AUBURNDALE, FLA. – William Paterson (5-5) opened its seven-inning doubleheader against Anderson, Ind. (7-8) with a 6-1 victory, but a final-inning rally cost the Pioneers a sweep after a 5-4 loss in the night cap March 13 at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.
Game One
Freshman
Kyle Weiner (Wyckoff, N.J./Bergen Catholic) allowed just one unearned run over 6.0 innings as WP started the day with a 6-1 win.
Freshman center fielder
Steven DiGirolamo (Dumont, N.J./Dumont) opened the game with a home run to right, and the Pioneers added two more in the third with an
Anthony Hoagland (Dumont, N.J./Dumont) walk, an
Eric Breun (Dumont, N.J./Dumont) run-scoring double to center and a
Dan Carter (Bloomfield, N.J./Bloomfield) RBI-single to left field.
Sophomore second baseman
Matt Ferrara (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) was hit by a one-out pitch and Hoagland singled to right before Breun delivered an RBI-single to right field for a 4-0 edge in the fourth.
A double, passed ball and failed pickoff allowed the Ravens to cross the plate during the bottom of the fifth inning.
Ferrara's two-out double was followed by a
Francis Deane (Dumont, N.J./Dumont) hit by pitch and Hoagland walk to load the bases for Breun in the sixth, and he drove in a pair of runs with a double to center field.
Breun finished 3-for-3 with two doubles, four RBI and a run scored, while Carter went 2-for-4 and drove in a runner.
Weiner (2-0) struck out 10 during 6.0 innings of work, scattering four hits and walking one. Junior
Eric Rosenberg (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) tossed the final 1.0 inning and gave up a hit.
Sophomore Thomas Parker was 2-for-3 for Anderson. Classmate Jackson Bland (0-2) surrendered six runs on seven hits and a walk, striking out seven in 5.2 innings.
Game Two
Anderson plated three runs in the top of the seventh for a 5-4 comeback victory.
A hit by pitch and double put the Ravens on the scoreboard during the second, but WP answered with a run of its own during its next at-bat. Deane was issued a leadoff walk before a fielder's choice and strikeout. Senior catcher
Jorge Solodkin (Short Hills, N.J./Millburn) hit a two-out single and DiGirolamo drew a base on balls, leading to a Carter RBI-single.
Freshman shortstop
Greg Cuevas (West New York, N.J./St. Mary (Rutherford)) walked and stole second with two outs in the third, and Deane drove him in with a double for a 2-1 edge.
A catcher's interference put Breun aboard to start the fifth, and after a
Carlos Perez (Hawthorne, N.J./Hawthorne) base on balls, freshman pinch runner
Evan Smith (Rutherford, N.J./Rutherford) replaced Breun at second. Cuevas sacrificed the runners up a base, and after Deane was intentionally walked to load the bags, Ferrara lifted a sacrifice fly to left.
The Ravens strung together a hit by pitch and a pair of base hits for a single run during the top of the sixth inning, but the Pioneers made it a 4-2 margin during the home half of the frame with a Carter single up the middle, balk and error.
A home run opened the top of the seventh for Anderson, and three consecutive singles loaded the bases with no one out. A long foulout scored a run, and a sacrifice fly pushed the Ravens ahead by a 5-4 count.
Carter led the offense with a 2-for-4 effort, adding an RBI and run scored.
Senior starter
Adam Miller (West Orange, N.J./West Orange) went 6.0 innings, giving up two runs on six hits while recording seven punchouts. Rosenberg (0-1) surrendered three runs and four hits in 0.1 inning, and junior
Doug Olcese (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) recorded the final two outs.
Senior shortstop Nick Butcher was 3-for-4 and hit a double and solo homer. Sophomore reliever Nick Jones (3-0) gave up a hit and unearned run, walking one and striking out one in 3.0 innings of work.
The Pioneers will face Ripon Wednesday, March 14, at 1:45 p.m.
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