BURLINGTON, VT. – An offensive outburst by the Maine Black Bears and late-game heroics by Vermont's Kyle Massie highlighted day one action of the 2006 America East Baseball Championship at Historic Centennial Field on Thursday evening. Maine topped Stony Brook 11-8 in the first game of the tournament, while UVM needed 10 innings to defeat Albany, 5-4.
In a game that featured five home runs, the Black Bears offense proved to be slightly more potent on the evening. Maine's Ryan Quintal paced the Black Bears to victory as he went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI. Quintal was one of three Black Bears to collect four hits on the day as Curt Smith (4-for-5) and Sean Parker (4-for-4) also tallied four hits.
After Albany pitching walked the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, Massie singled to right field providing the game-winning RBI for the host Catamounts. Vermont led 3-1 after seven innings when the Great Danes put a three-run eighth inning together take a late 4-3 lead. UVM tied the game in the bottom of the eighth and came away win a thrilling come-from-behind win.
Stony Brook and Albany play in an elimination game on Friday at 12 noon, followed by a rematch of last season's title game as Vermont and Maine square off at 3:30 p.m.
The winner of the double-elimination America East Championship is awarded the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Vermont and Albany are both in search of their first-ever conference crowns, while Maine (four titles) and Stony Brook (one title) are hoping to capture the league hardware once again.
America East Baseball Championship tickets can be purchased by calling the UVM Ticket Office at 1-866-4-CAT-TIX or online at www.uvmathletics.com. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students. The box office at Centennial Field will open one hour prior to the first game each day.
Be sure to follow all of the tournament action on the web via Championship LIVE! at www.AmericaEast.com.
2006 America East Baseball Championship
Maine vs. Stony Brook
May 25, 2006 at Burlington, Vt. (Centennial Field)
Maine 11 (33-20-1) Stony Brook 8 (23-28)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Hough, Joe cf.............. 4 0 0 0 Witkowski, Brian cf........ 5 1 1 1
McGraw, Matt dh............ 4 2 1 0 Sipp, Chris 2b............. 5 0 2 0
Barrett, Joel 1b........... 4 1 1 0 Pennino, Tom 1b............ 5 0 0 0
Quintal, Ryan lf........... 5 4 4 3 Perez, Andres 3b........... 5 1 2 1
Cather, Billy lf........... 0 0 0 0 Pasieka, Jon c............. 4 1 1 0
Smith, Curt ss............. 5 1 4 2 DiBiaso, Chris ss.......... 2 2 2 1
McAvoy, Kevin 3b........... 5 2 1 1 Leonard, Robert rf......... 4 1 1 1
Hackett, Brian 3b.......... 0 0 0 0 Fortuna, Isidro dh......... 3 2 2 4
Ostrander, Mark rf......... 3 1 1 0 Milani, Peter lf........... 4 0 0 0
Parker, Sean c............. 4 0 4 4 Koehler, Tom p............ 0 0 0 0
Menendez, Danny 2b......... 4 0 1 1 Zydor, Stephen p.......... 0 0 0 0
Robinson, Scott p.......... 0 0 0 0 Brown, Marc p............. 0 0 0 0
Weymouth, Jason p.......... 0 0 0 0 Errigo, Mike p............ 0 0 0 0
Boike, Nolan p............. 0 0 0 0 Novakowski, Gary p........ 0 0 0 0
Balsinde, A.J. p........... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 38 11 17 11 Totals..................... 37 8 11 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Maine............... 024 200 111 - 11 17 2
Stony Brook......... 142 100 000 - 8 11 0
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E - Smith(22); Menendez(11). DP - Maine 2; Stony Brook 3. LOB - Maine 8; Stony Brook
5. HR - Quintal(9); Witkowski(2); Perez(7); DiBiaso(7); Fortuna 2(5). SH - Parker.
SF - Menendez. SB - McGraw 2(17). CS - Witkowski.
Maine IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Robinson, Scott ........... 2.1 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 13 3 2 43
Weymouth, Jason ........... 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 14
Boike, Nolan W,4-2........ 4.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 14 16 3 3 60
Balsinde, A.J. S,2........ 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 0 31
Stony Brook IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Koehler, Tom .............. 3.1 7 7 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 16 20 2 5 69
Zydor, Stephen ............ 1.2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 4 1 33
Brown, Marc ............... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4
Errigo, Mike L,3-4........ 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 8
Novakowski, Gary .......... 3.0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 11 1 5 42
Pitches/strikes: Robinson 43/27; Weymouth 14/7; Boike 60/31; Balsinde 31/20; Koehler
69/39; Zydor 33/24; Brown 4/4; Errigo 8/8; Novakowski 42/25.
