• Sun, 05/13 | Baseball vs. Wagner W, 2-1 (Final) BX | RC
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  • Sun, 05/06 | Baseball at Monmouth L, 4-3 (Final) BX | RC
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  • Fri, 05/04 | Baseball at Monmouth W, 6-5 (Final - 12 innings) PR | BX | RC | LS | V
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March 22, 2009

COBB PICKS UP FOURTH WIN AS BULLDOGS DEFEAT MONMOUTH 2-1 SUNDAY

March 22, 2009

BRYANT BASEBALL DEFEATS MONMOUTH 2-1 SUNDAY

Box Score

College Baseball - @ West Long Branch, NJ
Bryant 2, Monmouth 1

Sophomore lefty Mark Andrews (Hillsborough, NJ) earned his fourth save of the season in Bryant's 2-1 win over Monmouth Sunday. www.dspics.com

 

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ - The Bryant University baseball team rallied from a 1-0 deficit with a run in the seventh and a run in the top of the ninth to earn a 2-1 win over Monmouth University and earning a split in the four-game series with the Hawks.  Bryant improves to 13-7 on the season while Monmouth drops to 7-8.

Sunday's game was a pitcher's duel early as both starters looked sharp.  Monmouth scratched across a single run on an infield hit in the bottom of the fifth off Bryant starter Kevin Cobb (Acton, MA).

The Bulldogs managed a pair of hits over the first three innings against Monmouth starter Nick Meyers before Brett Brach came on to pitch the fourth for the Hawks and pitched well into the seventh before the Bulldogs put together a little two-out rally.

Brach got both Nick Campbell (Raynham, MA) and Pat O'Connor (Mattapoisett, MA) to strike out but singles by Jeff Vigurs (South Windsor, CT) followed by a single up the middle by Jordan English put the tying run at second base for the Bulldogs.  

But Brach and the Hawks would get out of the inning as Mike DelPonte (Tewksbury, MA) grounded out back to the pitcher to end the scoring threat by Bryant.

The Bulldogs would finally break through an inning later to tie the game at 1-1.  Freshman Jamie Skagerlind (Holden, MA) singled up the middle to lead off the inning.  With Connor Carignan (Norwich, CT) running for Skagerlind at first base, Tom Norton (Barnstable, MA) moved Carignan into to scoring position with a sacrifice bunt.

Carignana would move up to third on a groundout to short by Pat McKenna (Orange, CT), but with two outs, Dylan Stone (Portsmouth, RI) got the tying run home with a single to right field.  Monmouth would get out of the inning as O'Connor struck out swinging to end the inning.

The Bulldogs would again rally in the ninth.  With Nick McNamara on in relief of Brach, McNamara would get Vigurs to ground out to begin the inning.  However, singles by English and Scott Merritt (Norwalk, CT) followed by a walk to Dan Mello (Peabody, MA) loaded the bases with just one out.

Norton would answer the call with an infield single on the right side scoring English from third with the go-ahead run.  Monmouth would escape any further damage as McNamara got McKenna to ground into an inning-ending double play.

Cobb gave way to Mark Andrews (Hillsborough, NJ) in the ninth and the sophomore lefty got Brett Holland to ground out with the tying run on second and give the Bulldogs the win.  It was Andrew's fourth save of the season as Cobb picked up his fourth win of the season (4-0).

English and Skagerlind each had a pair of hits on the afternoon for the Bulldogs who will return to action Wednesday with a non-conference game at Rhode Island (3:30 pm) before heading to Long Island University for a four-game series next weekend starting Friday with a 3 pm game.
 

College Baseball West Long Branch, NJ

Bryant 2, Monmouth 1 (Final)
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Bryant       ...        000 000 101 -  2 10 1      (13-7)
Monmouth     ...    000 010 000 -  1 8  0      (7-8)
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Bryant - Cobb, Andrews (9) and Vigurs. Monmouth - Meyers, Brach (4), McNamara (9) and Dombrowski.
Win- Cobb (4-0) Loss- Brach (0-1)  Save - Andrews (4)  T-2:07  A-210
HR - none
 

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