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Saturday, March 7
Port Charlotte, Fla.
12:00 PM
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Big Green Come Up Short against Northwestern and Ball State
3/7/2015 6:30:00 PM | Baseball
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — The Dartmouth baseball team suffered a pair of losses on Saturday afternoon, first dropping a 5-3 affair to the Northwestern Wildcats, then falling 7-4 against the Ball State Cardinals in Port Charlotte at the Snowbird Classic. The Big Green (0-6) have now lost six straight games to open the 2015 season while Northwestern improves to 3-9 and Ball State to 7-6.
In the first game of the day, Dartmouth made a run at a huge ninth-inning comeback against the Wildcats after entering the ninth down 5-0. A single and an infield error set up senior Matt Parisi to double in the Big Green's first run, chasing reliever Pete Hofman from the mound. A ground ball off the bat of freshman Dustin Shirley plated the second run before junior Joe Purritano stroked his career-high fourth hit of the game for an RBI single, making it a 5-3 game.
When senior Nick Lombardi walked, Dartmouth brought the go-ahead run to the plate with just one out in the form of freshman Kyle Holbrook, but Jake Stolley pumped a third strike past the rookie before yielding to Tommy Bordignon. He was able to punch out the only batter he faced for his first save of the year.
The Wildcats touched Big Green right-hander Mike Concato (making his first start of the season) for a pair of runs in the first as each of the first four hitters rapped out singles, the last by Joe Hoscheit to score the first run of the game. A chopper to third off the bat of Matt Hopfner gave Northwestern the early 2-0 lead.
Kyle Ruchim doubled in another Wildcat run in the second, as did Zach Jones in the fourth for a 4-0 advantage. The final NU run crossed the plate in the eighth when Hopfner hit a one-out double to right-center, took third on a sacrifice bunt and scampered home on a wild pitch.
Matt Portland (1-2) twirled 7.1 shutout innings against the Big Green lineup, scattering seven hits, a pair of walks and two hit batters while striking out three. He was lifted with the bases loaded and one down in the eighth, and Stolley dodged a bullet when sophomore Michael Ketchmark lined into a double play to end the inning.
Concato (0-1) yielded four runs on 11 hits over 5.2 frames, but did not walk a batter to go with a lone punchout. Freshman Clay Chatham made his collegiate debut on the mound and provided 1.1 scoreless innings in relief.
Connor Lind led the 13-hit Wildcat attack with three singles from the ninth spot in the order, while Ruchim, Jones and Hoscheit each had two knocks and an RBI.
Not long after the conclusion of the game, Dartmouth was back at it against the Cardinals, which also put a two-spot on the board in the first on RBI singles by Elbert Devarie and Scott Tyler. But this time, the Big Green didn't wait nearly as long for their three-run inning despite posting just one hit in the second. That one hit, however, was a two-run triple by sophomore Michael Ketchmark into the right-center gap, and he gave Dartmouth its only lead of the day when he trotted home on a Matt MacDowell grounder to second.
Ball State wasted no time in responding as Brandon Estep ripped a double to left in the third to score Jarrett Rindfleisch, who led off with a double, and Devarie who had walked with one out.
The Cardinals tacked on solitary runs in the fourth and fifth against Big Green hurler Louis Concato (0-2), the older brother of Dartmouth's starter against Northwestern. A throwing error allowed the tally in the fourth to cross the plate, and Estep doubled again in the fifth to score Tyler from first after a lead-off single. When Colin Brockhouse followed with a single to put runners on the corners, Concato's afternoon was done with a dozen hits and six runs (five earned) off him in four-plus frames.
Rookie southpaw Marc Bachman kept Dartmouth in the game, however, by getting a shallow fly for the first out before inducing a double-play grounder to end the inning. Bachman would toss four scoreless stanzas before Ball State nicked him for its final run in the ninth.
Brendan Burns (2-0) earned the victory for the Cardinals by logging five innings and allowing three runs on three hits, two walks and a hit batter while fanning four. David Current came out of the bullpen to pitch the sixth and seventh, giving up a run courtesy of a balk with a man on third, and Trevor Henderson closed out the final two frames by retiring all six batters he faced, three on strikes, to record his first save.
Seven Cardinals logged a pair of hits, including Estep with his two doubles and three RBIs to lead his squad. Dartmouth managed just four hits in the contest, two by sophomore Ben Socher.
Dartmouth has one final game at the Snowbird Classic on Sunday against Bucknell. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m.
