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Earliest Home Opener Ever for Baseball
3/29/2011 9:44:00 PM | Baseball
The Games: Dartmouth (9-4) vs. Siena (7-15)
Location: Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park (1,300), Hanover, N.H.
First pitch: Wednesday, March 30 at 3 p.m.
Series Record vs. Siena: Big Green lead, 4-2
Live Video — Big Green Insider
Live Audio — Wayne Young '72, play-by-play; Orli Kleiner '12 analysis
Live Stats
Complete Game Notes
Location: Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park (1,300), Hanover, N.H.
First pitch: Wednesday, March 30 at 3 p.m.
Series Record vs. Siena: Big Green lead, 4-2
Live Video — Big Green Insider
Live Audio — Wayne Young '72, play-by-play; Orli Kleiner '12 analysis
Live Stats
Complete Game Notes
Home Opener
When Dartmouth hosts Siena on March 30, it will be the earliest date for Dartmouth's first home game of the season, never having played in Hanover in the month of March. The earliest previous date had been April 1 on three separate occasions, most recently two years ago against Siena as well.
Since 1923, the Big Green are 58-30 in home openers and 15-6 under head coach Bob Whalen, including victories in nine of their last 10.
Last Week in Review
• Dartmouth played the second half of its 10-game Florida trip, winning all five games — four against UMBC and the final one against Grinnell.
• The Big Green outscored those two teams by a combined total of 59-14 in the five contests.
• The Ivy League recognized Dartmouth's dominance by awarding each of the weekly awards to Big Green players — Ennis Coble was Co-Player of the Week, Kyle Hendricks the Pitcher of the Week and Dustin Selzer the Rookie of the Week.
• Twice Dartmouth scored 11 runs in an inning against the Retrievers, a feat never accomplished even once during Coach Whalen's 22 seasons with the program.
• Two rookies earned their first collegiate victories against UMBC — Louis Concato after allowing three unearned runs over five innings in a 13-4 win, and Mitch Horacek who gave up just two runs over six frames in a 16-3 triumph.
• More on rookies — Selzer launched a three-run homer in consecutive games against UMBC, doubling the Dartmouth lead in each instance.
• The Kyle Kouple — left-hander Hunter and right-hander Hendricks — combined to throw 15 innings and strike out 20 Retrievers while allowing just two unearned runs on nine hits in back-to-back games.
• Sophomore Chris O'Dowd slammed a pair of two-run bombs in the last UMBC game, the first multi-homer game of his career. In addition, the catcher extended his hitting streak to 20 games.
• Junior shortstop Joe Sclafani registered the first five-hit game of his career in a 17-2 win over UMBC with three singles, a double and a triple. The next day, juniors Jake Carlson and David Turnbull, as well as sophomore Ennis Coble, each had four-hit games.
The Overall Record vs. Siena
• Dartmouth has squared off against the Saints six times previously, all in the past decade, and sport a 4-2 mark in the series.
• The last encounter came two years ago for the Big Green's home opener and first game at the new Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park. Dartmouth scored five times in the eighth to rally for an 8-6 win.
• The first time these two schools met on the diamond came in 2002 for a doubleheader in Hanover. The Green won a blowout in a game one, 15-2, before Siena rebounded in game two, 4-1.
Scouting the Saints
• Siena got off to a rough start to the season, losing its first nine games, three of which came against a common opponent — UCF.
• The year has been a season of streaks. After dropping those first nine, the Saints won four straight, lost two more, won three straight against Dayton, then lost their last four, three in conference play to Manhattan and yesterday at Army, 11-8.
• Second baseman Dan Paolini, an All-American last year, leads Siena with seven homers and 27 RBIs, while 1B Kevin Quaranto began the week among the top 10 nationally in OBA at .539.
• The rest of the offense has struggled mightily, however, as the Saints sport a .236 average as a team while barely scoring four runs a game.
• The pitching staff has posted a solid 4.81 ERA, with starters Justin Brantley (3.22) and Zach Hartman (3.93) handling a bulk of the duties having thrown 73 of the 181.2 innings.
