NCAA Division III Championship Third Round
Trinity College 8, Johns Hopkins University 5
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium Grand Chute, Wis.



Box Score

                      NCAA Div. III Baseball Championship
                     Johns Hopkins Univ. vs Trinity College
               5/25/08 at Grand Chute, Wis. (Fox Cities Stadium)

Johns Hopkins Univ. 5 (40-7)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Dan Merzel lf............  4  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   1
 Chris Huisman ph........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
 Isaac Katz pr...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Brian Youchak rf.........  4  1  0  0   1  1  3  0   0
Rob Pietroforte cf.......  5  0  0  0   0  3  1  0   1
Todd Emr 3b..............  4  2  3  0   0  0  0  0   0
Jonas Fester ss..........  4  1  1  1   0  1  4  1   1
Jon Solomon dh...........  4  1  2  1   0  0  0  0   0
Tony Margve c............  4  0  2  2   0  0  6  0   0
Matt Benchener 1b........  4  0  2  1   0  1  5  0   3
Nate Adelman 2b..........  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   1
Brian Duddie p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Pat Steffee p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
 Marco Simmons p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Greg Harbeck p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Matt Wiegand p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Pete Smith p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37  5 10  5   2  7 24  8   7

Trinity College 8 (44-0)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Jack Abbott lf...........  5  1  2  1   0  1  2  0   0
Ryan Piacentini 2b.......  5  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   2
Sean Killeen c...........  3  2  2  1   1  0  7  0   0
Kent Graham 1b...........  4  0  1  1   0  0  7  0   0
James Wood rf............  4  1  2  3   0  1  5  0   1
Thomas DiBendetto ss.....  3  1  0  0   1  0  5  4   1
Chandler Barnard p/dh....  3  1  2  0   0  0  0  1   0
Matt Sullivan cf.........  4  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   2
Tim Bourdon 3b...........  4  1  2  1   0  0  0  0   0
 Michael Regan p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 35  8 12  7   2  5 27  5   6

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Johns Hopkins Univ.. 010 010 030 -  5 10  1
Trinity College..... 301 100 12X -  8 12  0
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E - Nate Adelman. LOB - JHU 7; TC 6. 2B - Todd Emr(18); Tony Margve(8); M.
Benchener 2(16); C. Barnard(8). 3B - K. Graham(5). HR - J. Wood(12). SH - C.
Barnard.

Johns Hopkins Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Brian Duddie........  3.0  7  5  4  0  1 16 16
Pat Steffee.........  3.2  3  1  1  1  4 14 15
Marco Simmons.......  0.1  0  1  1  1  0  1  2
Greg Harbeck........  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
Matt Wiegand........  0.1  1  1  1  0  0  2  2
Pete Smith..........  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2

Trinity College        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Chandler Barnard....  7.2 10  5  5  1  6 33 34
Michael Regan.......  1.1  0  0  0  1  1  4  5

Win - C. Barnard (11-0).  Loss - Brian Duddie (5-1).  Save - M. Regan (2).
WP - Pat Steffee; M. Regan.
Umpires - HP: Robin Johnson  1B: Greg Woodle  2B: Todd Olinger  3B: Don Gollar
Start: 6:59 pm   Time: 2:47   Attendance: 1858
Game notes:
TC extends winning streak to 44 games and advances to national championship
on 5/27 at 11 am...JHU will play on 5/26 at 3:30 pm...TC scores three runs
on five hits in first and adds a pair of two-out runs in eighth...JHU's
Youchak has 28-game hit streak snapped...JHU scores 3 two-out runs in 8th.
Brian Duddie faced 1 batter in the 4th.
M. Simmons faced 1 batter in the 8th.
Game: 11


Play-by-Play

                      NCAA Div. III Baseball Championship
             Johns Hopkins Univ. vs Trinity College - Play-by-Play
               5/25/08 at Grand Chute, Wis. (Fox Cities Stadium)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Johns Hopkins Univ.. 010 010 030 -  5 10  1
Trinity College..... 301 100 12X -  8 12  0
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Johns Hopkins Univ. starters: 6/lf Dan Merzel; 4/rf B. Youchak; 32/cf
Pietroforte; 18/3b Todd Emr; 3/ss Jonas Fester; 2/dh Jon Solomon; 21/c Tony
Margve; 31/1b M. Benchener; 5/2b Nate Adelman; 11/p Brian Duddie;
Trinity College starters: 9/lf J. Abbott; 8/2b Piacentini; 10/c S. Killeen;
6/1b K. Graham; 22/rf J. Wood; 5/ss DiBenedetto; 4/p C. Barnard; 3/cf M.
Sullivan; 7/3b T. Bourdon;

