Albany,
N.Y. ? Josh Willimott allowed just four hits over six innings in the opening
game to lead UAlbany to a doubleheader split with Hartford in America East
Conference baseball action on Sunday, April 6 at Varsity Field. The Great Danes
took the opener, 6-2, in seven innings, before falling in the nightcap, 3-1, in
11 innings.
Hartford (9-13, AE 3-1) scored twice in the
first inning of the opening game to get on the board. Mike Amendola followed
two-out hits by Bill Perry and Matt Walker with a single through the left side
to plate both runners. After a scoreless second inning, the Great Danes evened
the score with two runs of their own. Junior shortstop Sean Donovan drove in
sophomore Ralph Rizzo for the first run with a groundout. Junior Dave West
followed with a single to left center to score sophomore Brendan Rowland from
third.
UAlbany (5-22-1, AE 1-3) took the
lead with four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Junior Gary Pitcheralle
doubled to lead off the frame and was followed by a Rowland single and a
Donovan walk to load the bases. After a Hartford
pitching change and a force out at home, senior Mike Konstanty singled through
the left side to score Rowland and Donovan. With two outs, junior catcher Ryan
Gugel singled to center field to knock in West and Konstanty with the final
runs of the contest.
Willimott picked up his third win of
the season, striking out four over six innings, while allowing just two runs on
four hits. Junior Dave Noble inherited a runner in the seventh inning, but
closed the door on the Hawks with three consecutive outs. Pete Moraski suffered
the loss for Hartford,
allowing five runs on six hits over four innings.
In game two, UAlbany jumped out to a
1-0 lead in the third inning on three consecutive singles with one-out by
Rowland, Donovan and West. The Hawks broke through in the eighth inning with an
unearned run to knot the score at one. Adam Bowser started the rally with a
two-out double down the left field line. After a pitching change, Ben
Sobocinski reached on a fielding error to allow Bowser to score from second.
The Great Danes loaded the bases
with two outs in each of the eighth and ninth innings, but could not produce a
run. In the 11th inning, Amendola blasted a two-run homer over the fence in
left for the winning runs.
Freshman Dave Kubiak, who pitched
7.2 innings and struck out three, while only giving up three hits, did not
allow an earned run for the second consecutive start. Junior Sean Gregory took
the loss, giving up two runs in an inning on the mound. Steve Dabroski picked
up the win in relief for the Hawks, registering one strikeout in two innings.
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Game One
Hartford (8-13, AE 2-1) 200 000 0 - 2 4 0
UAlbany
(5-21-1, AE 1-2) 002 040 X - 6 8 1
Hartford: Pete Moraski (L, 1-1), C.J. Browne
(5) and Adam Grap.
UAlbany:
Josh Willimott (W, 3-1), Dave Noble (7) and Ryan Gugel.
Game Two
Hartford (9-13, AE 3-1) 000 000 010 02 - 3 7 2
UAlbany
(5-22-1, AE 1-3) 001 000 000 00 - 1 6 2
Hartford: Marc Toomey, Zach Tarner (8),
Justin DiConzo (9), Steve Dabroski (10, W, 1-0) and Mike Amendola.
UAlbany:
Dave Kubiak, Dave Noble (8), Sean Gregory (11, L, 1-3) and Ryan Gugel.
Albany 6, Hartford 2 (Apr 06, 2008)
Box Score
2008 UAlbany Baseball
Hartford at Albany (Game 1)
Apr 06, 2008 at Albany, N.Y. (Varsity Field)
Hartford 2 (8-13,2-1 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Ben Sobocinski ss........ 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
Adam Bowser cf........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Bill Perry 3b............ 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Matt Walker 1b........... 3 1 1 0 0 1 10 0 0
Mike Amendola dh......... 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Drexel lf........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
Adam Grap c.............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
Drew Sgro rf............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Simon Kudernatsch 2b..... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Pete Moraski p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
CJ Browne p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 24 2 4 2 1 5 18 13 3
Albany 6 (5-21-1,1-2 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Brendan Rowland lf....... 4 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Sean Donovan ss.......... 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Dave West dh............. 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Konstanty 1b........ 3 1 1 2 0 0 7 1 2
Tom Zink rf.............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Ryan Gugel c............. 2 0 1 2 1 0 6 0 0
Zac Halloran 3b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Pete Eichner ph/3b...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ralph Rizzo 2b........... 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1
Gary Pitcheralle cf...... 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Josh Willimott p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dave Noble p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 26 6 8 6 2 2 21 10 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Hartford............ 200 000 0 - 2 4 0
Albany.............. 002 040 X - 6 8 1
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E - Donovan, S.(8). LOB - HARTFORD 3; ALBANY 4. 2B - Walker; Pitcheralle(2).
