APRIL 22, 2005
BOB ZIADIE
FDU BASEBALL RALLIES PAST KING'S, 9-8
WILKES-BARRE - Visiting FDU-Florham overcame a 6-1 deficit and pushed
across three runs in the eighth inning to post a 9-8 come-from-behind
victory over host King's College Friday at Betzler Fields.
The win improved FDU to 18-8 overall and 7-5 in the MAC Freedom
Conference. King's, meanwhile, slipped to 17-10 and 6-7 in league play.
After FDU scored a run its first at-bat, the Monarchs answered with two
in the bottom of the first when Jason Siebert and Josh Faust singled,
followed by RBI singles Jeremy Faust and Rob Medlock. The Monarchs added
two more in the second inning When Dan Buckley singled on moved to third
on a base hit from Vince Budzyn. After Matt Livoy walked to advance
Budzyn to second base, Jeremy Faust drilled a two-run single up the
middle to give the Monarchs a 4-1 lead.
In the fifth, the Monarchs added two more runs when Jeremy Faust tripled
and scored on a wild pitch. Jeff Wells would double before scoring on a
base hit from Medlock as the Monarch lead grew to 6-1.
FDU, though would respond with five runs in the sixth to tie the score
at 6-6. King's answer immediate with a run in each of the sixth and
seventh innings to take a 8-6 lead.
But in the top of the eighth inning, Rob Porcaro had an RBI double,
followed by a run-scoring single from Luke Cittone and an RBI double by
Jim DaSilva to give the Devils a 9-8 lead. King's would advance runner
to second base in both the eighth and ninth frames but were unable to
score as FDU walked away with the victory.
Jeremy Faust led the Monarchs' 15-hit attack with a 3-for-3, two-run,
two RBI effort. Medlock was 3-for-4 with two RBI while Josh Faust was
2-for-5 with two RBI. Jeff Wells added two hits while Jason Siebert
scored two runs for the Monarchs. Tim Granquist took the loss in relief
of starter Paul Giovannoli. Granquist allowed one run on two hits with
three walks in two innings of work.
Cittone paced FDU by going 4-for-6 with a double and two runs. DaSilva
was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI. D.J. Hanna and Porcaro had two
hits each. Kyle Sternadori picked up the win relief of starter Ryan
Flannery while Chris Voitsberge received a save.
King's and FDU are slated to square off again Saturday in a 1:00 p.m.
doubleheader in Madison, NJ
