Albany, N.Y. ? Gary Pitcheralle and Brendan
Rowland combined for six hits and seven runs batted in to lead UAlbany to a
10-4 America East Conference baseball win on Friday, April 25 at Varsity Field.
Vermont (18-15, AE 4-5) opened the game with
a run on three hits in the first inning. Matt Duffy doubled with one out and
scored two batters later on a single up the middle by Justin Milo. UAlbany
answered back in the bottom of the second with two runs. Senior first baseman
Mike Konstanty led off the frame with a blast over the wall in left field.
Sophomore third baseman Pete Eichner then drew a walk and scored after a pair
of outs on a single through the left side by Pitcheralle.
The Catamounts regained the lead in
the top of the fourth with two unearned runs. Mark Micowski was hit by a pitch
with the bases loaded to force in Jeff Nolet, who reached on a leadoff single.
Duffy followed with a groundout to score Corey Moylan, who drew a walk to reach
base. The Great Danes responded again with two runs on three hits in the bottom
of the inning. Junior catcher Ryan Gugel and Konstanty started the frame with
consecutive singles. After a strikeout, senior Tom Zink singled through the
left side to plate Gugel. With the bases loaded following a walk, Pitcheralle
was hit by a pitch to force home Konstanty.
Vermont knotted the score at four apiece in
the sixth with an unearned run. With one out, Kyle Massie reached on a throwing
error, stole second and advanced to third on another throwing error. Brad
Currier then singled up the middle to tie the game. UAlbany took the lead for
good in the bottom of the sixth. Following back-to-back singles to right field
by Zink and freshman second baseman Kyle Crean, Pitcheralle laced a double down
the left field line to clear the bases.
UAlbany (10-29-1, AE 5-8) tacked on
four runs over the last two innings to put the game out of reach. In the
seventh, Rowland doubled down the left field line to open the inning. After a
fly and a walk, Eichner reached on a fielding error to allow Rowland to race
home from second. Rowland capped the game's scoring in the eighth inning with a
three-run homer over the left field fence in left.
Junior southpaw Cory Warrings tossed
the opening 5.2 innings for the Great Danes, allowing four runs (one earned)
and striking out four. Junior Sean Gregory picked up his third win of the
season by retiring all ten batters he faced, including three by strikeout. Joe
Serafin took the loss for the Catamounts, yielding seven runs (six earned) over
seven innings.
The Great Danes and the Catamounts
resume their four-game series on Saturday at 12:00 with a pair of seven inning
contests.
-agate-
Vermont (18-15, AE 4-5) 100 201 000 - 4 6 1
UAlbany
(10-29-1, AE 5-8) 020 202 13X - 10 13 3
Vermont: Joe Serafin (L, 4-3), Nate
Matusick (8) and Jeff Nolet.
UAlbany:
Cory Warrings, Sean Gregory (W, 3-4) and Ryan Gugel.
UAlbany 10, Vermont 4 (Apr 25, 2008)
Box Score
2008 UAlbany Baseball
Vermont at Albany
Apr 25, 2008 at Albany, N.Y. (Varsity Field)
Vermont 4 (18-15,4-5 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Micowski, Mark cf........ 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0
Duffy, Matt ss........... 5 1 1 1 0 3 3 2 0
Magrass, Miguel 3b....... 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4
Milo, Justin lf.......... 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0
Paquette, Ethan 1b....... 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 2
Nolet, Jeff c............ 4 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 2
Moylan, Corey dh......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Massie, Kyle rf.......... 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Currier, Brad 2b......... 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 0
Serafin, Joe p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matusick, Nate p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 33 4 6 4 4 7 24 10 8
Albany 10 (10-29-1,5-8 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Sean Donovan ss.......... 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
Dave West cf............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4
Brendan Rowland rf....... 5 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 0
Ryan Gugel c............. 5 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 1
Mike Konstanty 1b........ 4 2 2 1 1 0 11 0 0
Pete Eichner 3b.......... 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0
Tom Zink dh.............. 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kyle Crean 2b............ 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2
Gary Pitcheralle lf...... 3 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 0
Cory Warrings p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sean Gregory p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 35 10 13 9 3 5 27 11 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Vermont............. 100 201 000 - 4 6 1
Albany.............. 020 202 13X - 10 13 3
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E - Paquette; Gugel, R.(7); Eichner, P. 2(4). DP - VERMONT 1; ALBANY 1. LOB
- VERMONT 8; ALBANY 7. 2B - Duffy; Rowland, B.(13); Pitcheralle(3). HR -
Rowland, B.(6); Konstanty, M(8). HBP - Micowski; Donovan, S.; Pitcheralle.
SH - Massie; West, D.(3). SB - Massie.
Vermont IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Serafin, Joe........ 7.0 11 7 6 3 5 31 35 130
Matusick, Nate...... 1.0 2 3 3 0 0 4 6 14
Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Cory Warrings....... 5.2 6 4 1 4 4 23 29 89
Sean Gregory........ 3.1 0 0 0 0 3 10 10 41
Win - Gregory, S. (3-4). Loss - Serafin (4-3). Save - None.
WP - Warrings, C.(6). HBP - by Warrings, C. (Micowski); by Serafin
(Pitcheralle); by Matusick (Donovan, S.). PB - Gugel, R.(14). Inherited
runners/scored: Gregory, S. 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Serafin 130/82; Matusick 14/8;
Warrings, C. 89/54; Gregory, S. 41/27.
Umpires -
Start: 3:00 pm Time: 2:35 Attendance: 104
Game: GAME40
