Wentworth vs Eastern Nazarene (May 02, 2007)
QUINCY, Mass. – Sophomore Mike Roberts’ (Chelmsford, Mass.) RBI single in the top of the seventh inning snapped a 9-all tie and freshman Scott Borges (Westport, Mass.) earned his second save of the season with three innings of one-hit, three strikeout ball as the Wentworth baseball team won its first Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament game since 1999 with a 12-9 win at Eastern Nazarene in an elimination round game played at Bradley Field.
Wentworth’s offense picked up where it had left off in the late innings in Tuesday’s loss to Curry, as freshman Pete Oggeri (Sandy Hook, Conn.) led off with a double to left. He would advance to third when freshman Anthony Carbone (Goshen, Conn.) flew out to center and would score the Leopards’ first run on a sacrifice fly from sophomore Nick Cunningham (Pembroke, Mass.). Sophomore Phil Costello (Medford, Mass.) drew a two-out walk and moved to second on a single to left center by freshman Chris Carbone (Goshen, Conn.). After junior Jarrett Ament (Boylston, Mass.) walked, Roberts delivered an RBI single to center, plating Costello and giving Wentworth a 2-0 lead. Freshman Matt Dannenhoffer (Bethany, Conn.) then drew a bases-loaded walk, scoring Chris Carbone. That walk would chase sophomore starter Justen Smith (Jefferson, Md.) from the game and would bring in junior Matt Maganelli (Charlestown, Mass.), who ended the inning with a strikeout.
The Crusaders chipped away at the deficit by scoring one run in the home half of the inning. With one out, sophomore Dave Dickerson (North Plainfield, N.J.) reached on a two-base error and scored when sophomore Craig Turner (Wrentham, Mass.) laced a double to left center. However, Wentworth sophomore starter Aaron LaPlante (Charlestown, N.H.) got the next two batters to ground out and fly out to end the inning.
After the Leopards did not score in the top of the second, the hosts erupted for six runs on five hits in the bottom of the inning. Junior Jarred Wiedenroth (Swampscott, Mass.) and classmate Matt Baluch (Swansea, Mass.) each reached on singles up the middle to open the inning, followed by sophomore Anthony Swede (New Berlin, Pa.) placing a base hit through the right side to load the bases. A strikeout ensued and senior A.J. Turner (Wrentham, Mass.) followed with a two-run single to tie the game at 3-all. After Dickerson reached on a fielder’s choice to place runners at first and third, Craig Turner was walked to load the bases with two outs. However, the bases would be cleared when senior Brad Mountain (Cape May, N.J.) belted his first home run of the season, a grand slam to right that put Eastern Nazarene up 7-3.
The third and fourth innings would be quiet in terms of scoring, but the visitors would use a six-run inning—with all the runs being unearned—to take a 9-7 lead. Anthony Carbone would lead off by reaching on an error and moved to second when Cunningham singled to center. Costello followed by reaching on a fielder’s choice, where Cunningham would be safe at second on an error, and with no outs Wentworth has the bases loaded. Chris Carbone walked to plate his brother and Cunningham scored when Ament singled to center. Roberts would reach on a fielder’s choice, which would score Costello and bring the Leopards to within 7-6. After Roberts stole second, Dannenhoffer walked to load the bases again. Senior Brent Grenier (Oxford, Maine) laid down a sacrifice bunt to the first-base side, which tied the game at 7-all when Chris Carbone scored. Oggeri then delivered a two-run single to give Wentworth a 9-7 lead. He would steal second, and try to advance to third on the catcher’s overthrow, but was nailed at third to end the inning.
Trailing by a pair going into the last of the sixth, Eastern Nazarene would tie the game, with some help from a pair of Wentworth defensive miscues. A.J. Turner would reach on an error with one out and would move to second on a Dickerson, who came in to pitch in the top of the sixth, single. Craig Turner walked to load the bases and Mountain would reach on an error, which scored Dickerson and A.J. Turner. LaPlante got his final two batters of the game to pop out and fly out, ending the hopes of the hosts taking the lead.
Chris Carbone opened the top of the seventh with an infield single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Ament. Roberts then delivered the go-ahead run with a single to right, which scored Chris Carbone, and gave Wentworth a 10-9 lead.
Borges came on in the last of the seventh and left Swede, who he hit by a pitch, in scoring position. After Wentworth went quietly in the eighth, he would give up a hit in the home half of the inning to Craig Turner, but got the next two batters out to hold the lead at one run.
