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Pat Moran '10 |
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Andrew Wood '08 |
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Ben Grant-Roy '10 |
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Dustin Spiller '08 |
BOSTON, MA - The Monks earned a pair of conference victories over
the Emerson College Lions on Saturday, 9-1 and 7-1. SO pitcher Pat
Moran (Winterport, ME) earned the victory in game
one after holding the Lions without a hit for the first five innings
and SO Mike Burdin (Gardiner, ME)
was the winning pitcher in game two. FY Todd Keneborus
(Hollis Center, ME) came through in the clutch and was 3-3 with 3
RBI's in the nightcap victory for the Monks.
SJC senior Dustin Spiller (Gorham,
ME) provided the Monks with a first-inning lead when he hit a single
that sent home SR Brian Schools
(Gorham, ME) and SR Luke Enman (Milan,
NH).
St. Joe’s added two more runs in the top of the third inning
to stake a 4-0 lead. Enman reached on an error by
the Emerson second baseman and scored on a ball that was hit by Spiller
and misplayed by the Lions’ shortstop. Spiller
went on to score when Monks catcher FY Ian Lee
(Hampden, ME) tripled to deep left field.
Spiller came through for St. Joe’s again in
the 4th inning with a two-out 2 RBI single that drove home Enman and
SO Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME) and game the Monks
a comfortable 6-0 lead. SR Andrew Wood (South Portland,
ME) reached on a single and scored on a Schools sac fly earlier in
the inning.
SJC pitcher Pat Moran was on cruise control for the
first five innings as he allowed just one Lions runner via a walk
in the 4th inning. Emerson leadoff hitter SO Peter Karl (Wallingford,
CT) broke up the no-hitter bid in the bottom of the 6th with a double
and later scored on a groundout to Luke Enman
to score his team’s only run in the game.
The Monks tacked on two insurance runs in the top of the seventh to
put up the final tally, 9-5. FY Eric LaBatte
(Rochester, NH) walked to open the inning and was knocked home by
a Todd Keneborus triple. FY Ryan
Murphy (South Weymouth, MA) followed and registered
an RBI with a sac fly to center field.
For the Monks, Dustin Spiller was
2-4 with 4 RBI’s, Ben Grant-Roy
2-4 with a run, JR Wade Oliver 2-5
with a double and a triple and Andrew Wood
was 2-3 with a run scored. Starting pitcher Pat Moran
picked up his first victory in a Monks uniform and worked 6 innings,
allowed 2 hits and struck out 8 Emerson batters. FY Bryant
Lausberg (Somersworth, NH) threw a scoreless inning
in relief.
St. Joe’s struck first again in game two when Todd
Keneborus singled to drive in both Dustin
Spiller and Ian Lee
in the second inning.
Cleanup hitter Ben Grant-Roy hit his third home run
of the year, a solo shot, in the 5th inning to give the Monks a 3-0
lead.
Emerson scored an unearned run off of SJC starting pitcher Mike
Burdin in the bottom of the 6th inning to make the
score 3-1, Monks. SR Kent Anderson (Kensington, MD) scored the run
on a SR Nick Hesketh (South Kingstown, RI) single.
The Monks erupted for 4 runs in the top of the 6th inning cap the
game scoring and take a 7-1 lead. Ian Lee
started the inning with a base on balls and Todd
Keneborus drove him home with a single. Keneborus
was sent home with an Andrew Wood
single and Wade Oliver followed
with his first home run of the season, a two-run blast.
For the Royal Blue, Todd Keneborus
was 3-3 with 3 RBI’s and a run and Wade Oliver
was 2-3 with 2 RBI’s, a double and a home run. Starting pitcher
Mike Burdin worked 5 2/3 innings
for the win, his second of the season. Burdin scattered
8 hits and did not allow an earned run. SR Steve
Stout (Gloucester, MA) and Brian
Schools both threw in relief to complete the game.
St. Joe’s will continue their weekend conference tilt when they
play at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, NH on Sunday, April 6th.
The first pitch or the two game set is scheduled for 12:00 PM
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