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Baseball
at FDU
Sunday, March 20
Winter Haven, Fla.
11:00 AM
Dartmouth College
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Baseball Blanks Long Island, Falls in Ninth to Northwestern
3/20/2011 8:20:00 PM | Baseball
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Sophomore Michael Johnson and freshman Mike Dodakian combined to shut out Long Island, 6-0, in the first of two games for the Dartmouth baseball team on Saturday at Chain of Lakes Park. In the second game, the Big Green tied Northwestern in the top of the ninth with two outs, only to have the Wildcats (5-10) score the game-winner in the bottom half of a 3-2 game.
Johnson picked up his second win of the young season without a loss, allowing six hits and four walks over five innings while striking out three. After retiring the side in order in the first, he worked in and out of trouble, stranding a total of nine runners. In the fifth, the Blackbirds loaded the bases with nobody out, but he induced the clean-up hitter Drew Walsh to hit a comebacker that Johnson turned into a force at the plate, got Tito Marrero to hit a shallow fly to center and Matt Molbury to hit a grounder to third for an easy force, ending the threat.
Dodakian came on to start the sixth and yielded just three hits and a walk over the final four frames, plus struck out three batters to earn his first career save.
Dartmouth gave Johnson all the runs he would need in the third. Junior Jake Carlson reached on a bunt that went over the pitcher's head for a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. After a grounder to third and a walk to sophomore Chris O'Dowd, freshman Dustin Selzer reached on a throwing error, allowing Carlson to cross the plate.
The Big Green stretched their lead in the sixth when Selzer led off with a single, senior Jeff Onstott moved him along with a bunt and sophomore Ennis Coble reached on an infield hit to put runners on the corners. Keller produced an RBI double to right-center and Turnbull followed with a key two-run single up the middle. With two outs, junior Joe Sclafani and senior Sam Bean hit consecutive singles to bring Turnbull around to score for a 5-0 lead.
Sclafani scored the final run of the game in the eighth when he drew a one-out walk and advanced a base on each of the singles by Bean, O'Dowd and Jason Brooks.
Carlson, Bean and O'Dowd each had two hits to account for half of the Big Green's dozen in the game.
Dartmouth and Northwestern finished the second game in a swift 1:58 as junior Cole Sulser matched Wildcat starter Francis Brooke over the first six innings, each allowing just a single run. Dartmouth struck first in the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Bean and O'Dowd, although Bean only managed to reach third. Onstott brought him home, however, with a grounder to second for a 1-0 Big Green lead.
Northwestern responded in the bottom half when Paul Snieder stroked a two-out double to bring home Trevor Stevens, who was hit by a pitch to start the inning.
By the end of the sixth, Dartmouth had left just two runners on base, and Northwestern just one — Snieder after he doubled in the fourth. But in the bottom of the seventh, the Wildcats hit consecutive singles before a sacrifice bunt put men on second and third with one gone. Jack Livingston lifted a fly to left to allow the go-ahead run to score.
Brooke carried that lead into the ninth and retired the first two batters. But O'Dowd and Selzer singled to put runners on the corners and cause the Wildcats to move Snieder from first base to the mound to secure the third out. Onstott foiled those plans with a clean single to left, tying the game at two.
In the ninth, Chris Lashmet singled to lead things off, and advanced to second on a sacrifice. One of reliever Ryan Smith's pitches got away for a passed ball, and the Wildcats capitalized with a sacrifice fly to center, ending the game.
Smith (0-1) took the loss, surrendering the unearned run in 1.2 innings. Over seven stanzas, Sulser allowed just two runs on four hits without a walk and seven strikeouts.
Snieder (1-0) was credited with the win, although Brooke hurled 8.2 innings and struck out six, giving up just the two runs on seven hits.
O'Dowd and Selzer each had two hits as O'Dowd extended his hitting streak to 15 games, while Onstott drove in both Big Green runs.
Dartmouth begins a four-game series with UMBC tomorrow afternoon with first pitch coming at noon.
