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Francke Goes 2-4 in Tiger Victory |
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Mar 21, 2010
Tiger Baseball Team Sweeps Sunday Doubleheader From Dallas San Antonio – The Trinity Tigers baseball team swept a three-game non-conference series with the University of Dallas Crusaders by taking a doubleheader Sunday at E.M. Stevens Field. Trinity (18-5) won Sunday’s first game 7-1, and was a 13-7 winner in the second. The Tigers beat the Crusaders 14-9 in Saturday’s opening game. The Tigers have now won four games in a row, and 10 of the last 11. Trinity took a 7-0 lead after six innings in the first game, a scheduled seven-inning contest. A highlight came in the sixth inning, as junior designated hitter Kyle Felix smacked his sixth home run of the season, a three-run shot in the sixth inning. Felix, from Woodside, Calif., (Bellarmine College Prep), registered his 23rd career home run, placing him in a tie for fifth all-time on the Tigers’ list. He batted 2-3 with three RBIs, and scored one run. Junior right-hander Michael Panozzo of Houston (Clear Lake) was the starter, and picked up the victory. Panozzo (5-2), the first of three Tiger pitchers, hurled six innings, and did not allow a run. He yielded only two hits and one walk. Dallas scored one earned run, off three hits, committed three errors, and left three players on base. Trinity scored four earned runs, collected eight hits, made two errors, and left eight runners on base. The nine-inning second game started with the Tigers producing four runs in the first inning. Sophomore outfielder Nick Pappas hit a three-run homer to right center field, his fifth of the season. Pappas, from Los Angeles (Loyola), batted 2-5 with three RBIs, and two runs. Trinity led 7-1 after a three-run fourth inning. The inning began with a triple by first-year third baseman Kevin Francke. He swatted a two-run homer in the seventh, his first of the campaign. Francke, from Yorba Linda, Calif. (Mater Dei), went 2-4 with two RBIs and two runs. The Crusaders inched forward in the game by scoring six more runs in the final five innings. But the Tigers answered with six of their own, staying comfortably in the lead. Senior designated hitter Chris Walden of Phoenix (Brophy College Prep), batted 3-4 with an RBI, two runs, and a triple. Sophomore right-hander Josh Fink of Coronado, Calif. (Coronado), started the game and pitched for 5 1/3 innings. Fink (1-0), who took the win, allowed three earned runs, six hits, and three walks. The five Trinity pitchers allowed six earned runs and 11 hits. Dallas, which made two errors and stranded nine runners, gave up 10 earned runs on 14 hits. The Tigers committed two errors and left seven players on base. Trinity travels to Abilene, Texas, Tuesday for non-conference game with McMurry (noon) and Hardin-Simmons (4:30 p.m.). The Tigers return home Saturday, March 27, for a SCAC doubleheader with defending champion Hendrix. The two teams play a single game Sunday, March 28. Hendrix, which beat Trinity in last year’s SCAC Championship game, captured two games from the Tigers Feb. 27-28 at Conway, Ark. The Tigers stand at 7-3 in SCAC play. |
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OK State's McCarthy Earns First Career Save |
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 05:07 |
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Early Rally Lifts Pokes To Win Two-out rally, pitching of Heaney and McCarthy highlight win March 30, 2010 Box Score in PDF Format Photo Gallery STILLWATER, Okla. - A four-run second inning propelled Oklahoma State to a 5-3 win over Florida Gulf Coast Tuesday night at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.
With the win, the Cowboys snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 15-6. OSU is now 12-1 on its home field this season.
All four of OSU's runs in the pivotal inning came with two outs to help Andrew Heaney pick up his second win of the season on the mound, while Ian McCarthy came on in relief and earned the first save of his career.
OSU fell behind early on a two-run home run by Zach Maxfield in the top of the first inning, but the Cowboys would not trail for long.
In the bottom of the second, OSU had a runner on first and two outs when the Cowboys started a game-changing rally.
Dane Phillips got the scoring started with a double that brought home OSU's first run, a hit that also extended the freshman's hitting streak to 15 games. Fellow frosh Kevin Chambers followed with a double of his own to tie the score at 2-2.
The Cowboys' third-straight hit, a single off the bat of Dusty Harvard, made the score 3-2, and Davis Duren followed that with another RBI single to push OSU's lead to two.
OSU added an insurance run in the fifth on an RBI single by Ginther, while FGCU (14-9) managed its only other run in the eighth.
Heaney worked seven innings and struck out a career-high eight. The freshman southpaw allowed just two runs on four hits and walked one.
McCarthy relieved Heaney in the eighth and allowed just one unearned run and one hit while striking out four over the final two innings.