Costello and Chris Carbone each hit infield singles to open the ninth inning and each moved up 90 feet on a balk. Ament would drive in Costello with a sacrifice fly and Chris Carbone would score when Roberts drove in his fourth run of the game with a one out single.
With a three-run lead to protect in the bottom of the ninth, Borges induced two groundouts to short and a flyout to left to end the game.
LaPlante improved to 6-1 on the year, despite allowing nine runs (six earned) on 11 hits, walking two and striking out five. He threw 104 pitches over six innings, 61 for strikes. Borges allowed one hit, hit one batter, and struck out three batters in three innings to earn his second save in a week and in the process, tying the school record for saves in a season. Offensively, Roberts was 3-for-5 with four RBI, while Chris Carbone was 3-for-4 with four runs scored. Oggeri and Cunningham each had two hits, while Oggeri and Ament drove in a pair of runs each.
Dickerson takes the loss (4-3), allowing three runs on five hits and striking out one in four innings of work. Smith lasted just two-thirds of an inning, allowing three runs on three hits, and walking three batters. Maganelli allowed six unearned runs on four hits and three strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work. Craig Turner was 3-for-3, while Dickerson, Wiedenroth, and Swede each had a pair of hits. Mountain, who closed out his outstanding career for the Crusaders, drove in five runs.
With the win, Wentworth improves to 13-17 and travels to Roger Williams on Friday in an elimination round game at 3:00. The Hawks were defeated by top-seeded Curry, 3-2. Eastern Nazarene ends its season at 18-14.
Box Score
2007 Wentworth Leopards
Wentworth at Eastern Nazarene
May 02, 2007 at Quincy, Mass. (Bradley Field)
Wentworth 12 (13-17)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Pete Oggeri c............ 5 1 2 2 0 0 8 0 0
Anthony Carbone 2b....... 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0
Tom Molinari 2b......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Cunningham lf....... 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Kuefner lf........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Phil Costello rf......... 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Chris Carbone 1b......... 4 4 3 1 1 0 8 0 0
Jarrett Ament ss......... 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 4 0
Mike Roberts cf.......... 5 1 3 4 0 1 2 0 0
Matt Dannenhoffer 3b..... 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Brent Grenier dh......... 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Aaron LaPlante p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scott Borges p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 35 12 12 12 5 4 27 9 5
Eastern Nazarene 9 (18-14)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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A.J. Turner 3b........... 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 3
Dave Dickerson 1b/p...... 5 3 2 0 0 0 7 1 0
Craig Turner c........... 3 1 3 1 2 0 4 0 0
Brad Mountain dh/rf...... 5 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tyler Nicholson cf....... 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3
Jarred Wiedenroth ss..... 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 2
Matt Baluch lf........... 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Anthony Swede 2b......... 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 5 0
Josh Daniels rf.......... 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Steve Pirrotta 1b....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0
Justen Smith p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Maganelli p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals................... 41 9 12 8 2 8 27 17 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Wentworth........... 300 060 102 - 12 12 3
Eastern Nazarene.... 160 002 000 - 9 12 2
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E - Carbone, A. 2(16); Dannenhoffer(12); Wiedenroth(14); Swede(8). DP -
Leopards 1; Crusaders 1. LOB - Leopards 5; Crusaders 8. 2B - Oggeri(6);
Turner, C.(9); Wiedenroth(4). HR - Mountain(1). HBP - Swede. SH - Ament(4);
Grenier(2). SF - Cunningham(2); Ament(2). SB - Oggeri(17); Roberts(10);
Swede(5).
Wentworth IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Aaron LaPlante...... 6.0 11 9 6 2 5 31 33 104
Scott Borges........ 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 10 11 42
Eastern Nazarene IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Justen Smith........ 0.2 3 3 3 3 0 4 8 32
Matt Maganelli...... 4.1 4 6 0 2 3 17 20 73
Dave Dickerson...... 4.0 5 3 3 0 1 14 16 44
Win - LaPlante (6-1). Loss - Dickerson (4-3). Save - Borges (2).
WP - Borges(4). HBP - by Borges (Swede). BK - Dickerson(1). Inherited
runners/scored: Maganelli 3/0. Pitches/strikes: LaPlante 104/61; Borges 42/26;
Smith 32/13; Maganelli 73/41; Dickerson 44/31.
