May
4, 2002
Knights
Split with Long Island
Eric
Brooks earns fifth win for Knights.
Brooklyn, NY (May 4, 2002)
-- The FDU baseball team split a NEC doubleheader with Long Island this
afternoon. The Knights took game two, 4-3, after falling 3-0 in
the opener.
Dan Barrios (4-7)
retired the last 11 batters for his third straight victory in the opener
for LIU. He only walked one over seven innings and faced just two
batters above the minimum.
The Blackbirds
(9-30, 6-17 NEC) tallied first in the fourth inning. Sophomore Anthony
Valvano (Lyndhurst, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) singled, stole second, took
third on a wild pitch and scored on a single up the middle by freshman
Thomas Bennett (Brooklyn, NY/James Madison). LIU gained a 2-0 cushion in
the fourth as sophomore Khyl Farrison (Suffern, NY/Rockland CC) doubled
and senior Tim Shoffler (Cape May, NJ/Wildwood Catholic) singled him
home with a bloop to right field. The final tally was in the fifth as
senior Justin Kotarski (Luzerne, PA/Misericordia) singled and, three
batters later, freshman Dustin Roach (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) lifted a
sacrifice fly to right.
Spring Valley, NY
native Gregg Pleeter (1-7) permitted three runs and six hits over six
innings with four walks and four strikeouts for the Knights (7-32,
5-18). Travis Alderman (Flanders, NJ) singled in the third inning and
Tom McLaughlin (Glendora, NJ) did likewise in the fourth.
The Knights
scored game two’s decisive run in the fifth inning. Matt Nugent
(Staten Island, NY) walked, took second on a passed ball and stole
third. Pat Geroni (Point Pleasant, NJ), who hit a solo homer in the
third inning to bring FDU to a 3-3 tie, grounded out to plate Nugent for
the last of his three RBI.
The Blackbirds
scored three times in the first inning for a 3-1 lead. Kotarski walked,
stole second, reached third on an error and scored on a fielder’s
choice by senior Mike Wilson (Brooklyn, NY/James Madison), who was
picked off later in the inning. Bennett and Farrison singled and both
scored when freshman Frank Zapata (Saugas, CA/Canyon) doubled off the
left-field wall.
Prior to
Geroni’s homer in the third, Nugent had an RBI groundout to score
Lenny Armenti (Bloomfield, NJ) for a 3-2 FDU deficit. The Knights
grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a run-scoring single by
Geroni.
Philadelphia, PA
product Eric Brooks (5-6) struck out six and yielded three runs -- one
earned -- and six hits over seven innings with three walks for FDU.
Watlerloo, NY freshman Shaun Keebler (1-8) struck out seven, but
surrendered four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits over 6 2/3
frames with two walks. Zapata and senior Mike Garbowski (New Fairfield,
CT/New Fairfield) finished with two hits.
These teams play
the rubber game of their three-game series Sunday at 12:00 pm.
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