March 14, 2009
Box Score
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Binghamton starting pitchers Jeff Dennis and Murphy Smith limited the University of Maryland Eastern Shore baseball team to two runs in a non-conference doubleheader sweep, 4-1 and 13-1, at Hawks Stadium Saturday.
UMES, which fell to 2-14 with the losses, outhit the Bearcats in the first game, 7-6, but were victims of the big inning in the second game. Binghamton (3-6) recorded innings of two, three and eight runs to put the game out of reach.
In game one Dennis (1-2) threw a complete game, allowing just the one run with five strikeouts and two walks. Smith followed that up with seven innings of one-hit, one-run ball in game two.
UMES designated hitter Jorge Pichardo (La Vega, Dominican Republic) was 2-for-3 at the plate in the first game of the day with a run scored and catcher Ben Vasko (San Diego, Calif.) took a 2-for-3 of his own. Right fielder Franklin Armstrong (Trenton, N.J.) went 2-for-3 for the Hawks in the second game.
The Bearcats got on the board first with two in the second inning of game one off of UMES right-hander Cameron Zimmerman (Harrisburg, Pa.). After a pair of singles and a walk loaded the bases, C.J. Lukaszewski beat out a dribbler to third for an RBI single, scoring Kyle Klee. Peter Bregartner then made it 2-0 on a fielder's choice to short as Dave Ciocchi came across.
Ciocchi drove in the Bearcats' only run of the third with a sacrifice fly to center field bringing in Joe Charron for a 3-0 advantage.
The Hawks cut the lead to two when Pichardo came around on a Phil Vaughn (Clinton, Md.) bunt single. Pichardo singled to right to start the inning and stole second. He advanced to third on an error by Lukaszewski behind the plate which allowed Remo Orsini (Elkton, Md.) to take first on a strikeout.
UMES threatened in the bottom of the fourth with back-to-back one-out singles from Vasko and Pichardo before Dennis induced a double-play ball to third by Orsini to end the inning.
Binghamton added an insurance run in the sixth for a 4-1 lead. Lukaszewski picked up Ciocchi from second with a two-out base hit to right.
Zimmerman took the loss, surrendering the four runs, six hits but struck out six.
Binghamton played longball in game two, belting four home runs. Matt Simone had a two-run shot to left in the fourth inning, Corey Taylor had a solo job to left in the fifth, Jeff Abrams hit another two-run homer in the sixth and Klee rounded out the roundtrippers in the eighth off of reliever Brian White (Virginia Beach, Va.).
The Hawks only run of the game came on a Tyler Love (Palmyra, Pa.) RBI groundout to knot the game at one in the bottom of the third. Armstrong came in from third on the play after tripling to right field to start the inning.
Lefty John DesChamps (Virginia Beach, Va.) started on the mound for UMES, going six and giving up 13 hits and seven runs to fall to 1-3 on the season.
Klee finished the doubleheader 5-for-9 with four runs and three RBIs for Binghamton.
The Hawks look to salvage the final game of the three-game set with the Bearcats with first pitch slated for noon on Sunday.
