APRIL 8, 2002
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S BASEBALL FALLS TO MARYWOOD,
7-6
SCRANTON -- Brian Blaum tripled then
scored the eventual game-winning run
on
a wild pitch in the seventh as Marywood
University defeated King's College 7-6
Monday in Scranton.
With the game tied 6-6, Blaum led off
the seventh with a triple to the right
centerfield
gap. Two pitches later, Blaum would score on Monarch hurler Ryan
Kropa's errant offering with would prove to be the game-winning run.
With the loss, the Monarchs fall to
8-15-1 while Marywood improved to 9-12.
King's trailed 3-1 enter the fourth
inning Kalym DeJesus walked and Jeremy
Sauers
was hit by a pitch. After a single by Kyle Newberry loaded the bases,
DeJesus scored on a wild pitch. Newberry
would later scored on a fielder's choice
before Dan Buckley reached base on a fielderšs choice and eventually
scored on a bases-loaded walk. King's
took a 6-4 lead in the fifth when Jason
Melendez walked and Jon Deroba was hit by a pitch. After a sacrifice
bunt by Charlie Jenkins advanced the
runners, Sauers tripled in two runs and would
then score himself on a wild pitch.
Marywood added run in the fifth when
Blaum hit his first triple of the day
and
scored on an infield grounder to cut the Monarchs lead to 6-5. The
Pacers knotted
the score with a run in the sixth when Dan Gumble singled scored on
an RBI double by Ryan Federico, setting
up the decisive seventh inning.
Sauers led King's with a 2-for-3 effort
while Kyle Newberry and Melendez
were
both 2-for-4. Marywood was led by Blaum
who posted two doubles and scored a pair
of runs while Federico, Chris McHugh, and A.J. Thompson had two hits
apiece for the Pacers.
The Monarchs will be idle until Friday
when King's hosts cross-town rival
Wilkes
University at 3:00 p.m. in a nine-inning single game at Betzler
Fields. The two teams will then meet
again in a doubleheader Saturday at 1:00
p.m. at Ralston Field, Kingston.
