Mountaineers Split
March 15, 2003 07:39 PM | General
March 15, 2003
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia got enough offense to take the first game of its doubleheader with Le Moyne, 7-6, but fell just short in the nightcap as the Dolphins took the second game 11-10 Saturday afternoon at Hawley Field.
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| Outfielder Stan Posluszny racks down this fly ball during West Virginia's doubleheader split with Le Moyne. The two teams will finish the four-game series on Sunday. (All-Pro Photography/Dale Sparks) |
Le Moyne jumped ahead 5-0 through the first three innings before WVU mounted a comeback. In the Mountaineer third, Grant Psomas drove in Kurtis Clinton with a single. With the score still 5-1 in the fourth, Derek Cisar hit a three-run blast to put WVU within a run.
WVU tacked on two more in the fifth after Jake Serfass and Psomas reached on walks. With Serfass and Psomas attempting to steal, catcher Steve Suarez's throw sailed into left field scoring Serfass. Psomas then scored on a Travis D'Amico single to put WVU up 6-5.
Le Moyne evened the score at six when Steve Suarez hit his first home run of the season.
West Virginia seized the victory in the last of the seventh. In the inning, Psomas reached on a walk and advanced to second on Casey Bowling's sacrifice bunt. D'Amico then hit a walk-off double for the game-winning RBI.
D'Amico finished the game 3-3 with two RBI. Cisar was 1-3 with 3 RBI.
On the mound, Jason DiAngelo went the distance to pick up the win allowing six runs (two earned) on eight hits with no walks and four strikeouts.
In game two, Tim McCabe's two home runs were not enough as LeMoyne scored three runs in the top of the seventh to take the 11-10 victory.
Leading 10-8 in the top of the seventh with WVU reliever Chris Amedro on the mound, Keith Connors reached on an error and moved to second after a ground out by Tom Warner. After a Tony Woods walk, Connors scored on two wild pitches, one by Amedro and the other by Ryan Lipscomb. Eddie Harper scored pinch-runner Sam Parkins with a sacrifice fly and Anthony Aquilino's RBI single proved to be the game-winner. In the pivotal inning, the Dolphins scored three runs on just one hit.
LeMoyne reliever Andy Weimer pitched a perfect seventh to record his first save of the season. Shane Burke was credited with the victory on the mound.
Sousa and McCabe paced the WVU offense with three hits apiece.
McCabe and Serfass each had four hits for the Mountaineers in the doubleheader.
WVU (7-6) and LeMoyne (2-8) will conclude the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