SH - Sgro. SB - Rowland, B.(3); Gugel, R.(8). CS - Grap.
Hartford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Pete Moraski........ 4.0 6 5 5 2 2 18 20 74
CJ Browne........... 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 8 8 40
Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Josh Willimott...... 6.0 4 2 2 1 4 21 23 78
Dave Noble.......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 14
Win - Willimott, J (3-1). Loss - Moraski (). Save - None.
WP - Willimott, J(1). PB - Grap. Inherited runners/scored: Browne 3/3; Noble, D.
1/0. Pitches/strikes: Moraski 74/45; Browne 40/23; Willimott, J 78/51; Noble, D.
14/9.
Umpires -
Start: 12:00 pm Time: 2:08 Attendance: 68
Moraski faced 3 batters in the 5th.
Willimott, J faced 1 batter in the 7th.
Game: GAME27
Hartford 3, UAlbany 1 (Apr 06, 2008)
Box Score
2008 UAlbany Baseball
Hartford at Albany (Game 2)
Apr 06, 2008 at Albany, N.Y. (Varsity Field)
Hartford 3 (9-13,3-1 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Ben Sobocinski ss........ 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0
Simon Kudernatsch 2b..... 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
Bill Perry 3b............ 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 5 2
Matt Walker 1b........... 5 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 0
Mike Amendola c.......... 4 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 0
Andy Drexel lf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1
Adam Grap dh............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Roger Wilmot pr......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Drew Sgro rf............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1
Adam Bowser cf........... 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Marc Toomey p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zack Tarner p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Justin DiConzo p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Dabroski p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 39 3 7 2 2 7 33 12 8
Albany 1 (5-22-1,1-3 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Brendan Rowland lf....... 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0
Sean Donovan ss.......... 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 4
Dave West dh............. 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Konstanty 1b........ 3 0 1 0 2 1 14 1 0
Ryan Gugel c............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 7
Tom Zink rf.............. 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Pete Eichner 3b.......... 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
Ralph Rizzo 2b........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
Zac Halloran ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Pitcheralle cf...... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Dave Kubiak p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dave Noble p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Sean Gregory p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 38 1 6 1 6 6 33 13 13
Score by Innings R H E
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Hartford............ 000 000 010 02 - 3 7 2
Albany.............. 001 000 000 00 - 1 6 2
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E - SobocinskiB; PerryB; Rizzo, R.(3); Kubiak, D.(2). DP - HARTFORD 1. LOB -
HARTFORD 8; ALBANY 13. 2B - Bowser; Donovan, S.(1); Konstanty, M(8). HR -
Amendola. HBP - Drexel; Gugel, R.; Pitcheralle. SH - Amendola; Sgro; West,
D.(2). SB - SobocinskiB; Drexel; Konstanty, M(4). CS - Sgro.
Hartford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Marc Toomey......... 7.1 4 1 1 4 4 24 29 104
Zack Tarner......... 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 5 7 35
Justin DiConzo...... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8
Steve Dabroski...... 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 7 9 47
Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Dave Kubiak......... 7.2 3 1 0 1 3 25 27 74
Dave Noble.......... 2.1 3 0 0 0 2 10 11 42
Sean Gregory........ 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 4 6 22
Win - Dabroski. Loss - Gregory, S.. Save - None.
WP - Tarner 2. HBP - by Tarner (Pitcheralle); by Dabroski (Gugel, R.); by
Gregory, S. (Drexel). Inherited runners/scored: Tarner 2/0; DiConzo 2/0; Noble,
D. 1/1. Pitches/strikes: Toomey 104/57; Tarner 35/17; DiConzo 8/4; Dabroski
47/28; Kubiak, D. 74/51; Noble, D. 42/29; Gregory, S. 22/14.
Umpires -
Start: 2:50 pm Time: 2:58 Attendance: 68
Game: GAME28
