The St. Thomas Aquinas College baseball team is underway in their NCAA East Regional opener against Wilmington University. You can watch the game live online, and follow our first ever LiveBlog as it happens, right here!
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Notes - Due to possibility of inclement weather, please note the following changes in tomorrow's schedule:
Game 4 - 10:00 am (originally 11:00 am)
Game 5 - 1:00 pm (originally 3:00 pm)
Game 6 - 4:00 pm (originally 7:00 pm)
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Other results:
Game 1 - # 1 Southern New Hampshire 9, #6 Felician 3 - The hosts unleash a 7-run barrage in the bottom of the 1st inning and cruise to victory.
Game 2 - #5 Dowling 3, #2 Franklin Pierce 0 - ECC Pitcher of the Year Tyler Badamo tosses a shutout and his offense provides two homers in the opening victory.
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Game 3 - #5 St. Thomas Aquinas College vs #4 Wilmington University
9:32 - Tyler Fries in to pitch for WU. CJ Ferriggi strikes out to lead off, but reaches first on a passed ball. Joe Boland follows with a ground double play, and the Spartans are retired to end the game. - FINAL - WU 4, STAC 0
9:24 - A Derek Hirsh gun to the plate and a Stephen Sunday tag record the last out of the inning, keeping Wilmington from adding insurance, but the Spartans are down to their last three outs. - End 8th - WU 4, STAC 0
9:08 - The Spartans remain hitless since the third inning, as Marics retires the side in order. The top third of STAC's batting order now stands 0-for-12 on the evening. - Mid 8th - WU 4, STAC 0.
9:02 - Kostolos approaches 120 pitches but the right hander throws another tidy inning, as he keeps his team within reach. Nick Marics is brought on in relief for Wilmington to start the 8th. End 7th - WU 4, STAC 0
8:59 - Omar Cuevas works out a one-out walk to snap a string of nine straight batters retired, but is stranded at first. - Mid 7th - WU 4, STAC 0
8:52 - A two out walk and stolen base do no damage as the Wildcats are set down without scoring. - End 6th - WU 4, STAC 0
8:42 - The Spartans are retired in order again, pitcher Jesse long has now retired eight straight batters. Mid 6th - WU 4, STAC 0
8:36 - Matt Lopes leads off with a double into the left center field gap and moves to third on a passed ball with nobody out, but Matt Kostolos bears down and strikes out the side to strand the runner. - End 5th - WU 4, STAC 0
8:27 - With Derek Hirsch's lineout to shortstop to end the inning, the Spartans are retired in order as the top third of the order now stands at 0-for-9. Halfway through in Manchester with STAC still looking to get on the board. - Mid 5th - WU 4, STAC 0
8:23 - Kostolos recovers nicely, closing out a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout. - End 4th - WU 4, STAC 0
8:16 - Stephen Sunday, who pinch hit for Deven del Priore, is in to catch.
8:10 - Hard-hit singles by CJ Ferriggi and Joe Boland plus a walk to Nick D'Angelo, and the Spartans threaten in the 4th with the bases loaded and one out, but a pair of pop-ups end the inning without any runs scoring. - Mid 4th - WU 4, STAC 0
7:49 - Josh Swirchak's short fly to
right falls in front of a diving Nick D'Angelo and Josh Hampton
drives a double past a diving Rich Baerga to put the Wildcats on
the board first. Matt Lopes follows with a single, and Sam Goines
soft single to center brings in another run. Kostolos records a
strikeout but gets unlucky as a grounder off his foot trickles into
left field, bringing home another run. Mike Annone's hard grounder
break's off Susana's glove for an RBI single. - End 3rd -
WU 4, STAC 0.
7:43 - Baerga and Susana each fly out deep to left and for the second time the top of the Spartans lineup is retired in order. Mid 3rd - STAC 0, WU 0
7:40 - Sky remains overcast and wind picks up as sun sets in Manchester. Rain that has threatened all day continues to hold off, turning into a comfortable evening for baseball.
7:37 - Kenny Kirshner stays in the game at first base, CJ Ferriggi moves to 3b, with Baerga going to CF. Kostolos issues a leadoff walk to Sam Goines and induces a fielders choice grounder. Taylor-made double play ball but Susana's throw is off the mark, runner holds at first. Kostolos yields a two out wallk but comes back strong to retire the side unscathed. End 2nd - STAC 0, WU 0
7:27 - Omar Cuevas flies to short left field and del Priore holds at third. Kenny Kirshner pinch hits for Joe Grimaldi and strikes out as the Spartans record three hits but come up empty. Mid 2nd - STAC 0, WU 0
7:23 - Deven del Priore leads off with a single down the left field line and CJ Ferriggi's scorcher is snagged nicely by shortstop Josh Swirchak for the first out. Joe Boland's hard grounder off the first baseman's glove puts two on, and Nick D'Angelo rips one through the box off the pitcher Jesse Long and reaches safely to load the bases with one out.
7:14 - A leadoff single and a sacrifice move a runner into scoring position for the Wildcats, but a ground out and a liner snagged by Baerga at third strands the runner. End 1 - STAC 0, WU 0
7:04 - A sliding catch retires Rich Baerga and the Spartans are sent down quickly in order. Mid 1 - STAC 0, Wilmington coming to bat.
7:02 - First pitch to Rich Baerga is high for ball one. Spartans wearing road black...
6:58 - STAC lineup announced...
6:42 pm - The Spartans and Wilmington are just finishing pregame warmups. Starting lineups to follow
Lineups - Spartans - Baerga 3b; Susana ss; Hirsch lf; Del Priore c; Ferriggi 1b; Boland dh; D'Angelo rf; Cuevas 2b; Grimaldi, cf; Kostolos p
Wilmington - Swirchak ss; Samluk rf; Hampton 3b; Lopes c; Goines lf; Marciano 1b; Lindstrom dh; Annone 2b; Long cf; Treml p.
Lineups set to begin shortly...