Umpires - HP: Peter Hall 1B: Mike Sadowski
Start: 3:07 pm Time: 2:35 Attendance: 200
Game notes:
2007 Commonwealth Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Wentworth wins first playoff game since 1999 season
Game: BASEGM30
Play-by-Play
2007 Wentworth Leopards
Wentworth at Eastern Nazarene - Play-by-Play
May 02, 2007 at Quincy, Mass. (Bradley Field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Wentworth........... 300 060 102 - 12 12 3
Eastern Nazarene.... 160 002 000 - 9 12 2
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Wentworth starters: 30/c Oggeri; 17/2b Carbone, A.; 8/lf Cunningham; 45/rf
Costello; 18/1b Carbone, C.; 14/ss Ament; 20/cf Roberts; 27/3b Dannenhoffer;
9/dh Grenier; 11/p LaPlante;
Eastern Nazarene starters: 7/3b Turner; 21/1b Dickerson; 17/c Turner, C.; 33/dh
Mountain; 18/cf Nicholson; 3/ss Wiedenroth; 8/lf Baluch; 5/2b Swede; 24/rf
Daniels; 11/p Smith;
Wentworth 1st - Oggeri doubled to left field (1-2 KFBF). Carbone, A.
flied out to cf (0-0); Oggeri advanced to third. Cunningham flied out to rf,
SF, RBI (3-1 BBBF); Oggeri scored. Costello walked (3-2 SKBBBB). Carbone, C.
singled to left center (2-0 BB); Costello advanced to second. Ament walked (3-1
BBBKB); Carbone, C. advanced to second; Costello advanced to third. Roberts
singled to center field, RBI (1-0 B); Ament advanced to second; Carbone, C.
advanced to third; Costello scored. Dannenhoffer walked, RBI (3-1 BFBBB);
Roberts advanced to second; Ament advanced to third; Carbone, C. scored.
Maganelli to p for Smith. Grenier struck out looking (1-2 KBKK). 3 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 1st - Turner grounded out to p (1-1 KB). Dickerson
reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second (1-0 B). Turner, C.
doubled to left center, RBI (1-0 B); Dickerson scored, unearned. Mountain
grounded out to 2b (1-2 SSB). Nicholson popped up to ss (0-0). 1 run, 1 hit,
1 error, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 2nd - Oggeri grounded out to 2b (2-1 KBB). Carbone, A. struck
out looking (0-2 KKK). Cunningham singled to left center (1-1 BF). Costello
reached on a fielder's choice (0-2 SK); Cunningham out at second 2b to ss. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 2nd - Wiedenroth singled up the middle (1-0 B). Baluch
singled up the middle (1-0 B); Wiedenroth advanced to second. Swede singled
through the right side (1-2 BFK); Baluch advanced to second; Wiedenroth
advanced to third. Daniels struck out looking (0-2 KSK). Turner singled through
the left side, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Swede advanced to second; Baluch scored;
Wiedenroth scored. Dickerson reached on a fielder's choice (1-1 BK); Turner out
at second ss to 2b; Swede advanced to third. Turner, C. intentionally walked
(3-0 BBBB); Dickerson advanced to second. Mountain homered to right field, 4
RBI (0-1 S); Turner, C. scored; Dickerson scored; Swede scored. Nicholson
struck out swinging (1-2 SFBS). 6 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 3rd - Carbone, C. grounded out to 2b (3-1 BBBK). Ament popped
up to 1b (0-1 K). Roberts struck out swinging (1-2 KSBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 3rd - Wiedenroth doubled down the rf line (0-1 K).
Baluch flied out to rf (1-1 BF). Swede singled to shortstop (1-0 B); Wiedenroth
advanced to third. Daniels struck out swinging (2-2 FBKBS); Swede stole second.
Turner grounded out to 2b (2-1 BFB). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Wentworth 4th - Dannenhoffer grounded out to p (2-2 BBFS). Grenier
grounded out to 2b (2-1 BBK). Oggeri grounded out to p (2-0 BB). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 4th - Dickerson singled through the left side (0-0).
Turner, C. singled to center field (2-0 BB); Dickerson advanced to second.
Mountain grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (3-1 BBBK); Turner, C. out on
the play; Dickerson advanced to third. Nicholson grounded out to p (0-1 K).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 5th - Carbone, A. reached on a fielding error by ss (1-2 KSB).
Cunningham singled to center field (2-0 BB); Carbone, A. advanced to second.
