3/6/08
- Monks Score 33 Runs in Two Wins to End Trip
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Dustin Spiller '08 |
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Eric LaBatte '11 |
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Luke Enman '08 |
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Ben Grant-Roy '10 |
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PORT
CHARLOTTE , FL - St. Joe's used a nine-run 9th inning rally to defeat
Olivet College (MI) 17-14 in a slugfest in the
first
game of the day. SR Dustin Spiller
(Gorham, ME) and SO Ben Grant-Roy
(Biddeford, ME) each tallied 2 hits and 3 RBI's in the win. The SJC
offense clicked again with 20 hits in game two to defeat Misericordia
(PA) 16-7. Grant-Roy was 4-5 and FY Eric
LaBatte (Rochester, NH) recorded his first career
home run in the win. FY Pitcher Chris Dion
(Lawrence, MA) went the distance for the victory in his first start
of the season. The Monks wrap up their southern swing with a 6-3 record.
The Monks led 7-4 after three innings of play, but the Comets took
an 8-7 lead with a four-run 4th. St. Joe's managed to tie the game
8-8 in the top of the seventh inning, but Olivet fired back with 3
runs in the bottom of the inning to take an 11-8 lead. After a scoreless
8th inning, the Monks offense erupted for 9 runs in the top of the
ninth inning to seal the SJC victory.
The Monks were led offensively by Luke Enman,
who was 4-6 with 3 runs, a triple and an RBI. Brian Schools was 3-4
with 2 runs and an RBI and JR Wade Oliver
(Owls Head, ME), Ben Grant-Roy and
Dustin Spiller each collected two
hits. Grant-Roy and Spiller both
registered 3 RBI's in the victory. FY Todd Keneborus
(Hollis Center, ME) recorded his first collegiate hit with a double
in the second inning. SO Mike Burdin
(Gardiner, ME) earned the win on the mound for St. Joe's and threw
five innings in relief.
Olivet
was led by FY Phil Sullens (Belleville, MI) who recorded three hits,
including two doubles, and scored four runs. FY Brandon Goodman (Portage,
MI) was 3-for-5 and scored four runs and notched 3 RBI's. JR pitcher
Steven Oginsky (New Lothrop, MI) received the loss in relief.
GAME
TWO VS MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY |
BOXSCORE
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The St. Joe's offensive surge continued in the team's second game
of the day in a 16-7 win over Misericordia University (PA). After
trailing 4-0 in the second inning, the Monks scored 16 unanswered
in the team's next six trips to the plate and sent home three or more
runs in four different innings before allowing the Cougars to score
3 runs in the ninth. Starter Chris Dion
threw a complete game in his first career start for the win and at
one point retired 12 consecutive Cougar batters.
Offensively St. Joe's was led by Ben Grant-Roy, who
was 4-5 with 2 runs, 2 RBI's and a double in the game. Brian
Schools, Luke Enman
and Eric LaBatte each collected
three hits and Dustin Spiller had
two hits, both doubles. Enman knocked home 3 runs
and Wade Oliver, Spiller
and LaBatte all tallied 2 RBI's in the victory. FY
Chris Campbell (Rochester, NH) notched
his first career hit with a single in the third inning and SO Nick
Johnson (Yuma, AZ) recorded his first hit in a Monks
uniform with a 2-RBI triple off the right field fence in the seventh
inning.
For Misericordia, JR Mike Murphy (East Moriches, NY) was 2-5 with
3 RBI's and JR Chris Messa (Red Bank, NJ) was 2-5 with 2 RBI's. Starting
pitcher JR Darrell Morgan (Levittown, PA) took the loss.
The Monks capped their spring break trip with four consecutive wins
to finish the swing with a 6-3 record. St. Joe's scored 51 runs in
the four game win-streak and recorded a .359 team batting average
in the nine games. Luke Enman hit
.500 (15-30) with 9 runs and 11 RBI's, Brian Schools
hit .484 (15-31) with 8 runs, Dustin Spiller
batted .444 (12-27) with 8 runs, 12 RBI's, 5 doubles and 2 triples
and Ben Grant-Roy hit .387 (12-31)
with 12 runs, 9 RBI's, 2 doubles and a home run during the trip. Overall,
the Monks 1-5 batters hit .428 (65-152) and scored 48 runs during
the week.
St. Joe's will next play on March 20th in Washington D.C. against
Catholic University. The first game of the doubleheader begins at
1:00 PM. The Monks will then take on Salisbury University on March
22nd with the first game of the twinbill beginning at 12:00 PM.
