March 28, 2006
Box Score
College Park, Md. - Duquesne's baseball team lost a hard-fought battle to the ACC's Maryland Terrapins, 13-12, Tuesday afternoon at UM's Shipley Field. Freshman designated hitter Mike Carroll led the Dukes' attack with two home runs, three runs scored and four RBI. Another first-year player, Brian Bernardo was 2-for-2 with four RBI.
Sophomore Aaron Janusey drove in two runs and classmates Derek Mechling and Dante Plassio went 3-for-5 and 2-for-4, respectively.
DU had 13 hits and Maryland 12. Both teams were aided by multiple unearned runs.
Duquesne opened the game with two runs in their first turn at bat. Janusey continued his hot batting with a two-RBI double that drove in freshman Anthony Manley and senior Steve Maiolo.
Both team's pitchers, senior Bob Hartle and Mike Sufczynsky, allowed just one hit over the next 2 1/2 innings. But the offenses took over for the next four innings.
Both teams put a pair of runs on the scoreboard in the fourth. Carroll hit his second homer of the season, driving in Mechling for a 4-0 lead. The Terrapins answered with two of their own via four singles.
The Terps took the lead in the bottom of the fifth, scoring four, highlighted by Mike Murphy's double, for a 6-4 edge.
The Dukes added three in the top of the sixth to regain a 7-6 lead on Carroll's second home run of the day, a fielder's choice and Bernardo's single.
Maryland answered back with two in the bottom of the frame on a bases-loaded walk and a passed ball, to go ahead, 8-7.
In their next at-bat, Duquesne put five on the board via Carroll's single, sophomore Dante Plassio's double and Bernardo's two-out bases-clearing double.
Maryland duplicated that effort with five in the bottom of the seventh to go ahead, 13-12.
The Dukes managed only a walk in their next two at-bats against relief pitchers Ryan Moorer (1-0) and Brett Cecil. Junior Travis Rife (0-2), who gave up one run in 1 2/3 innings, was charged with the loss.
Duquesne returns home for a matchup tomorrow afternoon, Wed. March 29th, against Cleveland State at 3:00 p.m. on the Duquesne Field in the Pittsburgh suburbs.
