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Salisbury, Md. - The St. Mary's College of
Maryland baseball team squandered a four-run lead in the ninth as
Wesley College tallied five runs in the bottom of the ninth to post
a come-from-behind 12-11 win in the third round of the 2009 Capital
Athletic Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon. The third
and fourth rounds of the tournament are being played at Sea Gull
Field at Salisbury University, the top seed in the tournament.
St. Mary's (14-18) was one out away from advancing to Sunday's
championship round before the Wolverines (24-13-1), who were down
the entire game, knocked in five runs on three hits and three
errors to eliminate the fifth-seeded Seahawks from the tournament.
The two teams walked a combined 23 batters - 13 walks by the
Seahawk pitching staff and 10 for the Wesley bullpen.
Freshman RHP DJ Keckler (Fallston,
Md./Fallston) notched the win on the mound for Wesley after getting
senior catcher J.P. Debrowski (Sykesville,
Md./Glenelg) to pop up to second base to keep St. Mary's scoreless
in the ninth.
Junior infielder Grant Morlock (Bel Air,
Md./Fallston) led the Wolverines at the plate with a 3-for-5
effort, while driving in one run and scoring one as well.
Morlock also stole two bases, while freshman
infielder Greg McKee (Dover, Del./Caesar Rodney)
and senior catcher Alex Carter (Dover, Del./Caesar
Rodney) each had two hits.
St. Mary's exploded for six runs in the first inning as
Debrowski connected on a three-run double down the
right field line followed by sophomore right fielder Bobby
Corton's (Owings Mills, Md./Calvert Hall) three-run long
ball to left field. It was Corton's first
career home run.
Wesley closed the gap to 6-4 with two runs in the second inning
and two more in the fourth.
The Seahawks chalked up another big inning with five runs in the
sixth for a seven-run cushion. Wesley's senior LHP
Chris Koch (Hyattsville, Md./Bishop McNamara) hit
Debrowski with bases loaded for St. Mary's first
run then he walked sophomore leftfielder Mark
Dattilio (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) for the
second. Junior first baseman Jon Gill's
(Owings Mills, Md./Park) sac fly and Corton's
single through the right side drove in the other two runs.
The Wolverines tacked on two runs in the sixth and one in the
seventh to only be down four before their ninth inning rally.
Freshman closer Matt Siciliano (Ardmore,
Pa./Lower Merion) was saddled with the loss after giving up five
runs (two earned) on four hits in 2.1 innings.
Junior outfielders Jacen Killebrew (La Plata,
Md./La Plata) and Justin Rabon (Charlotte Hall,
Md./La Plata), Debrowski, and
Corton each had two hits apiece, while
Debrowski and Corton drove in
four runs each.
The Seahawks return to action on Wednesday, April 22 when St.
Mary's hosts Washington (Md.) College at 3:00 at the Hawk's
Nest.
2009 CAC Baseball Tournament
Thursday, April 16 (at site of highest remaining
seed)
Game 1: No. 1 seed Salisbury d. No. 6
seed Mary Washington, 7-3
Game 2: No. 2 seed York d. No. 5 seed
St. Mary's, 6-0
Game 3: No. 4 seed Stevenson d. No.
3 seed Wesley, 6-5
Friday, April 17 (at site of highest remaining seed)
Game 4: St. Mary's d. Mary
Washington, 6-5 (10 innings)
Game 5: Wesley d. Salisbury, 4-2
Game 6: Stevenson d. York, 16-11
Saturday, April 18 (at Salisbury University - Salisbury,
Md.)
Game 7: Salisbury d. York, 5-4.
Game 8: Wesley d. St. Mary's,
12-11
Game 9: Salisbury d. Stevenson, 21-2
Sunday, April 19 (at Salisbury University - Salisbury,
Md.)
Game 10: Wesley vs. Stevenson - Noon
Game 11: Salisbury vs. Game 10 winner - 4:00