In the first game of the day, Dartmouth made a run at a huge ninth-inning comeback against the Wildcats after entering the ninth down 5-0. A single and an infield error set up senior Matt Parisi to double in the Big Green's first run, chasing reliever Pete Hofman from the mound. A ground ball off the bat of freshman Dustin Shirley plated the second run before junior Joe Purritano stroked his career-high fourth hit of the game for an RBI single, making it a 5-3 game.
When senior Nick Lombardi walked, Dartmouth brought the go-ahead run to the plate with just one out in the form of freshman Kyle Holbrook, but Jake Stolley pumped a third strike past the rookie before yielding to Tommy Bordignon. He was able to punch out the only batter he faced for his first save of the year.
The Wildcats touched Big Green right-hander Mike Concato (making his first start of the season) for a pair of runs in the first as each of the first four hitters rapped out singles, the last by Joe Hoscheit to score the first run of the game. A chopper to third off the bat of Matt Hopfner gave Northwestern the early 2-0 lead.
Kyle Ruchim doubled in another Wildcat run in the second, as did Zach Jones in the fourth for a 4-0 advantage. The final NU run crossed the plate in the eighth when Hopfner hit a one-out double to right-center, took third on a sacrifice bunt and scampered home on a wild pitch.
Matt Portland (1-2) twirled 7.1 shutout innings against the Big Green lineup, scattering seven hits, a pair of walks and two hit batters while striking out three. He was lifted with the bases loaded and one down in the eighth, and Stolley dodged a bullet when sophomore Michael Ketchmark lined into a double play to end the inning.
Concato (0-1) yielded four runs on 11 hits over 5.2 frames, but did not walk a batter to go with a lone punchout. Freshman Clay Chatham made his collegiate debut on the mound and provided 1.1 scoreless innings in relief.
Connor Lind led the 13-hit Wildcat attack with three singles from the ninth spot in the order, while Ruchim, Jones and Hoscheit each had two knocks and an RBI.
Not long after the conclusion of the game, Dartmouth was back at it against the Cardinals, which also put a two-spot on the board in the first on RBI singles by Elbert Devarie and Scott Tyler. But this time, the Big Green didn't wait nearly as long for their three-run inning despite posting just one hit in the second. That one hit, however, was a two-run triple by sophomore Michael Ketchmark into the right-center gap, and he gave Dartmouth its only lead of the day when he trotted home on a Matt MacDowell grounder to second.
Ball State wasted no time in responding as Brandon Estep ripped a double to left in the third to score Jarrett Rindfleisch, who led off with a double, and Devarie who had walked with one out.
The Cardinals tacked on solitary runs in the fourth and fifth against Big Green hurler Louis Concato (0-2), the older brother of Dartmouth's starter against Northwestern. A throwing error allowed the tally in the fourth to cross the plate, and Estep doubled again in the fifth to score Tyler from first after a lead-off single. When Colin Brockhouse followed with a single to put runners on the corners, Concato's afternoon was done with a dozen hits and six runs (five earned) off him in four-plus frames.
Rookie southpaw Marc Bachman kept Dartmouth in the game, however, by getting a shallow fly for the first out before inducing a double-play grounder to end the inning. Bachman would toss four scoreless stanzas before Ball State nicked him for its final run in the ninth.
Brendan Burns (2-0) earned the victory for the Cardinals by logging five innings and allowing three runs on three hits, two walks and a hit batter while fanning four. David Current came out of the bullpen to pitch the sixth and seventh, giving up a run courtesy of a balk with a man on third, and Trevor Henderson closed out the final two frames by retiring all six batters he faced, three on strikes, to record his first save.
Seven Cardinals logged a pair of hits, including Estep with his two doubles and three RBIs to lead his squad. Dartmouth managed just four hits in the contest, two by sophomore Ben Socher.
Dartmouth has one final game at the Snowbird Classic on Sunday against Bucknell. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Portland, Matt (1-2)
L: Concato, Mike (0-1)
S: Bordignon, Tommy (1)
Batting:
2B: Parisi, Matt 1 ; Purritano, Joe 1
RBI: Parisi, Matt 1 ; Shirley, Dustin 1 ; Purritano, Joe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parisi, Matt 1 ; MacDowell, Matt 1 ; Socher, Ben 1
HBP: Lombardi, Nick 1 ; Holbrook, Kyle 1
Batting:
2B: Ruchim, Kyle 1 ; Jones, Zach 1 ; Hopfner, Matt 1
RBI: Ruchim, Kyle 1 ; Jones, Zach 1 ; Hoscheit, Joe 1 ; Hopfner, Matt 1
SH: Peikert, Grant 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ruchim, Kyle 1 ; Jones, Zach 1 ; Hopfner, Matt 1 ; Stevens, Cody 1 ; Lind, Connor 1
SB: Hunter, Reid 1
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