Baseball

SETTERS COMPLETE SWEEP WITH 4-2 WIN IN 10 INNINGS

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – The Pace University baseball team won the third game of a three game series with Wilmington College, 4-2, in 10 innings.  Adam Harwood’s (Los Angeles, CA) RBI double in the top of the 10^th scored Chris Brown (North Kingston, RI/South Kingstown) with the winning run.  Pace improves to 6-1 on the season while Wilmington drops to 2-5.

Matt Arburr (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) blasted his fourth homerun of the season, and third of the series, to lead off the top of the 2^nd inning and give Pace a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the 4^th, Arburr reached base on an error by the third baseman and scored on a double by Mike Pahira (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) to give Pace a 2-0 lead heading to the bottom of the 4^th.

Pace starter Bryan Hallberg (River Edge, NJ/ River Dell Regional) held Wilmington scoreless through 3 2/3 before Wilmington managed to cut the Setter lead to 2-1 when Dan Cleary (Milton, DE) doubled and then stole third base.  Cleary would score on a wild pitch by Hallberg.

Wilmington would tie the game in the 7^th inning when Cleary doubled to lead off the inning.  After Garry Wright (Newark, DE) ground out to the shortstop, Cleary advanced to third base.  Andy Chunn (Lewes, DE) singled to scored Cleary with the tying run.

Angelo Fusaro (Stamford, CT/Westhill) relieved Hallberg and held Wilmington scoreless over 2 1/3 without allowing a hit.  In the 10^th inning, Brown led off with a single and was moved over to second when Brian Hollrah (Glenwood, MD/Glenely) grounded out to first base.  Harwood would then follow with a double, scoring Brown and giving Pace a 3-2 lead.  Dennis Alimonti (Jefferson Valley, NY/ Lakeland) doubled in his first collegiate at-bat, scoring Harwood and giving Pace a 4-2 lead heading to the bottom of the second.

Earl Oakes (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) picked up his second save of the season after holding Wilmington hitless while striking out one.  Oakes now has 13 saves for his career, 1^st all-time at Pace, and has extended his scoreless innings pitched streak to 24 1/3 innings, dating back to last season.