April 8, 2004

Baseball

Winner, UMass Dartmouth 4-3  @ Dartmouth, MA

Rhode Island College (10-7, 0-3)      000 120 000 -- 3  5  1

UMass Dartmouth (11-7, 3-0 LEC)   001 100 002* --  4  8  3

* winning run scored with one out

UMass Dartmouth, Kyle Darrow and John Macone

WP - Darrow (3-1)

RIC - Jim Milano and Eric Kelly

LP - Milano

2B RIC, Kelly, Matt Brannon

Top hitters: RIC, Ray De La Cruz 2-5, Kelly 1-3 rbi, Brannon 1-3 rbi

UMass Dartmouth, Geoff Nettleton 2-5, Bo Delduca 2-4 rbi, Chris Waymon 2-4 rbi, Adam Dioro 1-4 rbi

Darrow pitching line 9 innings 3 runs  0 earned   5 hits   4 walks  8 strikeouts

Game notes: UMass Dartmouth extends its winning streak to five straight with a 4-3 Little East Conference  win over Rhode Island College in a game played Thursday afternoon in Dartmouth, MA.  The win helps the Corsairs maintain a perfect 3-0 record in the LEC heading into a weekend matchup with UMass Boston.  The win improves the Corsairs record to 11-7 overall, while RIC falls to 10-7 overall and 0-3 in the LEC.

UMD bottom of the ninth, trailing 3-2

Waymon singles

Macone popped up trying to sacrifice, Milano made a great diving catch off the mound ONE OUT

Nettleton singles for runners at first and second

Delduca singles and scores Waymon to tie the game, 3-3, with runners moving up to second and third on the throw to the plate

Hittinger intentionally walked to load the bases

Pinch-hit Shaun Ferreira for Diorio

with count 2-0, wild pitch scores Nettleton from third with the winning run

Next UMD games:

April 10 @ UMass Boston (LEC doubleheader) 12 noon (to be played at Babson College)

April 12 @ Brandeis University, 3:00 pm