Wednesday's series finale is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. |
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Cisco Ramirez Homers Twice in One Inning; Sets a School Record |
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Monday, 22 March 2010 20:41 |
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FRANCISCO RAMIREZ UNLEASHES THREE HOMERS, WESTLEY LOPEZ TOSSES TWO-HITTER AS NJCU SWEEPS ST. JOE'S, 3-0 AND 16-3  Westley Lopez posted one of the most dominant performances by an NJCU pitcher in school history in game one, firing his second career shutout. Contact: Ira Thor (201/200-3301) 3/21/2010 11:27:09 PM BOX SCORE: Game 1
BOX SCORE: Game 2
JERSEY CITY, NJ (www.NJCUGothicKnights.com)...Sophomore designated hitter/catcher FRANCISCO RAMIREZ (Jersey City, NJ/Hudson Catholic) slammed three homeruns in two games, including two in one inning, and junior right-hander WESTLEY LOPEZ (West New York, NJ/Memorial) tossed a complete-game two-hitter, striking out 13 of the 26 batters he faced, as New Jersey City University swept St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn), 3-0 and 16-3, in a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex. Junior third baseman/shortstop MICHAEL FIORENTINO (Point Pleasant Beach, NJ/Point Pleasant Beach), who had five RBIs in a doubleheader loss yesterday, had a combined six RBIs in the two wins, giving him 18 RBIs through the first 12 games of the season. With the wins, NJCU improves to 5-7 overall, snapping a four-game skid, while the Bears fell to 2-5. It was the first ever meeting between the schools in baseball. ******************GAME 1: NEW JERSEY CITY 3, ST. JOSEPH’s 0 ****************** Lopez posted one of the most dominant performances by an NJCU pitcher in school history in game one while achieving the most strikeouts by a Gothic Knight since Baldwin Vargas had 14 against Rutgers-Camden on April 26, 2008. In a complete-game seven-inning showing, Lopez allowed lone hits in the second and third inning, while notching his second career shutout. He struck out 13—seven swinging and six looking—with one walk, while throwing 92 pitches against 26 batters. The 13 strikeouts exceeded his previous career high of 10 at Baruch College on March 18, 2008, which was the date of his previous shutout. Lopez improved to 2-0 on the year, reducing his ERA to 1.38. Offensively, NJCU scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings to support Lopez, and had five hits. Ramirez was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and one run while junior center fielder KEN WITTE (Wantage, NJ/High Point Regional) was 2-for-3 with a triple and run scored. Fiorentino had one RBI. Sophomore second baseman ROB GONZALEZ (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) had his 11-game hitting streak snapped in the contest. NJCU took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Ramirez deposited a two-out, 2-2 pitch over the left field fence. It was his first homer as a member of the NJCU roster since transferring from Montclair State University. In the third, Witte tripled with one out and scored on Fiorentino’s sac fly. Junior first baseman JORDAN TETRICK (Delray Beach, FL/Radnor (Pa.)) walked to lead off the fourth inning and scored on an RBI single by Ramirez to cap the run support. In defeat, SJCBK sophomore right-hander Kevin Hernandez (Corona, NY/Newtown) pitched well. In 6.0 innings, he allowed three runs on five hits, with two strikeouts and one walk, falling to 1-1 overall. ******************GAME 2: NEW JERSEY CITY 16, ST. JOSEPH’s 3 ****************** NJCU accumulated all 16 runs in the middle innings of game two, scoring three in the second before unloading for an eight-run barrage in the third. NJCU tacked on five more in the fifth, while cranking out 15 hits. Ramirez was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, two runs and two homeruns, finishing the doubleheader 4-  With 11 RBIs in four games this weekend, including six in the sweep of St. Joseph's, Michael Fiorentino now leads NJCU with 18 ribbies in 12 games. In a game where 19 Gothic Knights saw action, junior right fielder JORGE GUTIERREZ (Sewaren, NJ/Hudson Catholic) was 2-for-4 with two runs. Freshman first baseman THOMAS LACIK (Edison, NJ/Bishop George Ahr) made his first career start a memorable one, scoring three times while walking twice in a 1-for-1, one-RBI showing. Freshman left fielder ANDREW RIVERA (Edison, NJ/Edison) was 1-for-3 with two runs. Freshman righty WENDELL RODRIGUEZ (Jersey City, NJ/County Prep) improved to 2-0 on the mound. In 4.0 innings, he allowed two runs and six hits, walked two and fanned one. Freshman righty ALVIN CARRASCO (Jersey City, NJ/St. Mary’s (Jersey City) threw a 1-2-3 fifth inning. Freshman left-hander PEDRO GARCIA (North Bergen, NJ/St. Joseph of the Palisades) was the fourth NJCU pitcher used and allowed just a lone single in the seventh. St. Joseph’s had nine hits. Sophomore shortstop Joseph Boccia (Westwood, NJ/Westwood) was the lone Bear with multiple hits, finishing 2-for-4 with one run. The Bears used three pitchers. Freshman righty Paul Piccirillo (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian) started and took the loss. In 2.1 innings, he allowed six runs and six hits, walking four. After SJCBK took a 1-0 lead in the second, Gutierrez