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| Andrew Keirstead
'10 |
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| Dustin Spiller
'08 |
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| Ben Grant-Roy
'10 |
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| Wade Oliver
'09 |
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Todd Keneborus
'11 |
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Mason Roberge
'11 |
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Eric LaBatte
'11 |
STANDISH, ME – St. Joe’s (28-16) defeated
Suffolk University (29-12) twice, 8-1 and 2-0, in a non-conference
doubleheader on Thursday afternoon to wrap up the team's regular season
schedule. SO Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford,
ME) and JR Wade Oliver (Owls Head,
ME) both connected for two-run home runs in the opener with FY Mason
Roberge (Franklin, NH) picking up the victory in
relief to improve to 6-2 this season. In the nightcap, SO Andrew
Keirstead (Westbrook, ME) tossed a complete game
two-hitter with six strikeouts and no walks to earn his sixth victory
of the year and Grant-Roy and FY Todd
Keneborus (Hollis Center, ME) both registered two
hits in the triumph.
GAME ONE
Suffolk and St. Joe’s exchanged runs in the second frame of
the opener with Rams shortstop JR Paul Vittozzi (North Reading, MA)
and Monks catcher SR Andrew Wood
(South Portland, ME) both notching RBI singles to knot the game, 1-1.
SR Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME) led
off the fourth with a ground-rule double to right-center and later
scored on a wild pitch from Rams ace SR Steve Durant (Malden, MA)
to give the Monks a 2-1 lead.
After Oliver singled and SR Brian Schools
(Gorham, ME) reached on an error, SR Luke Enman
(Milan, NH) stepped to the plate and doubled both runners home and
Grant-Roy followed with a two-run blast high over
the left field fence to provide his team with a 6-1 lead after five
innings of play. Grant-Roy’s home run was his
seventh of the season and tied him for the team lead with Enman.
FY Eric LaBatte (Rochester, NH)
led off the sixth with a single and later scored when Oliver
sent a deep fly ball over the right field wall for his fourth home
run of the year to give the Royal Blue an 8-1 advantage.
Starter SO Kyle Dorr (Berwick, ME)
worked three innings and allowed 3 hits, one walk and no earned runs.
Roberge tossed 3.1 innings and allowed two hits and
reliever SO Chris Nanof (Clinton,
MA) fanned both batters he faced to close out the game in the seventh.
Oliver recorded two hits and two RBI’s and
LaBatte was 2-3 in the win. Enman
and Grant-Roy both collected 2 RBI’s in the
game.
For Suffolk, starter Steve Durant allowed 7 earned runs and 11 hits
while striking out 5 SJC hitters and falls to 6-4 on the season. Vittozzi
was 2-2 with an RBI in the loss.
Score by Innings
R H E
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Suffolk............. 010 000 0 - 1 5 2
St. Joseph's (Me.).. 010 142 X - 8 11 1
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E - Alejandro; Durant; Lee. DP - Suffolk 2; SJMBB 1. LOB - Suffolk
7; SJMBB 3. 2B -
DiMarco; Enman; Spiller. HR - Oliver; Grant-Roy. HBP - DiMarco. SH
- Schools. SB -
Carter; Vittozzi 2. CS - Vittozzi.
Suffolk IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Durant L.................. 6.0 11 8 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 28 29 1 10
St. Joseph's (Me.) IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Kyle Dorr ................. 3.0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 14 5 3
Mason Roberge W............ 3.1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 13 2 6
Chris Nanof ............... 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
WP - Durant; Nanof. HBP - by Dorr (DiMarco).
Strikeouts - Gentile; Corcoran; Alejandro; Schools; Enman; Spiller;
Keneborus; Wood.
Walks - Martinho; Vittozzi; Shanahan.
GAME TWO
The Suffolk hitters were unable to figure out SJC starter Andrew
Keirstead in the second game as the Rams registered
just two hits. The crafty southpaw was in control the entire game
and allowed only one runner, in the second inning, to reach third
base.
The Monks provided Keirstead with all the run support
he would need in the third inning as Oliver doubled
to send home Keneborus, who opened the frame with
a single, and later scored on a Grant-Roy single
to put the Royal Blue up by a pair, 2-0.
Keirstead rolled in the final four innings, allowing
just two baserunners to reach, to give the Monks a 2-0 victory and
a sweep over the Rams. The complete game bid was Keirstead’s
team-high fourth of the season.
Keneborus and Grant-Roy both went
2-3 at the plate and SJC second baseman Brian Schools
notched a double in the victory.
Suffolk starter JR Dan D’Elia (Boston, MA) falls to 7-3 on the
season after allowing 8 hits, 2 earned runs and 2 walks while striking
out 5 in the complete game effort. Designated hitter SR Nick Martinho
(Middleton, MA) and catcher SO Bobby Barrett (Milton, MA) recorded
the Rams’ only hits, both singles, in the loss.
The Monks await word early next week on who they will play in the
NCAA Tournament, which is scheduled for May 14-18.
Score by Innings
R H E
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Suffolk............. 000 000 0 - 0 2 1
St. Joseph's (Me.).. 002 000 X - 2 8 2
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E - Vittozzi; Lee 2. DP - Suffolk 1. LOB - Suffolk 5; SJMBB 7. 2B
- Oliver; Schools;
Keneborus. HBP - DiMarco. CS - Gorsun.
Suffolk IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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D'Elia L,7-3.............. 6.0 8 2 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 25 27 5 6
St. Joseph's (Me.) IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Andrew Keirstead W,6-2.... 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 25 26 7 8
WP - D'Elia; Keirstead. HBP - by Keirstead (DiMarco).
Strikeouts - Gentile; Corcoran; DiMarco; Martinho; Iacopucci; Chioffi;
Oliver;
Spiller; Lee; LaBatte; Burdin. Walks - Enman 2.
