Little East Conference Tournament - Second Round
WestConn Eliminated by 10-9 Loss to UMass Boston
Box Score
KEENE, N.H. 5/8/08 – Fifth seed UMass Boston rallied for four runs in the top of the ninth and then held off a threat by six seed WestConn to hang on the for a 10-9 victory in Game #4 of the Little East Conference baseball tournament played at Keene State’s Owl Athletic Complex on Thursday.
UMass-Boston (16-25) will play the loser between Eastern Conn. on Friday at noon. Western Conn. (17-25) is eliminated from the tournament.
Trailing 8-6 heading into the ninth, The Beacons plated four run on five hits to take a 10-8 lead. Freshman shortstop Ryan Walsh (Newton, Mass) opened the inning with a double. He scored on a RBI double by freshman catcher Timothy Fontaine (Worcester, Mass.). Pinch-running for Fontaine, Nicholas Martin (Mattapoisett, Mass.) moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by senior third baseman Mike Dorval (Belchertown, Mass.) to tie the score. Dorval stole second and scored the go-ahead run on a single to the right side by junior second baseman Casey Rice (Canandaigua, N.Y.). Rice came home on a balk to give UMB a key insurance rub.
The Colonials came up with one run in the bottom of the inning. Junior catcher Rob Bedard (Uncasville, Conn.) began the inning with a double. Nick Invitary pinch ran for Bedard and scored on a RBI single from freshman designated hitter Dan Boccaro (Berlin, Conn.). Freshman Billy Armstrong (Moodus, Conn.) ran for Boccaro, but he was left stranded after freshman third baseman Jeff Gordon (Milford, Conn.) hit into a game-ending double play.
Western scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 6-2 lead. Sophomore right fielder Dan Amarante (Cheshire, Conn.) had a two run single for the Colonials, who also scored runs on a wild pitch and sacrifice fly. WCSU went up 7-2 on a RBI single by junior center fielder Ryan Koschmieder (Groton, Conn.) in the fifth.
The Beacons answered with fours run in the top of the sixth to cut their deficit to 7-6. Coming up with the bases loaded, junior center fielder Ryan Oshima (La Jolla, Ca.) cleared the bases with a triple. He later scored on an interference call during a run-down play.
The Colonials scored a run on a double play to go up 8-6 in the sixth before UMB rallied to win the game.
Sophomore outfielder Drew Tambling (Sterling, Mass.), Fontaine, Dorval, and Rice had two hits each in UMB’s 13-hit attack
The Colonials finished the game with 16 hits. Sophomore shortstop Sam McNeil (Gales Ferry, Conn.) had three and senior catcher Matt Gardiner (Terryville, Conn.) and Koschmeider had two each.
Sophomore Mike Andriano (Massapequa, Mass.) got the start for the Beacons. He went four innings, giving up six runs on seven hits with two strikeouts and on walk. Junior Tom Michael (Manchester, N.H.), 3-3, got the win in relief. He went 4.2 innings giving up two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and a walk.
Sophomore starter Joe Mangano (Stamford, Conn.) went eight innings for the Colonials, giving up six runs on eight hits with two strikeouts and four walks. Joe Postemsky took the loss and falls to 2-3 on the year.
UMass Boston 10, Western Connecticut 9 (May 08, 2008 at Keene, NH)
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UMass Boston........ 101 004 004 - 10 13 1 (16-25)
Western Connecticut. 101 411 001 - 9 15 2 (17-24)
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Pitchers: UMass Boston - M. Andriano; M. Cain(5); T. Michael(5).
Western Connecticut - Joe Mangano; Joe Postemsky(9); Josh Murray(9).
Win-T. Michael(3-3) Loss-Joe Postemsky(2-3) T-3:30 A-100
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