CORAL GABLES, FL - The sixth-ranked Miami baseball team
(13-3) scored five runs in the fourth and added four more in the seventh to defeat
Rutgers, 12-2, in the series opener tonight at Mark Light Stadium. After falling
behind, 3-0, Rutgers cut the lead to 3-2 before the 'Canes five-run fourth.
With the loss, RU falls to 4-6, while Miami is now 13-3.
Miami jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second on RBI singles from Gaby Sanchez
and John Jay and a run-scoring double by Erick San Pedro. The Scarlet Knights,
however, cut the lead to one, 3-2, when Graig Badger (Union, NJ) singled home
Jason Grover (Montgomery, NJ), who reached on a one-out double in the third,
and Colin Gaynor (Toms River, NJ) knocked in Jeff Frazier (Toms River, NJ),
who doubled off the wall in center to open the fourth inning.
The 'Canes broke the game open with five runs in the fourth inning,
chasing RU starter Jack Egbert (Rutherford, NJ) from the game after just 3.1
innings of work. Back-to-back, two-run doubles from Ryan Braun and Jim Burt
accounted for four of the runs. Miami extended its lead to 12-2 with four more
in the seventh on a bases-loaded walk, a bases-loaded balk and RBI singles
from Paco Figueroa and Brian Barton.
Rutgers banged out 10 hits, including two each from Johnny Defendis (Staten
Island, NY) and Grover. In addition, freshman Tim Querns (Cherry Hill, NJ)
pinch hit in the ninth and doubled into the left-field corner for his first
career hit in his first career at bat. Egbert (3.1 IP, 9 H, 8 R) absorbed the
loss and fell to 1-1.
& ** 2004 RUTGERS BASEBALL **
Rutgers at #6 Miami
Mar 12, 2004 at Coral Gables, FL (Mark Light Stadium)
Rutgers 2 (4-6) Miami 12 (13-3)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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BADGER, Graig 2b........... 4 0 1 1 J. Jay lf.................. 4 1 3 1
GROSE, Jeff dh............. 4 0 1 0 B. Barton ph/rf........... 1 0 1 1
FRAZIER, Jeff rf........... 4 1 1 0 J. Hooft 2b................ 5 1 1 1
CANUSO, Rich 1b............ 3 0 0 0 R. Braun ss................ 5 1 1 2
HOOK, Steve ph/1b......... 1 0 0 0 J. Burt 1b................. 5 0 2 2
GAYNOR, Colin c............ 4 0 1 1 B. Katin rf................ 1 2 0 0
DEFENDIS, Johnny lf........ 4 0 2 0 R. Giannotti lf........... 1 0 0 0
RODRIGUEZ, Cory 3b......... 3 0 0 0 G. Sanchez 3b.............. 3 2 1 1
QUERNS, Tim ph............ 1 0 1 0 Tomas ph/3b............... 0 0 0 0
CERULO, Nick cf............ 3 0 1 0 E. San Pedro c............. 3 2 3 1
WILLIAMS, David ph........ 1 0 0 0 E. Rodriguez c............ 0 0 0 0
GROVER, Jason ss........... 4 1 2 0 C. Perez p................ 0 0 0 0
EGBERT, Jack p............. 0 0 0 0 A. Ricks dh/c.............. 2 1 0 1
MALAFRONTE, Tom p......... 0 0 0 0 P. Figueroa cf............. 4 2 1 1
HOLT, Steve p............. 0 0 0 0 C. Carillo p............... 0 0 0 0
PUSTAY, Matt p............ 0 0 0 0 S. Valdes-Fauli p......... 0 0 0 0
ACAMPORA, Bobby p......... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 36 2 10 2 Totals..................... 34 12 13 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Rutgers............. 001 100 000 - 2 10 0
Miami............... 030 500 40X - 12 13 1
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E - J. Hooft. DP - Rutgers 1; Miami 1. LOB - Rutgers 7; Miami 9. 2B - Frazier;
Querns; Grover; R. Braun; J. Burt; E. San Pedro 2. HBP - B. Katin 2; E. San Pedro.
SH - A. Ricks. SB - J. Jay 2; B. Katin 3; G. Sanchez; P. Figueroa.
Rutgers IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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EGBERT, Jack L,1-1........ 3.1 9 8 8 2 3 0 0 1 0 17 21 2 4
MALAFRONTE, Tom ........... 3.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 13 2 6
HOLT, Steve ............... 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
PUSTAY, Matt .............. 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0
ACAMPORA, Bobby ........... 1.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 1
Miami IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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C. Carillo W,2-0.......... 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 25 25 5 9
S. Valdes-Fauli ........... 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 7 1 1
C. Perez .................. 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0
HBP - by Egbert (B. Katin); by Malafronte (B. Katin); by Malafronte (E. San Pedro). BK -
Pustay. PB - Gaynor.
Strikeouts - Badger; Grose 2; Frazier; Hook; Gaynor; Defendis; Williams; Grover; J.
Hooft 2; R. Braun 2; J. Burt. Walks - B. Katin; G. Sanchez; Tomas; E. Rodriguez; A.
Ricks 2; P. Figueroa.
Umpires - HP: R. Perez 1B: P. Martucci 3B: S. Lancaster
Start: 7:07 pm Time: 3:01 Attendance: 1500
Holt faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: MIAMI-1
