Dartmouth Bats Come Alive In Doubleheader Split

Sunday, March 16

Bradenton, Fla.

10:30 AM

Dartmouth College

3-2

Central Connecticut State

2-6

Dartmouth

Central Connecticut

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Dartmouth Bats Come Alive In Doubleheader Split

3/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: Dartmouth

Game One Box Score

Game Two Box Score

BRADENTON, Fla. - A 13-hit attack and an outstanding pitching performance highlighted Dartmouth's 12-2 victory over Central Connecticut State in game one while a late charge left the Big Green empty handed in a 14-9 loss to Ohio State in day two of the team's spring trip.

On the front end of the doubleheader, five runs in each of the first and ninth innings would be more than enough for Dartmouth to pick up its third victory of the season.

The exploits started early in the game as the team put up five quick runs. Sophomore Nick Santomauro (North Caldwell, N.J.) blasted his first homerun on the young season into the left centerfield gap while sophomore Brett Gardner (Bellevue, Wash.) and junior Raymond Allen (Longwood, Fla.) each had run scoring singles to highlight the inning. Two more runs were pushed across in the third inning when with two outs, Michael Pagliarulo (Winchester, Mass.) clubbed his first round tripper of the season. At that point, Dartmouth had eight of its 13 hits on the afternoon, with four coming for extra bases.

That run support would be much to the delight of Big Green hurler sophomore Robert Young (Cleburne, Texas) (8 IP, 6 hits, 0 BB's, 9 SO). Young was masterful in his eight innings of work, facing only three batters over the minimum through the first five innings. He would yield his only run in the sixth frame, as Kyle Zarotney's two out triple would plate Casey Walko, who opened the inning with a double.

Looking to pad their 7-1 lead in the ninth, Dartmouth added five runs to put the game out of reach. Santomauro (3 hits, 3 RBI's) tripled to the right center gap, driving in junior Johnathon Santopadre (Vacaville, Calif.) before freshman Jeff Onstott (Houston, Texas) and Pagliarulo added run scoring singles of their own.

In the victory, all but one starter had one hit off of five different Central Connecticut (2-6) pitchers, with multi hit games coming off the bats of Santomauro, Gardner, and Pagliarulo.

In game two, Ohio State's Ryan Meade collected four hits and left fielder Tony Kennedy would drive in three runs to pace the Buckeye's to a 14-9 victory over the Big Green.

Kennedy got Ohio State off to a quick start with a solo homerun to lead off the game to give the Buckeye's an early 1-0 advantage. Three batters later, Meade would plate one of his three runs of the day with a sharp single to centerfield.

Ohio State pitcher J.B. Shuck (5 IP, 4 hits, 4 ER, 7 SO) would give Dartmouth fits early, allowing no hits and striking out four through the first four innings of work. But Dartmouth rallied in the fifth, scoring three runs on just two hits. Senior Erik Bell broke up the no hitter to lead off the frame and Santamauro coaxed a walk to give Dartmouth their first real scoring opportunity of the game. Gardner, who had three hits in the two games today, knocked in his third run of the season with a single to left field before Onstott scored the last of the three runs on a ground out.

But as quickly as Dartmouth narrowed the lead to 6-3, Ohio State rallied for six runs in the fifth to ultimately put the game out of reach. Buckeye second baseman Corey Kovanda's double set up run scoring hits off the bats of Ryan Dew and Meade that would chase Dartmouth freshman Jake Pruner (Triangle, Va.) from the game. And while Dartmouth did outscore Ohio State 6-2 over the final five frames, the early deficit would prove to be too much.

Lost in the game was the pitching of Dartmouth's bullpen. Freshman Ryan Smith (Greenlawn, N.Y.) (1.2 IP, 2 SO) made his third relief appearance of the season and ran his strikeout total to seven with a pair of punch outs in his one and two thirds inning of work. Fellow freshman Dan Ternowchek (Glenmoore, Pa.), making his first collegiate appearance, pitched the final three innings against the Buckeyes (7-4), yielding four hits.