Baseball Downs Georgetown 9-7 in Extra Innings
Connecticut
vs Georgetown (Mar 16, 2008)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(March 16, 2008)
— The University of Connecticut baseball team
defeated Georgetown 9-7 in 11 innings on Sunday afternoon at the Shirley Povich Field
to conclude the BIG EAST series against the Hoyas this weekend.
A late Husky rally in the top of
the 11th inning gave UConn its second straight victory as a wild
pitch by Georgetown's Alex Meyer scored Dennis Accomando
(Monroe, Conn.) from third. Meyer had just come into the game to
replace Daniel Kennedy on the mound for the Hoyas when the Huskies
scored.
UConn started the game by going
up 1-0 in the top of the first inning as sophomore Peter Fatse
(Hampden, Mass.) earned a walk to lead off the inning. Senior
co-captain Pat Mahoney (Des Moines, Iowa) continued his hot
streak with the bat as he singled to right field then advanced to
second on a wild pitch. Freshman Mike Olt (Branford, Conn.)
followed as he earned the first RBI of the game with a groundout to
second to score Fatse from third.
The Hoyas charged at the Huskies
in the bottom of the inning with five runs, to go up 5-1. The
inning's dominance was led by Georgetown's Dan Capeless, who
recorded a double down the right field line to score two.
In the top of the fourth, UConn
scored six runs as Olt led off the inning with a single to left
field. Freshman Mike Nemeth (Washington, N.J.) then doubled
down the right field line to advance Olt to third. Senior Matt
Karl (Wallingford, Conn.) hit a shot to left to score Olt as
freshman Joe Pavone (Rochester, N.Y.) followed with a single
of his own to score Nemeth.
Pavone and Karl both advanced
bases on a wild pitch as they were able to score on a hit by
Gordon Stevens (Vista, Calif.) and then a Georgetown fielding
error.
The Huskies went into the bottom
of the fourth up 7-5 but the Hoyas were able to tie the game at
seven as Capeless homered over the right field fence to score two.
After five scoreless innings,
UConn's Nemeth singled to center before Karl reached base on a
fielding error. Karl and Accomando, who came into the game to run
for Nemeth, both advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Pavone. After a
Hoya pitching change, Accomando scored the Huskies eighth run of the
game to take the lead. The Huskies added another run as freshman
Pierre LePage (Wolcott, Conn.) singled to right field to score
Karl from third.
Nemeth finished the day going
3-for-6 with one run scored while Fatse finished with two hits and
two RBIs.
UConn improves to 6-8 overall and
2-1 in the conference while Georgetown falls to 6-10 on the year and
1-2 in conference play.
The Huskies will return to action
on Tuesday, March 18 as they return to Connecticut and travel to
in-state rival Sacred Heart University. Game time is set for 3:30
p.m. at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard.
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