dgeringer@umassd.edu
March 28, 2006

UMASS DARTMOUTH BASEBALL TEAM RALLIES TO DEFEAT BECKER

NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s baseball team rallied to score twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Becker, 4-3, in a non-conference game at the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Complex Tuesday afternoon.

Sophomore left fielder Dylan Zygmont (Swansea, MA/Case HS) started the ninth-inning rally with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by junior catcher Mike Maclean (Spencer. MA/David Prouty HS). Junior designated hitter Will Mahoney (Mattapoisett, MA/Old Rochester HS) doubled home Zygmont to tie the score, then moved to third when junior left fielder Rob LoMuscio (West Roxbury, MA/Catholic Memorial HS) grounded out. Freshman second baseman Peter Gomez (Bridgewater, MA/Bridgewater-Raynham HS) lofted a fly ball to left field, but Becker left fielder George Triantanfillakos dropped it, allowing Mahoney to score the winning run.

The Corsairs had taken a 2-0 lead in the fourth. Freshman shortstop Dave Ogorzalek (Rockfall, CT/Xavier HS) walked and moved to second on Zygmont’s one-out single. Maclean’s RBI single made it 1-0. Mahoney followed with a single to score Zygmont and give the Corsairs a 2-0 lead.

Becker took the lead with three runs in the top of the fifth. After a walk to Triantanfillakos, Keith Renaud was hit by a pitch and Kevin Renaud singled to load the bases. Devin Caron squeezed home a run with a sacrifice bunt, and Joe DeLuca doubled home two more runs to make it 3-2.

Freshman Matt Kurth (Chilmark, MA/Martha’s Vineyard HS), the third Corsair pitcher, pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the victory and improve to 1-0. Joe Petracone, the second pitcher for Becker, took the loss and fell to 0-1.

UMass Dartmouth improved to 3-6 with the victory, while Becker fell to 5-7 with the defeat. The Corsairs will return to action when they host Bridgewater State Wednesday.

UMASS DARTMOUTH BASEBALL

                                The Automated ScoreBook

                               Becker at UMASS DARTMOUTH

               Mar 28, 2006 at North Dartmouth, MA (UMD Athletic Complex)

  Becker 3 (5-7)                                UMASS DARTMOUTH 4 (3-6)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI

  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------

  Keith Renaud cf............  4  1  1  0       Mike Savastano cf..........  2  0  0  0

  Kevin Renaud c.............  5  1  1  0        Evan Britto cf............  1  0  0  0

  Devin Caron 2b.............  3  0  0  1        Sean Smolinsky cf.........  1  0  0  0

  Joe DeLuca 1b..............  4  0  4  2       Dave Ogorzalek ss..........  3  1  0  0

  Nick Clemente rf...........  2  0  0  0       Dan Mancini 1b.............  4  0  0  0

   Luis Cruz rf..............  1  0  0  0       Dylan Zygmont rf...........  4  2  2  0

  Frank Vaccaro dh...........  4  0  0  0       Mike Maclean c.............  3  0  1  1

  Cory Shepherd ss...........  4  0  1  0       Will Mahoney dh............  4  1  2  2

  Jay Paquette 3b............  3  0  0  0       Rob LoMuscio lf............  4  0  0  0

  GeorgTriantafillakos lf....  1  1  0  0       Peter Gomez 2b.............  4  0  1  1

  Ryan Halligan p............  0  0  0  0       Dave McGuire 3b............  1  0  0  0

   Joe Petracone p...........  0  0  0  0        Kevin Raudonaitis 3b......  1  0  0  0

                                                Lee Marques p..............  0  0  0  0

                                                 Rob Gleavy p..............  0  0  0  0

                                                 Matt Kurth p..............  0  0  0  0

  Totals..................... 31  3  7  3       Totals..................... 32  4  6  4

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E

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  Becker.............. 000 030 000 -  3  7  3

  UMASS DARTMOUTH..... 000 200 002 -  4  6  3

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  Note: 2 outs, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

  E - C Shepherd; J Paquette; G Triantafil; D McGuire 2; K Raudonaiti. DP - Becker 1;

  UMD 1. LOB - Becker 8; UMD 5. 2B - J DeLuca; W Mahoney. HBP - Kei Renaud. SH - D

  Caron; J Paquette; G Triantafil; M Maclean; D McGuire. SB - S Smolinsky. CS - Kei

  Renaud.

  Becker                         IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO

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  Ryan Halligan .............   7.0  4  2  2  1  5   0  0  0  0   25 27   3 12

  Joe Petracone  L,0-1.......   1.2  2  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  0    7  8   2  3

  UMASS DARTMOUTH                IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO

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  Lee Marques ...............   6.0  6  3  3  3  1   0  0  1  0   21 27   4 10

  Rob Gleavy ................   1.1  1  0  0  0  1   1  0  0  0    5  5   1  2

  Matt Kurth  W,1-0..........   1.2  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    5  6   2  2

  WP - R Gleavy. HBP - by L Marques (Kei Renaud).

  Strikeouts - Kei Renaud; Kev Renaud; F Vaccaro; M Savastano 2; D Ogorzalek; D

  Mancini; D Zygmont. Walks - N Clemente; G Triantafil 2; D Ogorzalek.

  Umpires - HP: ALAN MALKASIAN  1B: DOUG RICCIARDI

  Start: 3:00 pm   Time: 2hr 45m   Attendance: 120

  R Halligan faced 1 batter in the 8th.

  Game: MDBB0328