Costello reached on a fielder's choice (1-1 KB); Cunningham advanced to second
on a fielding error by 2b; Carbone, A. advanced to third. Carbone, C. walked,
RBI (3-0 BBBB); Costello advanced to second; Cunningham advanced to third;
Carbone, A. scored, unearned. Ament singled to center field, RBI (1-1 KB);
Carbone, C. advanced to second; Costello advanced to third; Cunningham scored,
unearned. Roberts reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (1-0 B); Ament out at
second ss to 2b; Carbone, C. advanced to third; Costello scored, unearned.
Roberts stole second. Dannenhoffer walked (3-0 BBBB). Grenier grounded out to
p, SAC, bunt, RBI (1-1 BK); Dannenhoffer advanced to second; Roberts advanced
to third; Carbone, C. scored, unearned. Oggeri singled to right field, 2 RBI
(2-2 KBBF); Dannenhoffer scored, unearned; Roberts scored, unearned. Oggeri
stole second, out at third cf to 3b. 6 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 5th - Wiedenroth struck out swinging (2-2 BBFKFS).
Baluch popped up to ss (2-0 BB). Swede struck out swinging (3-2 BFFFBBFS). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 6th - Dickerson to p. Mountain to rf. Pirrotta to 1b for
Daniels. / for Maganelli. Carbone, A. grounded out to ss (1-0 B). Cunningham
grounded out to 3b (0-0). Costello grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 6th - Pirrotta popped up to 2b (0-0). Turner reached on
a fielding error by 2b (3-2 KBBFB). Dickerson singled to left center (1-0 B);
Turner advanced to second. Kuefner to lf for Cunningham. Turner, C. walked (3-0
BBBB); Dickerson advanced to second; Turner advanced to third. Mountain reached
on a throwing error by 2b, RBI (0-0); Turner, C. advanced to third; Dickerson
scored, unearned; Turner scored, unearned. Nicholson popped up to ss (3-2
BBBKFF). Wiedenroth flied out to cf (0-0). 2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2
LOB.
Wentworth 7th - Carbone, C. singled to pitcher (1-0 B). Ament grounded
out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0 B); Carbone, C. advanced to second. Roberts singled to
right field, RBI (0-1 K); Carbone, C. scored. Dannenhoffer reached on a
fielder's choice (0-0); Roberts out at second ss to 2b. Grenier grounded out to
3b (3-2 BSBBK). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 7th - Borges to p for LaPlante. Baluch struck out
swinging (2-2 SBFBS). Swede hit by pitch (1-1 BS). Swede advanced to second on
a wild pitch. Pirrotta struck out looking (1-2 BFKK). Turner grounded out to 1b
unassisted (2-1 BFB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 8th - Oggeri grounded out to 2b (0-2 KF). Carbone, A. flied
out to 2b (0-0). Kuefner struck out looking (0-2 KFK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 8th - Molinari to 2b for Carbone, A.. Dickerson flied
out to cf (1-1 KB). Turner, C. singled to right field (1-1 FB). Mountain flied
out to lf (1-0 B). Nicholson struck out looking (2-2 BBKFK). 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 9th - Costello singled to third base (1-2 KBF). Carbone, C.
singled to third base (2-2 BFBF); Costello advanced to second. Carbone, C.
advanced to second on a balk; Costello advanced to third. Ament flied out to
cf, SF, RBI (2-1 KBB); Costello scored. Roberts singled to center field, RBI
(2-2 SKBB); Carbone, C. scored. Dannenhoffer flied into double play rf to 1b
(0-1 F); Roberts out on the play. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Eastern Nazarene 9th - Wiedenroth grounded out to ss (2-2 BKKFB). Baluch
grounded out to ss (0-1 K). Swede flied out to lf (2-2 BBFS). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Line score
Wentworth 12, Eastern Nazarene 9 (May 02, 2007 at Quincy, Mass.)
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Wentworth........... 300 060 102 - 12 12 3 (13-17)
Eastern Nazarene.... 160 002 000 - 9 12 2 (18-14)
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Pitchers: Wentworth - Aaron LaPlante; Scott Borges(7). Eastern Nazarene - Justen Smith;
Matt Maganelli(1); Dave Dickerson(6).
Win-Aaron LaPlante(6-1) Save-Scott Borges(2) Loss-Dave Dickerson(4-3) T-2:35 A-200
HR ENC - Brad Mountain (1).
Game notes:
2007 Commonwealth Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Wentworth wins first playoff game since 1999 season
Game: BASEGM30