May
11, 2002
Fairleigh
Dickinson Baseball Takes Two From Mount 7-2, 7-3
Pleeter,
Brooks pitch Knights to first sweep of year.
Box
Scores
Teaneck,
N.J. – Sophomore Gregg Pleeter (Spring Valley, N.Y.) and
junior Eric Brooks (Philadelphia, Pa.) tossed a pair of complete
games to help the Fairleigh Dickinson University baseball team to its
first doubleheader sweep this year, 7-2 and 7-3, over visiting Mount St.
Mary’s on Alumni Day this afternoon. On
the day, designated hitter Rob Cicarini (Dumont, N.J.)
went 5-for-7 with a run batted in, while second baseman Tom McLaughlin
(Glendora, N.J.) was 4-for-6 and left fielder Lenny Armenti
(Bloomfield, N.J.) 3-for-6 with four runs batted in.
The
Knights improved to 9-35 overall and 7-19 in Northeast Conference (NEC)
play, while the Mount dropped to 17-35 overall and 10-16 in the NEC.
In
game one, Mount St. Mary’s struck for a pair of runs on three hits and
an error in the first. The
Mount got run-scoring singles from right fielder Jason Weszka (Mount
Airy, Md.) and first baseman Jeff Koenig (Germantown, Md.) to
take the early lead. Pleeter settled down from there and allowed
just one more hit in the contest.
The Knights got one back in
the third on a sacrifice fly by Armenti.
They scored four more times in the fifth to take a 5-2 lead.
After McLaughlin led off with a bunt base hit and advanced
to second on an error, Armenti knocked him in with a double to
right center. Armenti
would later score on a double play ball and the Knights added two more
on singles by center fielder Travis Alderman (Flanders, N.J.) and
right fielder A.J. DiMichele (Centereach, N.Y.). First baseman Pat Geroni (Pt. Pleasant, N.J.) gave the
Knights some insurance in the sixth with a two-run single.
Pleeter (2-7) fanned
seven and allowed just four hits to earn his second collegiate win.
Fairleigh Dickinson scored
first in game two as shortstop Mike Knorr (Staten Island, N.Y.)
was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the second.
McLaughlin led the bottom of the third off with a triple
and was plated on a successful squeeze by Armenti to put the
Knights up 2-0. Later in
the inning Cicarini gave the Knights a 3-0 advantage with a run
scoring single.
The two teams traded runs in
the fourth and after Fairleigh Dickinson went back up 5-1 in the fifth,
the Mount struck for a pair in the sixth.
Designated hitter Chris Staub (Westminster, Md.) led it
off with a double to left center. Center
fielder Mike Freundel (Fort Washington, Md.) drove Staub
in with a double and Weszka later drove in the other run with a
sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to 5-3.
The Knights answered with two
runs of their own in the bottom of the frame.
McLaughlin was hit by a pitch with one out and Armenti
followed by reaching on an infield error.
Nugent then put the game away with a two run double.
Brooks (6-6) struck out
eight, allowed just four hits and one earned run to earn his
team-leading sixth win of the season.
The two teams will complete
their three-game series on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
Alumni Game, 5-11-02
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Lenny Armenti went
3-for-6 with four runs batted in to help the Knights to a sweep of
Mount St. Mary's on Saturday.
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