Dukes bats, Ness'
pitching powers Pittsfield winning streak to three
By: Michael Radomski
(MANCHESTER, CT)- Michael
Ness (Duke) pitched six shutout innings and the Dukes' bats supplied
the offense in an 11-0 shutout of the Manchester Silkworms this
evening.
Silkworm starter Nick Noblit (American International) allowed
leadoff singles in the 1st and 2nd innings but managed to keep the
Dukes off the board through the first four. Ness was also setting
down the opposition as he only allowed three hits and no walks
through his six scoreless innings.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Dukes would break the game open,
sending 11 hitters to the plate in a 6 run inning. The inning began
with Jake Rosenbeck (Buffalo) reaching on an error on first baseman
J.D. Broderick (West Virginia State). Jason Martin (San Jose State)
then hit a single and Craig Hertler (San Jose State) sacrificed the
two runners over. After getting J.T. Musso (BYU) to lineout, Noblit
would intentionally walk Chris Edmondson (Le Moyne College) to load
up the bases with two outs.
A wild pitch would score Rosenbeck from third and give the Dukes the
1-0 lead. Another walk to Jason Krizan (Dallas Baptist) loaded the
bases and Jayson Langfels (Eastern Kentucky) ripped a two run single
to increase the lead to 3.
The red hot Matt Adams (Slippery Rock) continued the inning with a
two run double, giving Pittsfield a commanding 5-0 lead. Kevin
Clements then followed with an RBI single, the third straight hit
for Pittsfield, to bring the lead to 6.
After Rosenbeck singled in his 2nd at bat of the inning, Martin
stepped in with the bases loaded and two outs. The Dukes might have
scored more if not for a diving stop by Sean O'Hara (Harvard) at
third and throw on to first to beat Martin. J.D. Broderick scooped
the one hopper but was hurt on the play and was taken to the
hospital.
After a long inning, Ness went out for the fifth and set down
Manchester 1-2-3, sending the Dukes' bats right back out for the
sixth.
The Dukes would continue the damage against reliever Michael Anarumo
(Le Moyne College) as they put up another four runs as Pittsfield
would sent another 10 hitters to the plate in the inning. Edmondson
and Rosenbeck would both hit RBI singles as the Dukes extended the
lead to 10.
Ness would go out and throw in the sixth inning, his final inning of
work, only facing three hitters above the minimum in his third
victory of the season.
Jake Sabol (Central Michigan) and Luke Mazzanti (San Jose State)
would keep Manchester scoreless over the final three innings, only
allowing one hit, extending the Dukes winning streak to three.
Pittsfield would go on to score another run in the ninth and win the
game 11-0. The Dukes stay in a first place tie with Torrington in
the South Division with an 8-8 record. Pittsfield will travel back
home tonight and host the Danbury Westerners tomorrow night in a
five o'clock contest with Louie Bernardini (Wheaton College) as the
probable starter.
Manchester extends their losing streak to five in a row with the
loss. Their record drops to 6-9 on the season as the Silkworms will
travel to Torrington and face the Twisters in a six o'clock
showdown. James Kukucka (Eastern CT State University) is the slated
starter.
