Game 12 - May 31, 1999
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Salem, Virginia - St. Thomas University scored three runs in the opening inning and received outstanding pitching from Bryan Edstrom to post a 4-2 win over California Lutheran in an elimination game of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium.
Edstrom did not allow an earned run in seven and a third innings of work, and surrendered five singles to pick up the win. Chris Olean, the St. Thomas winner in their opening game, retired all five batters he faced to earn the save.
St. Thomas chased Cal Lutheran starter Brandt Childers in the first inning, as the Tommies had five consecutive players reach base. Childers surrendered a pair of hits and three walks to the five batters he faced. Rich Swenson hit a bases loaded single to open the scoring for the Tommies, and Brad Bonine walked with the bases loaded for the second run. Ray Noble added a RBI groundout to cap off a three-run first for St. Thomas.
Cal Lutheran got its only two runs of the game in the top of the second, manufacturing two unearned runs. Eric Medina led off the inning with a single and Chris Tahan reached on an error as Edstrom slipped trying to field the sacrifice bunt attempt. After a successful sacrifice bunt, Medina scored on a sacrifice fly by Jeremy Schlosser and Tahan crossed the plate after a wild pitch.
"We were hoping Edstrom would give us at least four innings today," said St. Thomas coach Dennis Denning. "He could have thrown a shutout but two strange plays (in the second inning) jinxed that. Aside from those plays, he throws a shutout."
St. Thomas added a run in the bottom of the second with Ryan Hartung reaching base after getting hit by a pitch, advancing to third on a single by Jake Mauer, and scoring on Matt Faulken's sacrifice fly. The run, which put the Tommies up 4-2, would prove to be the final run of the game.
After three hits in the opening two innings, St. Thomas managed just one hit over the final six innings. Cal Lutheran's Andy Super, who entered the game in the first inning, was outstanding in relief allowing just one hit over five and a third innings. Wayne Mahaffey allowed just one hit over two and two-thirds innings.
Despite just four hits in the game, St. Thomas had at least one base runner in six of their eight offensive innings. The Kingsmen took advantage of five Cal Lutheran walks and four hit batters, and three of St. Thomas' runs were scored by players who reached base because of walks and hit batters.
"Two runs on five hits will not win ball games, it doesn't matter who you are playing," said Cal Lutheran's Marty Slimak. "Edstrom threw well, and we could not get back-to-back hits all day long. We threatened early, but he shut us down."
St. Thomas (42-6) plays tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. against either North Carolina Wesleyan or William Paterson. Cal Lutheran ends its season with a 33-14 record.
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Cal Lutheran 2 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jeremy Schlosser 3b....... 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 Raudel Flores cf.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 Clint Britt 1b............ 3 0 1 0 1 1 14 1 Brian Malchow rf.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Brad Smith dh............. 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Plancich lf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Eric Buben ph............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Lawson lf............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Medina c............. 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 Chris Tahan ss............ 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 Ryan Yoshiwara 2b......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Brant Childers p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Super p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Wayne Mahaffey p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals.................... 30 2 5 1 3 4 24 16 St Thomas 4 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ryan Hartung 3b........... 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 Jake Mauer 2b............. 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 3 Matt Faulken dh........... 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Rich Swenson rf........... 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 Brad Bonine cf............ 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 Paul Rafferty 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 14 1 Ray Noble lf.............. 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Scott Christiansen ph/lf.. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Wilberg c............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 John Frein ss............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 Bryan Edstrom p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Chris Olean p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 24 4 4 4 5 3 27 17 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Cal Lutheran 020 000 000 - 2 5 1 St Thomas 310 000 00 - 4 4 3 ---------------------------------------------- E - Britt; Frein 2; Edstrom. DP - St Thomas 1. LOB - Cal Lutheran 7; St Thomas 6. SB - Mauer; Bonine. CS - B Smith; Mauer. SH - Tahan; Yoshiwara. SF - Schlosser; Faulken. Cal Lutheran IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Brant Childers...... 0.0 2 3 3 3 0 2 5 Andy Super.......... 5.1 1 1 1 2 3 14 21 Wayne Mahaffey...... 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 8 8 St Thomas IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Bryan Edstrom....... 7.1 5 2 0 3 3 25 31 Chris Olean......... 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 Win - Edstrom 5-0. Loss - Childers 0-1. Save - Olean (2). WP - Edstrom. HBP - by Super (Hartung); by Super (Wilberg); by Super (Faulken); by Super (Bonine). Umpires - Home:Thomas 1st:Vellek 2nd:Shelton 3rd:Reilly Start: 3:38 Time: 2:18 Attendance: 221 Childers faced 5 batters in the 1st.