• Saint closer Ryan Poplawski has three saves, but has been knocked around a bit with opponents hitting .365 against him in 15.1 innings.
• Defense has been a bit of a problem for Siena with 40 errors that have led to 35 unearned runs.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• Both teams are expected to send a whole bunch of pitchers to the mound so as to make sure every member of the staff is ready to pitch during conference play this weekend.
What's Up Next
The Ivy League season gets under way this weekend as the Big Green first travel to New York for a rematch of last year's Ivy Championship Series with a twinbill against Columbia on Saturday, followed by a doubleheader at Penn on Sunday.
Good Things Come in 13s
This is not a note about junior right-hander Cole Sulser, who wears number 13 and is 12-2 in his Big Green career, but rather about the great start for the team this season. Dartmouth is currently 9-4, its best 13-game start since going 11-2 to begin the 1998 campaign — 13 years ago.
Smith Continues Frugality
If there is one thing reliever Ryan Smith knows, its saving. Entering his senior season, he was already the all-time saves leader in Dartmouth and Ivy League history, so each win he nails down this year will simply add to his record total. The first one of 2011 came on March 26 in a 5-3 win over Grinnell, giving him 25 in his career.
Big Green Going Batty
The NCAA changed the bat regulations for the 2011 season, leaving teams with aluminum bats that supposedly play more like wood. Someone forgot to tell the Big Green hitters, because their numbers don't seem to reflect that change at all. Dartmouth ranks among the top 10 nationally in five offensive statistics — doubles per game (2.77, 1st), triples per game (0.69, 3rd), batting average (.345, 4th), scoring per game (8.8 runs, 6th) and slugging percentage (.488, 8th).
O'Dowd Hit Streak at 20
Sophomore Chris O'Dowd finished his rookie campaign having hit safely in the final seven games, and he has continued right where he left off with hits in each of the first 13 contests in 2011. In one of those games against UMBC, he belted two home runs, the first multi-homer game of his career.
Staff Sizzlin' in the Sunshine
Each of the first 13 games of the 2011 season were played in the state of Florida, and the pitching staff really took a shine to the Sunshine State. As a group, the pitchers posted a 3.45 ERA before heading back to Hanover. The last Big Green team to sport an ERA as low for an entire season was the 1975 squad (3.34) anchored by future major leaguer Jim Beattie. And during the 10-game return trip, that ERA was a miniscule 2.23.
Men of the Century
While down in Florida, senior Jeff Onstott and junior Joe Sclafani both scored their 100th career run, which puts them among the top 20 all-time at Dartmouth. Onstott also is on the verge of collecting his 100th RBI; he needs just three more.
Gab on the Green
• Junior outfielder David Turnbull raised his average 125 points (.200 to .325) in the last two games of the Florida trip, going 7-for-10 with two doubles and a triple.
• Junior right-hander Cole Sulser has won his last nine decisions and is currently second all-time at Dartmouth in winning percentage (.857, 12-2). His last loss came at Harvard on April 26, 2009, in a 4-3 ball game.
• Senior outfielder Sam Bean is 13th in the nation in doubles per game (7 in 13 games, 0.54).
• Both Louis Concato and Mitch Horacek earned their first collegiate victories against UMBC. Concato went five innings and allowed three unearned runs, while Horacek got a quality start by going six stanzas and surrendering two runs.
• Junior shortstop Joe Sclafani registered the first five-hit game of his career in a 17-2 win over UMBC. The next day, juniors Jake Carlson and David Turnbull, as well as sophomore Ennis Coble, each tied or set a career high with four hits.
• The bats have been especially good with runners on base — Dartmouth is hitting .370 with men on base, and .389 with runners in scoring position.
• Sophomore southpaw Kyle Hunter has not allowed an earned run in his last 14.1 innings.
• Senior reliever Ryan Smith has thrown over 100 innings in his career and has never uncorked a wild pitch.
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