Johns Hopkins Univ. 1st - Dan Merzel popped up to ss. B. Youchak
grounded out to ss. Pietroforte flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Trinity College 1st - J. Abbott singled up the middle. Piacentini
singled through the left side; J. Abbott advanced to second. S. Killeen singled
through the left side, RBI; Piacentini advanced to third; J. Abbott scored. K.
Graham grounded out to p; S. Killeen advanced to second. J. Wood singled
through the right side, 2 RBI; S. Killeen scored; Piacentini scored.
DiBenedetto flied out to rf. C. Barnard singled through the right side; J. Wood
advanced to third. M. Sullivan reached on a fielder's choice; C. Barnard out at
second 2b to ss. 3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Johns Hopkins Univ. 2nd - Todd Emr doubled to right field. Jonas Fester
struck out swinging. Jon Solomon flied out to cf. Tony Margve singled to center
field, RBI; Todd Emr scored. M. Benchener reached on a fielder's choice; Tony
Margve out at second ss unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Trinity College 2nd - T. Bourdon lined out to ss. J. Abbott struck out
looking. Piacentini fouled out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Johns Hopkins Univ. 3rd - Nate Adelman grounded out to ss. Dan Merzel
struck out looking. B. Youchak struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Trinity College 3rd - S. Killeen popped up to ss. K. Graham flied out to
lf. J. Wood homered to center field, RBI. DiBenedetto flied out to lf. 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Johns Hopkins Univ. 4th - Pietroforte struck out swinging. Todd Emr
grounded out to ss. Jonas Fester popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.

Trinity College 4th - C. Barnard doubled down the lf line. Pat Steffee
to p for Brian Duddie. M. Sullivan struck out swinging. T. Bourdon reached on a
fielding error by 2b; C. Barnard scored, unearned. J. Abbott reached on a
fielder's choice; T. Bourdon out at second p to ss. Piacentini struck out
swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Johns Hopkins Univ. 5th - Jon Solomon singled to center field. Tony
Margve grounded out to p; Jon Solomon advanced to second. M. Benchener doubled
down the lf line, RBI; Jon Solomon scored. Nate Adelman flied out to rf. Dan
Merzel popped up to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Trinity College 5th - S. Killeen singled to shortstop. K. Graham flied
out to rf. J. Wood struck out swinging. S. Killeen advanced to second on a wild
pitch. DiBenedetto popped up to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Johns Hopkins Univ. 6th - B. Youchak flied out to lf. Pietroforte struck
out swinging. Todd Emr singled to left center. Jonas Fester fouled out to 1b.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Trinity College 6th - C. Barnard flied out to rf. M. Sullivan struck out
looking. T. Bourdon singled through the right side. T. Bourdon out at first p
to 1b, picked off. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Johns Hopkins Univ. 7th - Jon Solomon flied out to lf. Tony Margve flied
out to rf. M. Benchener doubled down the lf line. Nate Adelman flied out to rf.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Trinity College 7th - J. Abbott grounded out to 2b. Piacentini grounded
out to p. S. Killeen walked. K. Graham tripled to right center, RBI; S. Killeen
scored. M. Simmons to p for Pat Steffee. J. Wood flied out to cf. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Johns Hopkins Univ. 8th - Dan Merzel grounded out to 1b unassisted. B.
Youchak walked. Pietroforte struck out swinging. Todd Emr singled to shortstop;
B. Youchak advanced to second. Jonas Fester singled to right field, RBI; Todd
Emr advanced to third; B. Youchak scored. Jon Solomon singled to center field,
RBI; Jonas Fester advanced to second; Todd Emr scored. Tony Margve doubled to
right center, ground-rule, RBI; Jon Solomon advanced to third; Jonas Fester
scored. C. Barnard to dh. M. Regan to p. M. Benchener struck out swinging. 3
runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Trinity College 8th - DiBenedetto walked. Greg Harbeck to p for M.
Simmons. C. Barnard out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; DiBenedetto advanced to
second. Matt Wiegand to p for Greg Harbeck. M. Sullivan flied out to lf. T.
Bourdon singled up the middle, advanced to second on the throw, RBI;
DiBenedetto scored. Pete Smith to p for Matt Wiegand. J. Abbott singled to
center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; T. Bourdon scored.
Piacentini grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Johns Hopkins Univ. 9th - Nate Adelman grounded out to ss. C. Huisman
pinch hit for Dan Merzel. C. Huisman walked. Isaac Katz pinch ran for C.
Huisman. B. Youchak popped up to ss. Isaac Katz advanced to second on a wild
pitch. Pietroforte flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.