University of Massachusets Athletics
Wednesday, April 18
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Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics
Siena Holds Off UMass Baseball, 5-1
April 18, 2018 | Baseball
Fry knocked in the lone run of the game for the Minutemen with an eighth inning pinch hit single
AMHERST, Mass. – Siena opened the afternoon's scoring with two runs in the third inning and built a lead that would not be surmounted as the Saints topped the UMass baseball team, 5-1, on Wednesday at Earl Lorden Field. The lone run for the Minutemen came in the last of the eighth, when Marcus Fry stepped to the plate in a pinch hit situation and singled to score Alec Norton.
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Nolan Kessinger went 2-for-4 with a double and two other Minutemen in Ryan Lever and Norton contributed two-baggers. Norton's day saw the junior reach base safely for the 10th consecutive game.
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With one out in the third and following a fielding error, Joe Drpich placed a double down the right field line to plate the first run of the day for Siena as Marcos Campos came in from second base. Brian Kelly then skied a high fly ball to right field that was caught in foul territory but allowed Phil Madonna to tag and cross from third, moving the score to 2-0.
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That remained the margin until the eighth. A wild pitch allowed Campos to score, then in the aftermath of two errors Madonna gave the Saints their fourth run of the day on a Jonathan Crimmin grounder.
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Fry's RBI base hit was set up when Norton led off the bottom half of the eighth and smacked the first pitch he saw down the left field line for a double. Siena, however, would get that run back in the top of the ninth after Drpich doubled to deep right center in a play that scored Madonna from first base.
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Twice the Minutemen stranded runners at third base, contributing to a total of 11 men left on for the game.
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Tim Zehnbauer (1-0) collected the win in the midst of five different Siena arms that saw action. UMass' Sam Cooper (0-2) went five innings in his start and allowed just one earned run, but ultimately took the loss.
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La Salle opens a three-game Atlantic 10 series with the Minutemen on Fri., April 20 at 3 p.m. from Earl Lorden Field.
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For the latest news and updates around UMass baseball, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @UMassBaseball.
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Nolan Kessinger went 2-for-4 with a double and two other Minutemen in Ryan Lever and Norton contributed two-baggers. Norton's day saw the junior reach base safely for the 10th consecutive game.
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With one out in the third and following a fielding error, Joe Drpich placed a double down the right field line to plate the first run of the day for Siena as Marcos Campos came in from second base. Brian Kelly then skied a high fly ball to right field that was caught in foul territory but allowed Phil Madonna to tag and cross from third, moving the score to 2-0.
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That remained the margin until the eighth. A wild pitch allowed Campos to score, then in the aftermath of two errors Madonna gave the Saints their fourth run of the day on a Jonathan Crimmin grounder.
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Fry's RBI base hit was set up when Norton led off the bottom half of the eighth and smacked the first pitch he saw down the left field line for a double. Siena, however, would get that run back in the top of the ninth after Drpich doubled to deep right center in a play that scored Madonna from first base.
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Twice the Minutemen stranded runners at third base, contributing to a total of 11 men left on for the game.
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Tim Zehnbauer (1-0) collected the win in the midst of five different Siena arms that saw action. UMass' Sam Cooper (0-2) went five innings in his start and allowed just one earned run, but ultimately took the loss.
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La Salle opens a three-game Atlantic 10 series with the Minutemen on Fri., April 20 at 3 p.m. from Earl Lorden Field.
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For the latest news and updates around UMass baseball, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @UMassBaseball.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Zehnbauer, Tim (1-0)
L: Cooper, Sam (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Drpich, Joe 2
RBI: Drpich, Joe 2 ; Kelly, Brian 1
SH: Madonna, Phil 2
SF: Kelly, Brian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Campos, Marcos 2 ; Madonna, Phil 3
SB: Campos, Marcos 1
HBP: Drpich, Joe 1
Batting:
2B: Lever, Ryan 1 ; Kessinger, Nolan 1 ; Norton, Alec 1
RBI: Fry, Marcus 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Norton, Alec 1
CS: Fry, Marcus 1
HBP: Kessinger, Nolan 1
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