2 (3), Salvo (1), Dwyer, Phillips HR: Giles (1), Jackson, Kenney, Rewers 2 SB: DiMaggio (1), Jackson, Phipps CS: Maestrales (1), Mench (1), Jackson SH: Martin, Rewers
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