St. Thomas Aquinas vs Franklin Pierce (May 14, 2015)

 
Box Score
 

NCAA DII Baseball Championship
St. Thomas Aquinas at #1 Franklin Pierce
May 14, 2015 at Rindge, N.H. (Pappas Field)

St. Thomas Aquinas 3 (28-17-1)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Pena 2b 
Susana 3b 
Gargan lf 
Dingcong rf 
Santo 1b 
Fischer ss 
Cesca c 
Hirsch dh 
   Del Priore ph 
Baerga cf 
Kostalos p 
Totals  32  27  10 
  

Franklin Pierce 0 (46-3)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Sheehan, Ma cf 
Jabs 3b 
Razzino rf 
Walsh c 
O'Herron 1b  11 
LaVorgna dh 
Hood 2b 
White lf 
Brock ss 
Lundin p 
   Fahey p 
Totals  32  27  16 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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St. Thomas Aquinas.. 003 000 000 -  3  9  1
Franklin Pierce..... 000 000 000 -  0  6  3
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E - Fischer(16); Jabs 2(9); Fahey(2). DP - STAC 1; FPU 1. LOB - STAC 5; FPU 7. 2B - Dingcong(14); Santo(3). 3B - Jabs(6). HBP - White. SB - Pena(18); Dingcong(9); Santo(1); Baerga(4). CS - Gargan(7); Santo(1); Razzino(4).

St. Thomas Aquinas   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
Kostalos W,8-4  9.0  32  34  10 
  
Franklin Pierce   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
Lundin L,8-1  4.0  18  21 
Fahey   5.0  14  14 

Win - Kostalos (8-4). Loss - Lundin (8-1). Save - None. WP - Kostalos(7). HBP - by Kostalos (White).

Umpires - HP: Carlos Guzman 1B: Paul McColgan 2B: David Speranza 3B: Bob
Start: 10:56 AM Time: 2:28 Attendance: 281
Game notes: NCAA Championship East Regional: Game 1. No. 1/3 FPU seeded first; STAC seeded sixth. Winner plays at 3 PM Friday vs. SNHU/Wilmington loser (7 p.m. Thursday). Loser plays at 11 AM Friday vs. Stonehill/Dowling loser (3 p.m. Thursday).
Lundin faced 1 batter in the 5th.

 
Play-by-Play
 

NCAA DII Baseball Championship
St. Thomas Aquinas at #1 Franklin Pierce
May 14, 2015 at Rindge, N.H. (Pappas Field)

St. Thomas Aquinas starters: 4/2b Pena; 9/3b Susana; 24/lf Gargan; 47/rf Dingcong; 22/1b Santo; 2/ss Fischer; 30/c Cesca; 23/dh Hirsch; 13/cf Baerga; 10/p Kostalos;

Franklin Pierce starters: 7/cf Sheehan, Ma; 21/3b Jabs; 3/rf Razzino; 26/c Walsh; 5/1b O'Herron; 1/dh LaVorgna; 10/2b Hood; 18/lf White; 9/ss Brock; 36/p Lundin;

St. Thomas Aquinas 1st - Pena grounded out to 2b. Susana struck out swinging. Gargan grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 1st - Sheehan, Ma popped up to 3b. Jabs tripled down the rf line. Ball scalded inside line at 1B, past diving first baseman, into corner. Razzino reached on a fielder's choice, bunt; Jabs out at home p to c. Razzino out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

St. Thomas Aquinas 2nd - Dingcong doubled down the lf line. Dingcong advanced to third. Obstruction called on SS on pickoff attempt by C. Santo struck out swinging. Fischer struck out looking. Cesca walked. Hirsch grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 2nd - Walsh grounded out to ss. O'Herron grounded out to ss. LaVorgna singled to right field. Hood flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

St. Thomas Aquinas 3rd - Baerga singled to shortstop. Broken-bat nubber under the glove of pitcher and out behind mound. Baerga stole second. Pena singled to third base, bunt; Baerga advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by 3b. Barehand and throw by 3B, who throws ball away, allowing run to score. Pena stole second. Susana grounded out to 2b; Pena advanced to third. Gargan struck out swinging. Dingcong singled through the left side, RBI; Pena scored. Chopper over head of leaping 3B, out of range of SS, and into LF. Santo singled up the middle; Dingcong advanced to second. #27 Paul Fahey (RHP) throwing in FPU bullpen. Santo stole second; Dingcong stole third. Fischer walked. Cesca singled up the middle, RBI; Fischer advanced to second, out at second cf to 1b to ss; Santo advanced to third; Dingcong scored. 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 3rd - White hit by pitch. Brock struck out looking. Sheehan, Ma popped up to 2b. Jabs grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

St. Thomas Aquinas 4th - Hirsch grounded out to 3b. Baerga reached on a throwing error by 3b. Baerga out at first p to 1b, picked off. Pena walked. Susana struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 4th - Razzino struck out swinging. Walsh struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. O'Herron struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

St. Thomas Aquinas 5th - Gargan singled to center field. Fahey to p for Lundin. Gargan advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. Gargan out at third p to 3b, caught stealing. Dingcong flied out to cf. Santo struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 5th - LaVorgna grounded out to 2b. Hood singled through the left side. Hood advanced to second on a wild pitch. White lined out to p. Line drive it straight into P's glove. In & out of glove, held against chest for out. Brock walked. Sheehan, Ma singled to right field; Brock advanced to second; Hood advanced to third. Jabs popped up to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

St. Thomas Aquinas 6th - Fischer grounded out to 2b. Cesca struck out looking. Hirsch grounded out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 6th - Razzino struck out swinging. Walsh grounded out to 3b. O'Herron struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

St. Thomas Aquinas 7th - Baerga grounded out to p, bunt. Pena singled up the middle. Susana grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Pena out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 7th - LaVorgna flied out to rf. Hood grounded out to 3b. White reached on a fielding error by ss, advanced to second on the error. Hot shot through legs of SS; hustled to 2B to beat throw from CF. Brock struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

St. Thomas Aquinas 8th - Gargan flied out to cf. Dingcong struck out looking. Santo doubled down the lf line. Santo out at second p to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 8th - Sheehan, Ma singled through the left side. Jabs flied out to cf to left center. Razzino flied into double play rf to 1b; Sheehan, Ma out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

St. Thomas Aquinas 9th - Fischer struck out looking. Cesca flied out to lf to left center. Del Priore pinch hit for Hirsch. Del Priore grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Franklin Pierce 9th - Walsh flied out to rf. O'Herron singled through the right side. #42 Nick May (LHP) throwing in STAC bullpen. LaVorgna struck out swinging. Hood fouled out to c. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.