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Dartmouth Cruises to Win Over UMBC After 11-Run First
3/21/2011 4:17:00 PM | Baseball
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Dartmouth sent 17 men to the plate in the first inning, scoring 11 times, then cruised to a 13-4 victory over Maryland-Baltimore County on Monday afternoon at Chain O' Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Fla. Seniors Sam Bean and Jeff Onstott each had a single and a double in the frame to lead the Big Green (5-4) to the victory. All four of the runs for the Retrievers (3-9) were unearned.
The 11 runs in the first are the most in any inning during the tenure of head coach Bob Whalen, now in his 22nd season, and just the fourth time with at least 10 runs. The last time Dartmouth tallied 10 runs in a frame came in the second inning of a 20-5 win at Cornell on April 12, 2003.
Freshman Louis Concato (1-0) picked up the win by hurling five innings in his first collegiate start. He allowed three unearned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out one. The bullpen provided four pitchers who each threw one of the final four frames, giving up just the one unearned run on two hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts.
UMBC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Concato retired the first two hitters on grounders to short. Brian Klukowicz and Max Himmelstein each hit singles before D.J. Ream reached on an error that allowed Klukowicz to score from second.
But Dartmouth quickly jumped on UMBC starter Shane Vlasic (0-2), who failed to get any of the first four hitters out before departing. Junior Joe Sclafani drew a walk and Bean singled to left-center. When the ball eluded the center fielder, Sclafani scored all the way from first and Bean ended up on second. The error did not matter after sophomore Chris O'Dowd extended his hitting streak to 16 with a booming triple to left-center, giving the Big Green a 2-1 lead.
After Vlasic uncorked a wild pitch to score O'Dowd and plunked freshman Dustin Selzer with a pitch, he was replaced by Sam Bashioum on the mound. Onstott greeted the Retriever reliever with a double over the center fielder's head, plating Selzer, and sophomore Ennis Coble laced a two-bagger to trade places with Onstott. Bashioum got the first out on a fly to center, allowing Coble to move up to third, and senior Jason Brooks ripped an RBI double into the left-field corner to make it a 6-1 game.
The second out continued to prove elusive when junior Jake Carlson sent a Bashioum offering to center that was misjudged for a two-base error. Sclafani walked for the second time in the stanza before Bean slapped a double into the right-center gap to score Carlson. A fly to right was the second out, but Selzer and Onstott each delivered RBI singles before Coble walked to load the bases. Freshman Jeff Keller got into the act with an infield single, but Bashioum finally got the third out on a fly ball to left.
Concato settled in with the 11-1 lead, facing just one over the minimum over the next three innings. In the fifth, a single and an error put runners on the corners with one down. Concato got the second out on an infield pop, but Klukowicz stroked a triple as two unearned runs crossed the plate.
The score remained 11-3 into the eighth when Dartmouth tallied two unearned markers of its own. Head coach Bob Whalen went to his bench with an eight-run lead, and freshman Shane Ogren walked with one out. After fellow freshman Stefan Eckhardt reached on a fielder's choice, rookie Ryan Toimil hit a shot into right-center that the right fielder could not corral for a two-base error, allowing Eckhardt to score. Keller followed with a base hit back through the box, scoring Toimil for a 13-3 lead.
The Retrievers tacked on one more unearned run in the ninth with Kevin Kean singling home the run with one out. But senior reliever Dan Ternowchek promptly induced an inning-ending double play to finish the game.
Of the Big Green's 12 hits, nine came in the first inning. Bean finished the day 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, while both Onstott and Keller each had two knocks and drove in two. Not a single Dartmouth hitter struck out in the game.
Klukowicz had two of UMBC's seven hits to lead the Retriever offense.
The two teams have tomorrow off before returning to Chain O' Lakes Park for the second game of a four-game series on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
The 11 runs in the first are the most in any inning during the tenure of head coach Bob Whalen, now in his 22nd season, and just the fourth time with at least 10 runs. The last time Dartmouth tallied 10 runs in a frame came in the second inning of a 20-5 win at Cornell on April 12, 2003.
