March 10, 2009
Catholic downs McDaniel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mike Goodman went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and a run scored to lead Catholic to a 8-4 victory over McDaniel in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday.
Harold Baines, Jr. (St. Michaels, Md./St.
Michaels) went 2-for-5 with an RBI and run scored to pace
the Green Terror (2-1), who got its first home run of the season
from Sergio Nieto (Mameroneck, N.Y./Rye
Neck).
Eamonn Burke added two hits for the Cardinals
(5-6), who limited McDaniel to just one run after the third inning
two days after the squad posted 13 in the final three at bats of
Sunday’s doubleheader sweep.
Trailing 1-0 after Goodman drove in Joseph Devine
with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first, the Green Terror
took advantage of three singles and a pair of errors to plate three
runs in the third.
Jon Zimmerman (Lemoyne, Pa./Cedar Cliff) led off
with a double and stole second before an error allowed Zach
Croft (Laurel, Md./DeMatha) to reach base and Zimmerman to
score on the miscue.
Singles from Baines and Russell Coover (Schuylkill Haven,
Pa./Blue Mountain) made it a 2-1 game with runners at the
corners.
After a Troy Tipton (Hanover, Pa./South Western)
walk loaded the bases and chased starter Tom Egan,
the Cardinals got a double play but Baines scored for the 3-1
advantage.
A Dave Grear two-run double keyed a four-run
bottom of the frame, giving Catholic a 5-3 lead.
Nieto’s one-out solo shot in the top of the fourth pulled the
visitors within 5-4 but an unearned run in the sixth and two runs
in the eighth set the final margin.
Andrew Moldawer picked up the win for the
Cardinals, striking out two while Michael
Bzozowski fanned three over the final 2 2/3 innings to
earn the save.
Brian Rosato (Narvon, Pa./Pequea Valley) was
tagged with the loss for the Green Terror but freshman
Danny Snight (Silver Spring, Md./St. Johns’s
College) struck out five over 4 1/3 innings in his debut
on the mound.
McDaniel returns to action when its opens its southern swing with a
doubleheader against Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in the
RussMatt Central Florida Invitational on Saturday. The first game
begins at 10 a.m.
Score by
Inning
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 -
R H
E
McDaniel
(2-1)
0 0
3 1
0 0
0 0
0 -
4 10 2
Catholic
(5-6)
1 0
4 0
0 1
0 2
x -
8 9
5
Brian Rosato, Danny Snight (4), Joe Drzonsc (8) and Henry
Belfont, Justin Reitz (5); Tom Egan, Andrew Moldawer (3), Nick
Perotta (7), Michael Bzozowski (7). WP: Moldawer (3-0). LP: Rosato
(0-1). S: Bzozowski (1). SO-BB: Rosato 0-3, Snight 5-2, Drzonsc
0-0; Egan 2-1, Moldawer 2-0, Perotta 0-1, Bzozowski 3-0. 2B: Joseph
Devine (C), Mike Goodman (C), Eamonn Burke (C), Dave Grear (C). HR:
Sergio Nieto (M).
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