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| Luke Enman '08 |
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Pat Moran '10 |
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| Ben Grant-Roy
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STANDISH, ME – Saint Joseph’s (22-13, 8-6
GNAC) defeated Albertus Magnus College (10-24, 6-8 GNAC) in a GNAC
preliminary, single-elimination playoff game on Tuesday, 10-6. SJC
starting pitcher SO Pat Moran (Winterport,
ME) went seven innings, scattered seven hits, allowed two walks and
two earned runs and whiffed seven to earn the victory on the mound.
Senior Luke Enman (Milan, NH) went
2-4 with 2 runs, 2 RBI’s and a triple and sophomore Ben
Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME) was 2-4 and hit his sixth
home run of the season in the must-win contest.
The Monks scored 3-0 runs in the first, all with two outs. After JR
Wade Oliver (Owls Head, ME) and
SR Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) both
grounded out, Enman walked, Grant-Roy singled
and SR Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME)
walked to load the bases. FY Ian Lee
(Hampden, ME) provided the big hit with a single to send home Enman
and Grant-Roy and Spiller scored
when the Albertus Magnus right fielder made a throwing error on the
play to put St. Joe’s up by three after one inning of play.
The Falcons countered with a two-run home run to left off the bat
of third baseman Erik Suraci (West Haven, CT) to put a dent in the
SJC lead, 3-2.
The Monks hitters responded to score five runs in the bottom of the
second to gain a commanding 8-2 advantage. FY Eric
LaBatte (Rochester, NH) led off with a double down
the leftfield line, SR Andrew Wood
(South Portland, ME) walked and Oliver laid down
a sac bunt to move both runners into scoring position. Next up was
Schools, who singled to plate LaBatte.
Enman then blasted a triple, his seventh this season,
off the 380 sign near the triangle in center field to knock home two
runs and Grant-Roy followed with his sixth home run
of the season, a two run blast to left field.
The Monks tacked on single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to
pad their lead, 10-2. Enman singled home Oliver in
the 4th and FY Todd Keneborus (Hollis
Center, ME) recorded an RBI single in the 5th when he sent home Spiller,
who had reached with a leadoff triple in the inning.
The Falcons managed to score a run on an error by SJC pitcher Pat
Moran in the 7th to lessen the Royal Blue lead to 10-3. FY Chris
Dion (Lawrence, MA) came on in relief in the 8th
and gave up two runs, both with two outs, as Albertus Magnus crept
back into the game with the score now 10-5.
SO Andrew Keirstead (Westbrook,
ME) came on in the ninth to close out the game, but the Falcons had
other ideas as Suraci led off the inning with a double and scored
on a B.J. Ferraro (New Haven, CT) single with one out to make it a
10-6 game. Keirstead got the groundball he needed from the next AMC
batter, Luis Rosario (New Haven, CT), as he grounded into a 6-4-3
double play to end the game with the Monks on top, 10-6.
For the Monks, Dustin Spiller was
2-3 with 2 runs and Ian Lee was
2-4 with 2 RBI’s.
For the Falcons, Kyle Calechman (North Haven, CT), Chris Noske (South
Windsor, CT) and Erik Suraci each had three hits for the Falcons.
Starting pitcher J.R. Bagley (Middletown, CT) allowed 7 earned runs
and 6 hits in 1.1 innings to take the loss.
The Monks advance to the double-elimination and will play at #1 seed
Suffolk University (23-8, 14-0 GNAC) on Thursday, April 24th at 5:00
PM. The quarterfinal contest will be played at Adams Field in Quincy,
MA. Click
here for directions
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