led off with a double and scored when junior shortstop TOM BURKE (Edison, NJ/Immaculata) tied it with a sac fly. Lacik and Gonzalez each walked, before scoring on a two-run single by Fiorentino for a 3-1 lead. Boccia led off the third with a double and later scored on a single, narrowing the gap to 3-2. Ramirez, who set a school record with two homeruns in the third inning, led off with a blast to left center and jumpstarted an eight-run, seven-hit frame in which 11 batters came to the plate. Gutierrez singled and scored on a single by Lacik. After Rivera doubled, it was a 6-2 lead. Witte collected an RBI single to score Rivera before Fiorentino lofted a two-run homer to left-center as the Knights surged out to a 9-2 margin. Tetrick walked and that brought up Ramirez, the offensive star of the game, for his second at bat of the inning. Ramirez launched another round-tripper, a two-run shot to left center, as the Knights advantage swelled to 11-2. In the fourth inning, Gonzalez had an RBI single and Witte contributed a two-run double for a 14-2 cushion. Fiorentino chipped in an RBI single before sophomore DAVE LEININGER (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) capped the offensive outburst with an RBI grounder. |
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Christopher Playing Well for Tigers |
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 02:39 |
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Tigers Defeat Notre Dame, 8-4, in Second Game of the Irish Classic Walker hits a three-run blast to boost Pacific over the Irish  | 
Christopher went 2-4 with a single and a triple
| | | March 12, 2010 Box Score San Antonio, Texas - The Pacific baseball team posted a victory against the Notre Dame Irish on Friday, March 12. With the Tigers' second win in the Irish classic, they improve to 9-4 on the year, as the Irish fall to 6-7 on the season. Senior LHP David Rowse (Pleasanton, Calif.) earned his third win on the season for his efforts against Notre Dame. Irish starter, Cole Johnson, was charged with the loss as he dropped to 1-3 on the year. That means Pacific's top two starters, for the first time in head coach Ed Sprague's career are a combined 7-0 to start out this 2010 season. "The important thing today is that Rowse battled and got the job done," said Sprague. "We got clutch hitting and again played good defense. We are happy we won the first two games, but we are looking at this as a four-game series and we want to win the series." Sophomore Brett Christopher (Livermore, Calif.) kick-started the Tigers' offense in the first inning. With a one-out triple to right center, Christopher would post the first hit of the day for Pacific. After the Tigers recorded their second out in the frame, Christopher showed his speed as he stole home off of Notre Dame's starter Johnson, to give Pacific an early 1-0 lead over the Irish. In the bottom of the first, Rowse faced the minimum of three batters, registering two of his three strikeouts of the game. Pacific put up another run in the top of the second inning. Senior Matt Fuson (Lodi, Calif.) reached on a bunt single and set the table for freshman John Haberman (Stockton, Calif.). Haberman reached second on an error by the Irish, as Fuson advanced to third. Senior Joe Oliveira (San Diego, Calif.) earned an RBI on a squeeze bunt to score Fuson, putting the Tigers in front 2-0.
Junior Nick Longmire (San Diego, Calif.) started off the third inning with a walk. Christopher posted his second hit of the day, with a bunt single that moved Longmire to second base. Junior Brian Martin (Livermore, Calif.) advanced both runners on yet another sacrifice bunt. A single through the right side by junior J.B. Brown (Alvin, Texas) would score two more runs for the Tigers, increasing their lead to 4-0 over Notre Dame. The Irish loaded the bases in the bottom of the third inning with one out. A sacrifice fly by Notre Dame would score their only run of the inning, bringing the score to 4-1. A lead-off double by the Irish in the fourth inning would lead to another run, cutting the Pacific lead to 4-2. Christopher was hit by a pitch to start off the top of the fifth inning for the Tigers. Martin followed up with a single, to advance Christopher to second. Senior Mike Walker (Marysville, Calif.) was next to the plate and he hit a three-run shot over the right field wall to boost Pacific's lead to 7-2. Walker's blast became the team-leading third homerun for the senior of the 2010 season. The Tigers would post their final run in the eighth inning. Back-to-back singles by Fuson and Haberman put runners on first and third. Freshman Dustin Torchio (Santa Cruz, Calif.) bunted to the pitcher to record an RBI as Fuson scored, bringing the score to 8-2. A single followed by a double started off the bottom of the eighth for Notre Dame. A sacrifice fly would score the runner at third, making the score 8-3. A groundout would score the final run for the Irish, as Pacific held Notre Dame scoreless in the ninth. The Tigers next return to action when they take on the Bradley Braves on Saturday, March 13, for a 1:00 p.m. PT first pitch. With Pacific's two victories, they have secured a spot in the championship game which will start at 11:00 a.m. PT on Sunday. |
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