Completed Event: Baseball versus Cornell on April 27, 2025 , Win , 7, to, 4
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Baseball
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Friday, March 4
Boiling Springs, N.C. / John Henry Moss Stadium
4:00 PM
Dartmouth College
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Gardner-Webb
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Dartmouth
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Kade Kretzschmar was the offensive star for the Big Green.
Photo by: Willis Glassgow
Baseball Drops the First of Four at Gardner-Webb, 9-2
3/4/2022 7:04:00 PM | Baseball
Kade Kretzschmar homered and scored both runs while Justin Murray provided a quality start on the mound
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — Dartmouth got a solo home run in the second from senior Kade Kretzschmar, but right-hander Joe Simeone and a Bulldog reliever shut down the Big Green the rest of the game, save an unearned run in the ninth, as Gardner-Webb (3-7) handed Dartmouth (1-3) a 9-2 defeat at John Henry Moss Stadium on Friday. The decisive blow was a two-run homer off the bat of Benino Mendella that broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth.
Simeone (1-2) earned his first win of the season by tossing one-run ball over 6.2 innings, allowing six hits without a walk while fanning four and throwing 102 pitches. Other than Kretzschmar's home run, Simeone did not allow a runner to reach second again until two were down in the sixth.
Big Green senior right-hander Justin Murray (0-2) pitched well enough to win, hurling seven complete innings while yielding three runs on six hits and a pair of walks to go with six strikeouts on 96 pitches.
After both sides were retired in order in the first, Kretzschmar opened the top of the second by hitting a laser off the scoreboard in right-center for his first career home run.
Gardner-Webb put its first runner on base when Mendella ripped a lead-off double into the left-center gap. One out later, A.J. Jones dropped a single into right-center that allowed Mendella to cross the plate, tying the game at one.
The score was still knotted at one entering the bottom of the fifth, but two pitches later, the Bulldogs owned a 3-1 lead. Pete Capobianco was plunked with the first offering from Murray, and Mendella got hold of the next pitch and sent it over the fence in left for his first four-bagger of the season and a 3-1 Gardner-Webb lead.
Dartmouth caught a bad break in the seventh when freshman Max Zajec crushed a pitch to deep right-center with two outs. The ball dropped safely but took a big bounce and hopped over the fence for a ground-rule double, forcing sophomore Nathan Cmyela (who had singled) to stop at third, even though he would have scored easily had the ball stayed in play. That ended Simeone's time on the mound, and reliever Kyle Skidmore induced a routine grounder to second to squelch the rally with the tying runs in scoring position.
In the eighth, the Bulldog bats battered the Big Green bullpen for six runs. The big blow was a three-run homer by Capobianco, his first of the year, and Jacob Marcos capped the frame with a two-run single.
Kretzschmar scored the other Dartmouth run of the game as well after he was hit by a pitch to start the ninth. He took second on a single by Murray and went to third when the ball eluded the right fielder, then trotted home when a grounder to third by junior Connor Bertsch was thrown wildly to first. But Skidmore got the final out on a shallow pop to left to secure his first save of the season.
Kretzschmar was the offensive star for Dartmouth, reaching base three times with a single, homer and hit by pitch while scoring both runs.
Five Bulldogs had two hits as the hosts banged out 13 in all with Capobianco (2-for-3, homer, two runs, three RBIs) and Mendella (2-for-4, double, homer, two runs, two RBIs) providing most of the damage.
The two teams will continue their series on Saturday with a doubleheader that will be streamed live on ESPN+ at noon.
Simeone (1-2) earned his first win of the season by tossing one-run ball over 6.2 innings, allowing six hits without a walk while fanning four and throwing 102 pitches. Other than Kretzschmar's home run, Simeone did not allow a runner to reach second again until two were down in the sixth.
Big Green senior right-hander Justin Murray (0-2) pitched well enough to win, hurling seven complete innings while yielding three runs on six hits and a pair of walks to go with six strikeouts on 96 pitches.
After both sides were retired in order in the first, Kretzschmar opened the top of the second by hitting a laser off the scoreboard in right-center for his first career home run.
Gardner-Webb put its first runner on base when Mendella ripped a lead-off double into the left-center gap. One out later, A.J. Jones dropped a single into right-center that allowed Mendella to cross the plate, tying the game at one.
The score was still knotted at one entering the bottom of the fifth, but two pitches later, the Bulldogs owned a 3-1 lead. Pete Capobianco was plunked with the first offering from Murray, and Mendella got hold of the next pitch and sent it over the fence in left for his first four-bagger of the season and a 3-1 Gardner-Webb lead.
Dartmouth caught a bad break in the seventh when freshman Max Zajec crushed a pitch to deep right-center with two outs. The ball dropped safely but took a big bounce and hopped over the fence for a ground-rule double, forcing sophomore Nathan Cmyela (who had singled) to stop at third, even though he would have scored easily had the ball stayed in play. That ended Simeone's time on the mound, and reliever Kyle Skidmore induced a routine grounder to second to squelch the rally with the tying runs in scoring position.
In the eighth, the Bulldog bats battered the Big Green bullpen for six runs. The big blow was a three-run homer by Capobianco, his first of the year, and Jacob Marcos capped the frame with a two-run single.
Kretzschmar scored the other Dartmouth run of the game as well after he was hit by a pitch to start the ninth. He took second on a single by Murray and went to third when the ball eluded the right fielder, then trotted home when a grounder to third by junior Connor Bertsch was thrown wildly to first. But Skidmore got the final out on a shallow pop to left to secure his first save of the season.
Kretzschmar was the offensive star for Dartmouth, reaching base three times with a single, homer and hit by pitch while scoring both runs.
Five Bulldogs had two hits as the hosts banged out 13 in all with Capobianco (2-for-3, homer, two runs, three RBIs) and Mendella (2-for-4, double, homer, two runs, two RBIs) providing most of the damage.
The two teams will continue their series on Saturday with a doubleheader that will be streamed live on ESPN+ at noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Simeone, Joe (1-2)
L: Murray, Justin (0-2)
S: Skidmore, Kyle (1)
Batting:
2B: Zajec, Max 1
HR: Kretzschmar, Kade 1
RBI: Kretzschmar, Kade 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kretzschmar, Kade 2
HBP: Cox, Tyler 1 ; Kretzschmar, Kade 1
Batting:
2B: Robison, Curtis 2 ; Mendella, Benino 1
HR: Capobianco, Peter 1 ; Mendella, Benino 1
RBI: Marcos, Jacob 2 ; Burns, Alec 1 ; Capobianco, Peter 3 ; Mendella, Benino 2 ; Jones, A.J. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Robison, Curtis 1 ; Rusher III, Bo 1 ; Burns, Alec 1 ; Capobianco, Peter 2 ; Mendella, Benino 2 ; Brady, Daegan 1 ; Jones, A.J. 1
SB: Marcos, Jacob 2 ; Mattson, Trevor 1
CS: Marcos, Jacob 1 ; Robison, Curtis 1
HBP: Rusher III, Bo 1 ; Burns, Alec 1 ; Capobianco, Peter 1
PO: Jones, A.J. 1
Game Leaders
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