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SVC Baseball

Bearcats finish season with split

Date: 5/ 3/2008 7:02 pm
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The Bearcats ended the 2008 season by splitting a doubleheader with Geneva College on the road, winning the opener 9-4 before dropping the nightcap 9-6. 

The Bearcats got on the board early in the opener.  Sam Manna doubled to lead off the game, and was promptly plated by an Anthony Mattei single. Mark Shouey and Abe Weimer also singled, setting the stage for Rob Patula, who laced a two-run single, putting the Bearcats up 4-0.

SVC added a run in the fourth on a bases loaded walk, but the Golden Tornadoes scored twice in the third, and once in both the fourth and fifth to pull to within one, 5-4.

The Bearcats were able to put the game away in the sixth, with the first six batters reaching base.  Adams and Mattei each had RBI singles as SVC scored four more runs, going up 9-4.

SVC collected a total of 15 hits, led by Manna and Patula, who each went 3-4. Mattei, Adams, and Shouey all had two hits apiece. 

Zampogna worked five innings, scattering 10 hits and striking out four for the win, while Caporoso pitched two scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one base runner, for the save.

In the nightcap, Geneva jumped ahead early, taking a 3-0 lead after three innings.  The Bearcats then responded in a big way in the top of the fourth.

Shouey reached on an error to lead off the inning, and was promptly followed by a blast over the fence in left center by Abe Weimer, bringing SVC to within one at 3-2.  Adam Miller then laced a single to left, and it was then Kenny Primeaux's turn to go deep, sending an 0-2 pitch over the fence in left field and giving the Bearcats a 4-3 advantage.

The Golden Tornadoes, however, answered right back, scoring six runs in the bottom of the fourth to go up 9-4. 

After a 45 minute rain delay in the top of the fifth, SVC attempted a comeback.  Mattei and Shouey hit back to back singles, and were both driven in by a two-run double to right center by Miller, bringing the Bearcats to within three at 9-6.  It was the final scoring of the day, however, and the Bearcats ended the year with the loss.

Shouey and Mattei were once again the leaders offensively for the Bearcats, going 2-4 and combining to score four runs.  Miller also had a pair of hits and two RBI's.

Ben Smith started for SVC and was saddled with the loss, working four innings and giving up eight hits and eight runs.  Vince Yandura came on in relief in the fifth and was strong, working two innings and allowing just two hits.

After the season ending split, the Bearcats end the 2008 season with a 16-19 record, doubling their win total from 2007.

 


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