Strikeouts - Hough; McAvoy; Menendez; Sipp 2; Pennino 2; Pasieka; Leonard 2; Milani
2. Walks - Hough 2; McGraw; Barrett; Ostrander 2; DiBiaso 2; Fortuna.
Umpires - HP: Warren Bumpus 1B: Bob Parker 2B: Dan Deshaies 3B: Woody Gordon
Start: 3:10pm Time: 3:06 Attendance:
Weymouth faced 1 batter in the 4th.
Zydor faced 1 batter in the 6th.
Errigo faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Boike faced 1 batter in the 8th.
2006 America East Baseball Championship
Albany at Vermont
May 25, 2006 at Burlington, Vt. (Centennial Field)
Albany 4 (20-31) Vermont 5 (19-32)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Corvino, Leo rf............ 5 0 1 0 Carey, Jason lf............ 4 2 2 1
Daniels, Brad cf........... 5 0 1 0 Chapman, Jim ss............ 3 0 0 0
Wyland, Steve 3b........... 3 1 2 0 Brault, Kyle rf............ 4 1 1 1
Hill, Tom c................ 5 0 0 0 Nolet, Jeff 1b............. 4 0 1 1
Donovan, Sean ss........... 5 1 2 0 Gallipani, Nick pr........ 0 1 0 0
Olson, Nate dh............. 4 2 3 1 Iannoni, Jay 1b........... 0 0 0 0
West, Dave pr.............. 0 0 0 0 Rembisz, Bryan 2b/p........ 4 0 4 0
Sayre, Steve 1b............ 2 0 0 0 Miles, Brandon p.......... 0 0 0 0
Wood, Chris ph/1b.......... 2 0 1 1 Heppner, Jeff ph.......... 0 0 0 0
Barksdale, Rashad lf....... 3 0 2 1 Naimoli, Matt c............ 2 0 0 1
Barbato, Al 2b............. 5 0 1 1 Magrass, Miguel dh......... 2 0 1 0
Suchowiecki, Mark p........ 0 0 0 0 Morris, Chad 2b........... 2 0 0 0
Beaulieu, Alexander p...... 0 0 0 0 Massie, Kyle 3b............ 5 0 2 1
Fuda, Giorgio p............ 0 0 0 0 Huntington, Will cf........ 4 1 1 0
Willimott, Josh p.......... 0 0 0 0 Serafin, Joe p............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 39 4 13 4 Totals..................... 34 5 12 5
Score by Innings R H E
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Albany.............. 010 000 030 0 - 4 13 3
Vermont............. 101 000 110 1 - 5 12 1
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Note: 2 outs, 3 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - Wyland(14); Hill(4); Suchowiecki(3); Morris(4). DP - Albany 3; Vermont 1. LOB -
Albany 11; Vermont 10. SH - Olson; Barksdale; Chapman; Iannoni; Naimoli. SF - Carey;
Naimoli. SB - West(5); Barksdale(21); Carey(10); Rembisz(7). CS - Wyland.
Albany IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Suchowiecki, Mark ......... 7.1 11 4 3 2 6 1 0 0 0 27 33 6 8 115
Beaulieu, Alexander ....... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 12
Fuda, Giorgio L,3-4....... 1.0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 28
Willimott, Josh ........... 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 11
Vermont IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Serafin, Joe .............. 7.1 8 4 4 4 6 0 1 0 0 27 33 9 6 115
Rembisz, Bryan ............ 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 13
Miles, Brandon W,3-4...... 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 8 3 0 38
WP - Suchowiecki. BK - Serafin. Pitches/strikes: Suchowiecki 115/74; Beaulieu 12/7; Fuda
28/10; Willimott 11/6; Serafin 115/67; Rembisz 13/8; Miles 38/23.
Strikeouts - Corvino; Donovan 3; Sayre 2; Wood; Barbato 2; Carey 2; Chapman 2;
Brault; Nolet 2; Morris 2; Massie. Walks - Wyland 2; Sayre; Barksdale; Chapman;
Brault; Heppner; Naimoli; Magrass.
Umpires - HP: Jeff Arthur 1B: Dan Deshaies 2B: Nik Martinelli 3B: Warren Bumpus
Start: 7:20pm Time: 3:21 Attendance: 757