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Cal Lutheran 020 000 000 - 2 5 1 St Thomas 310 000 00 - 4 4 3 ---------------------------------------------- Cal Lutheran inning 1 Schlosser struck out swinging. Flores walked. Britt struck out swinging. Malchow reached on an error by ss; Flores advanced to second. B Smith singled to third base; Malchow advanced to second; Flores advanced to third. Plancich flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. St Thomas inning 1 Hartung singled to left field. Mauer walked; Hartung advanced to second. Faulken walked; Mauer advanced to second; Hartung advanced to third. Swenson singled to right field, RBI; Faulken advanced to second; Mauer advanced to third; Hartung scored. Bonine walked, RBI; Swenson advanced to second; Faulken advanced to third; Mauer scored. Super to p for Childers. Rafferty flied out to lf. Noble grounded out to 2b, RBI; Bonine advanced to second; Swenson advanced to third; Faulken scored. Wilberg grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cal Lutheran inning 2 Medina singled to center field. Tahan reached on an error by p, SAC; Medina advanced to second. Yoshiwara grounded out to p, SAC; Tahan advanced to second; Medina advanced to third. Schlosser flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Tahan advanced to third; Medina scored, unearned. Tahan scored on a wild pitch, unearned. Flores grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. St Thomas inning 2 Frein struck out swinging. Hartung hit by pitch. Mauer singled to right field; Hartung advanced to third. Faulken flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Hartung scored. Mauer out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cal Lutheran inning 3 Britt flied out to rf. Malchow walked. B Smith reached on a fielder's choice; Malchow out at second 3b to 2b. Plancich grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St Thomas inning 3 Swenson struck out swinging. Bonine reached on an error by 1b. Bonine stole second. Rafferty walked. Noble flied out to cf. Wilberg hit by pitch; Rafferty advanced to second; Bonine advanced to third. Frein grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Cal Lutheran inning 4 Medina grounded out to ss. Tahan singled to right field. Yoshiwara grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Tahan out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St Thomas inning 4 Hartung walked. Hartung out at first p to 1b, picked off. Mauer grounded out to ss. Faulken hit by pitch. Swenson struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cal Lutheran inning 5 Schlosser struck out swinging. Flores grounded out to 3b. Britt walked. Malchow flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St Thomas inning 5 Bonine hit by pitch. Bonine out at first p to 1b, picked off. Rafferty grounded out to 2b. Noble grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cal Lutheran inning 6 B Smith singled to left field. B Smith out at first p to 1b to ss to 1b, caught stealing. Plancich popped up to ss. Medina reached on an error by ss. Tahan flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. St Thomas inning 6 Wilberg grounded out to 2b. Mahaffey to p for Super. Frein grounded out to 3b. Hartung grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cal Lutheran inning 7 Yoshiwara grounded out to ss. Schlosser grounded out to 2b. Flores grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St Thomas inning 7 Mauer singled to right field. Faulken flied out to lf. Mauer stole second, out at third cf to 3b. Swenson grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cal Lutheran inning 8 Britt singled to shortstop. Malchow grounded out to 1b unassisted; Britt advanced to second. Olean to p for Edstrom. B Smith grounded out to ss. Buben pinch hit for Plancich. Buben grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St Thomas inning 8 Lawson to lf for Buben. Bonine grounded out to 3b. Rafferty out at first 1b to p. Christiansen pinch hit for Noble. Christiansen grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cal Lutheran inning 9 Christiansen to lf. Medina struck out swinging. Tahan flied out to rf. Yoshiwara grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
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