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St. Mary's City, Md. - St. Mary's College of
Maryland and Catholic University played to a 3-3 draw in 13 innings
in non-conference baseball action Thursday afternoon.
The last six innings of the game were a pitching duel between
freshman righty Greg Weidner (Hastings-on-Hudson,
N.Y./Hastings) and Catholic's pitching staff as the Cardinals went
to the bullpen five times. Weidner pitched
7.0 solid innings of relief, giving up just one hit while striking
out three and walking only one. He retired 18 straight
batters from the last out in the seventh inning to the second out
in the 13th inning before yielding his first and only hit.
The Seahawks (14-17-1) posted a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the
third inning on a two-out, two-run single by freshman Matt
Streich (E. Greenwich, R.I./E. Greenwich). Freshmen
Bobby Corton (Owings Mills, Md./Calvert Hall) and
Matt Baden (Sunderland, Md./Huntingtown) crossed
home plate for SMCM. Corton had singled to
right field, stole second and advanced to third on
Baden's infield single.
Baden went to second on a walk to senior captain
Jay Benedetti (Laurel, Md./Hammond).
Catholic (13-11-1) captured the lead in the top of the seventh
inning as a line drive by senior Mike Goodman
(Brookville, Md./Sherwood) that was knocked down by the back of
senior right-hander Ryan D'Antuono's (Ellicott
City, Md./Howard) leg sparked the Cardinals. Junior
Joe Devine (Medford Lakes, N.J.) tripled to right
center with no outs to score Goodman and senior
Robbie O'Brien (Columbia, Md./Long Reach).
Goodman had stolen second, while O'Brien walked. A single to
left field by senior Matt Rosner (Cherry Hill,
N.J.) drove in Devine.
With the Cardinals up 3-2 and no outs on the board,
Weidner relieved D'Antuono and
got the first batter he faced to hit into a double play. He
walked the subsequent batter and then got a pop up to second base
to end the inning.
D'Antuono left the game with 6.0 strong innings under his belt,
striking out eight and walking two with three runs on four
hits. Baden was the only Seahawk to notch multiple hits with
two.
St. Mary's knotted the contest at 3-3 in bottom of the seventh
when junior Jason Turen (Clarksville, Md./River
Hill) connected on a leadoff single, advanced to second on a
sacrifice hit by junior Blake Beaudoin (Damascus,
Md./Damascus), went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sac
fly to center by sophomore Jacen Killebrew (La
Plata, Md./La Plata).
Five different Cardinals each notched a hit, while freshman
right-hander Drew Hoffmaster (Brookeville,
Md./Sherwood) started on the mound for CUA, throwing 6.1 innings
with three strikeouts, one walk and three runs on five hits.
The Seahawks return to action this Saturday when St. Mary's
travels to Washington, D.C. to face Gallaudet University in their
final two games of the conference three-game series at noon.