Johnson picked up his second win of the young season without a loss, allowing six hits and four walks over five innings while striking out three. After retiring the side in order in the first, he worked in and out of trouble, stranding a total of nine runners. In the fifth, the Blackbirds loaded the bases with nobody out, but he induced the clean-up hitter Drew Walsh to hit a comebacker that Johnson turned into a force at the plate, got Tito Marrero to hit a shallow fly to center and Matt Molbury to hit a grounder to third for an easy force, ending the threat.
Dodakian came on to start the sixth and yielded just three hits and a walk over the final four frames, plus struck out three batters to earn his first career save.
Dartmouth gave Johnson all the runs he would need in the third. Junior Jake Carlson reached on a bunt that went over the pitcher's head for a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. After a grounder to third and a walk to sophomore Chris O'Dowd, freshman Dustin Selzer reached on a throwing error, allowing Carlson to cross the plate.
The Big Green stretched their lead in the sixth when Selzer led off with a single, senior Jeff Onstott moved him along with a bunt and sophomore Ennis Coble reached on an infield hit to put runners on the corners. Keller produced an RBI double to right-center and Turnbull followed with a key two-run single up the middle. With two outs, junior Joe Sclafani and senior Sam Bean hit consecutive singles to bring Turnbull around to score for a 5-0 lead.
Sclafani scored the final run of the game in the eighth when he drew a one-out walk and advanced a base on each of the singles by Bean, O'Dowd and Jason Brooks.
Carlson, Bean and O'Dowd each had two hits to account for half of the Big Green's dozen in the game.
Dartmouth and Northwestern finished the second game in a swift 1:58 as junior Cole Sulser matched Wildcat starter Francis Brooke over the first six innings, each allowing just a single run. Dartmouth struck first in the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Bean and O'Dowd, although Bean only managed to reach third. Onstott brought him home, however, with a grounder to second for a 1-0 Big Green lead.
Northwestern responded in the bottom half when Paul Snieder stroked a two-out double to bring home Trevor Stevens, who was hit by a pitch to start the inning.
By the end of the sixth, Dartmouth had left just two runners on base, and Northwestern just one — Snieder after he doubled in the fourth. But in the bottom of the seventh, the Wildcats hit consecutive singles before a sacrifice bunt put men on second and third with one gone. Jack Livingston lifted a fly to left to allow the go-ahead run to score.
Brooke carried that lead into the ninth and retired the first two batters. But O'Dowd and Selzer singled to put runners on the corners and cause the Wildcats to move Snieder from first base to the mound to secure the third out. Onstott foiled those plans with a clean single to left, tying the game at two.
In the ninth, Chris Lashmet singled to lead things off, and advanced to second on a sacrifice. One of reliever Ryan Smith's pitches got away for a passed ball, and the Wildcats capitalized with a sacrifice fly to center, ending the game.
Smith (0-1) took the loss, surrendering the unearned run in 1.2 innings. Over seven stanzas, Sulser allowed just two runs on four hits without a walk and seven strikeouts.
Snieder (1-0) was credited with the win, although Brooke hurled 8.2 innings and struck out six, giving up just the two runs on seven hits.
O'Dowd and Selzer each had two hits as O'Dowd extended his hitting streak to 15 games, while Onstott drove in both Big Green runs.
Dartmouth begins a four-game series with UMBC tomorrow afternoon with first pitch coming at noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Johnson, Michael (2-0)
L: Topa, Justin (3-2)
S: Dodakian, Mike (1)
Batting:
2B: Leonello, Pete 1
SH: Stupski, Derek 1
Base Running:
CS: Sciamarelli, Sam 1
HBP: Jones, Tyler 1
PO: Sciamarelli, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: O'Dowd, Chris 1 ; Keller, Jeff 1
RBI: Bean, Sam 1 ; Brooks, Jason 1 ; Keller, Jeff 1 ; Turnbull, David 2
SH: Sclafani, Joe 1 ; Onstott, Jeff 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sclafani, Joe 1 ; Selzer, Dustin 1 ; Coble, Ennis 1 ; Keller, Jeff 1 ; Turnbull, David 1 ; Carlson, Jake 1
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RBI
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