NORFOLK, VA - Old Dominion scored six unanswered runs in the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie en route to a 12-3 victory over the Rutgers baseball team Sunday afternoon at Bud Metheny complex in Norfolk, VA. The Scarlet Knights fall to 3-2 on the season, while the Monarchs improve to 10-2.??
Sophomore Todd Frazier (Toms River, NJ) reached on a two-out error and stole his fourth base in five games this season to move into scoring position where sophomore Ryan Hill (Hillsdale, NJ) brought him home with a double down the right field line. A misplayed ball by the ODU first baseman on junior David Williams' (Franklin, NJ) grounder allowed Hill to score from second to give RU an early 2-0 lead.
The Scarlet Knights tacked on a third run in the third inning, capitalizing on a pair of ODU errors in the frame. Junior Mike Bionde (Pompton Plains, NJ) drew a leadoff walk and senior Jeff Grose's (Linden, NJ) sacrifice bunt attempt was misplayed by the pitcher, allowing Grose to reach first and an alert Bionde to advance all the way to third on the play. Frazier then brought Bionde home with a grounder.
Old Dominion opened its half of the third with a pair of hits but lost the leadoff runner to a pickoff. A walk and a single through the right side gave the Monarchs their first run of the day. RU starter Matt Giannini (Watchung, NJ), making his collegiate debut on Sunday, got out of the inning with an infield fly out and big strikeout with runners on first and second. ??
The Monarchs added two more runs in the fourth to tie the game at 3-3 with a two-run wind-aided home run by Jimmy Miles that crept just over the outstretched arms of Williams and over the right field fence.??
ODU took a 9-3 lead with a six-run sixth inning. The Monarchs brought their first two runs home thanks to a pair of hits, a wild pitch and an infield error to leadoff the inning. Senior Joe Baione (Staten Island, NY) relieved Giannini with no outs in the sixth, facing just two batters before junior Chris Lillis (Fair Haven, NJ) was inserted with the bases loaded and no outs. ODU recorded two more hits and capitalized on another wild pitch to score the final four runs of the inning.
The Monarchs tacked on three more runs in the seventh to build their lead to 12-3 over the Scarlet Knights. ??
Giannini pitched five innings, giving up six runs (five earned) on 11 hits, with a pair of strikeouts, recording the loss. ODU starter Dan Hudson worked seven strong innings for the Monarchs, allowing just four hits, three runs and no earned runs, while striking out nine batters to earn the win.
Catcher Jason Downey (Ballston Lake, NY), ?? outfielder Mike Livingston (Red Bank, NJ), third baseman Vincent Sangemino (Nutley, NJ), outfielder Luis Feliz (New Brunswick, NJ), shortstop Tom Edwards (West Caldwell, NJ) and pitcher John McCue (Hillside, NJ) each made their Scarlet Knight debuts in the eighth inning on Sunday.
Sunday marked the first time in five games this season the Scarlet Knights failed to score at least nine runs in a game. ?? ??
Rutgers returns home to New Jersey before heading back down south to Atlanta, GA, for a three-game series at nationally ranked Georgia Tech, beginning Friday. ??
2006 Rutgers Baseball
Rutgers at Old Dominion
Feb 26, 2006 at Norfolk, VA (Bud Metheny Complex)
Rutgers 3 (3-2)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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BIONDE, Mike 2b.......... 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
GROSE, Jeff cf........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0
FELIZ, Luis ph/cf....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
FRAZIER, Todd ss......... 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
EDWARDS, Tom ph/ss...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HILL, Ryan lf............ 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1
CALLAHAN, Donny lf...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WILLIAMS, David rf....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LIVINGSTON, Mike rf..... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
HOOK, Steve 1b........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 1
STAVRAKIS, Nick ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MEADE, Frank c........... 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0
DOWNEY, Jason c......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
QUERNS, Tim 3b........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0
SANGEMINO, Vincent 3b... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GOSSARD, Jon dh.......... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
CEGLES, Victor ph/dh.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GIANNINI, Matt p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
BAIONE, Joe p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LILLIS, Chris p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
JANSEN, Jim p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MCCUE, Jon p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 32 3 4 2 1 12 24 11 4
Old Dominion 12 (10-2)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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MILES, Jimmy cf.......... 6 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 1
KEENAN, Chris 2b......... 6 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0
ZAHN, Mike lf............ 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
SINNEN, Brooks lf....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CIPOLLA, Bryan 1b........ 2 2 1 1 2 0 10 0 1
ARROWOOD, Dana dh........ 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
GREGULA, Justin 3b....... 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 3
NICHOLS, Patrick c....... 4 0 0 0 1 1 12 1 3
HAHN, Keith rf........... 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1
SCHOENDIENST, Jesse ss... 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
HUDSON, Dan p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HANSEN, Bryan p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 41 12 19 10 4 3 27 8 12
Score by Innings R H E
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Rutgers............. 201 000 000 - 3 4 3
Old Dominion........ 001 206 30X - 12 19 5
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E - BIONDE; FRAZIER; MEADE; CIPOLLA; NICHOLS; SCHOENDIENST; HUDSON 2. DP -
Rutgers 1. LOB - Rutgers 4; ODU 12. 2B - HILL, R.; KEENAN; ARROWOOD;
SCHOENDIENST. HR - MILES. HBP - CIPOLLA; ARROWOOD 2. SH - GROSE. SB -
FRAZIER 2.
Rutgers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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GIANNINI, Matt...... 5.0 11 6 5 2 2 25 29
BAIONE, Joe......... 0.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2
LILLIS, Chris....... 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 4 5
JANSEN, Jim......... 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 7 7
MCCUE, Jon.......... 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 5
Old Dominion IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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HUDSON, Dan......... 7.0 4 3 0 1 9 26 28
HANSEN, Bryan....... 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6
Win - HUDSON (1-0). Loss - GIANNINI (0-1). Save - None.
WP - GIANNINI 2; BAIONE; LILLIS, C.. HBP - by GIANNINI (ARROWOOD); by GIANNINI
(ARROWOOD); by BAIONE (CIPOLLA).
Umpires - HP: Tim O'Toole 1B: Gary Detwiler 3B: Mike Brown
Start: 1:00 Time: 2:35 Attendance: 200
Game notes:
ID-404387
GIANNINI faced 3 batters in the 6th.
BAIONE faced 2 batters in the 6th.
Game: 226ODU