Freshman Louis Concato (1-0) picked up the win by hurling five innings in his first collegiate start. He allowed three unearned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out one. The bullpen provided four pitchers who each threw one of the final four frames, giving up just the one unearned run on two hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts.
UMBC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Concato retired the first two hitters on grounders to short. Brian Klukowicz and Max Himmelstein each hit singles before D.J. Ream reached on an error that allowed Klukowicz to score from second.
But Dartmouth quickly jumped on UMBC starter Shane Vlasic (0-2), who failed to get any of the first four hitters out before departing. Junior Joe Sclafani drew a walk and Bean singled to left-center. When the ball eluded the center fielder, Sclafani scored all the way from first and Bean ended up on second. The error did not matter after sophomore Chris O'Dowd extended his hitting streak to 16 with a booming triple to left-center, giving the Big Green a 2-1 lead.
After Vlasic uncorked a wild pitch to score O'Dowd and plunked freshman Dustin Selzer with a pitch, he was replaced by Sam Bashioum on the mound. Onstott greeted the Retriever reliever with a double over the center fielder's head, plating Selzer, and sophomore Ennis Coble laced a two-bagger to trade places with Onstott. Bashioum got the first out on a fly to center, allowing Coble to move up to third, and senior Jason Brooks ripped an RBI double into the left-field corner to make it a 6-1 game.
The second out continued to prove elusive when junior Jake Carlson sent a Bashioum offering to center that was misjudged for a two-base error. Sclafani walked for the second time in the stanza before Bean slapped a double into the right-center gap to score Carlson. A fly to right was the second out, but Selzer and Onstott each delivered RBI singles before Coble walked to load the bases. Freshman Jeff Keller got into the act with an infield single, but Bashioum finally got the third out on a fly ball to left.
Concato settled in with the 11-1 lead, facing just one over the minimum over the next three innings. In the fifth, a single and an error put runners on the corners with one down. Concato got the second out on an infield pop, but Klukowicz stroked a triple as two unearned runs crossed the plate.
The score remained 11-3 into the eighth when Dartmouth tallied two unearned markers of its own. Head coach Bob Whalen went to his bench with an eight-run lead, and freshman Shane Ogren walked with one out. After fellow freshman Stefan Eckhardt reached on a fielder's choice, rookie Ryan Toimil hit a shot into right-center that the right fielder could not corral for a two-base error, allowing Eckhardt to score. Keller followed with a base hit back through the box, scoring Toimil for a 13-3 lead.
The Retrievers tacked on one more unearned run in the ninth with Kevin Kean singling home the run with one out. But senior reliever Dan Ternowchek promptly induced an inning-ending double play to finish the game.
Of the Big Green's 12 hits, nine came in the first inning. Bean finished the day 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, while both Onstott and Keller each had two knocks and drove in two. Not a single Dartmouth hitter struck out in the game.
Klukowicz had two of UMBC's seven hits to lead the Retriever offense.
The two teams have tomorrow off before returning to Chain O' Lakes Park for the second game of a four-game series on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Concato, Louis (1-0)
L: Vlasic, Shane (0-2)
Batting:
3B: Klukowicz, Brian 1
RBI: Kean, Kevin 1 ; Klukowicz, Brian 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Kean, Kevin 1 ; Klukowicz, Brian 1 ; Phillips, Rick 1 ; Conlon, Rich 1
Batting:
2B: Bean, Sam 1 ; Onstott, Jeff 1 ; Coble, Ennis 1 ; Brooks, Jason 1
3B: Sclafani, Joe 1 ; O'Dowd, Chris 1
RBI: Bean, Sam 1 ; O'Dowd, Chris 1 ; Selzer, Dustin 1 ; Onstott, Jeff 2 ; Coble, Ennis 1 ; Keller, Jeff 2 ; Brooks, Jason 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sclafani, Joe 2 ; Bean, Sam 2 ; O'Dowd, Chris 1 ; Selzer, Dustin 2 ; Onstott, Jeff 1 ; Eckhardt, Stefan 1 ; Coble, Ennis 1 ; Toimil, Ryan 1 ; Brooks, Jason 1 ; Carlson, Jake 1
HBP: Selzer, Dustin 1 ; Coble, Ennis 1
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