May 11, 2007
BOX SCORE GAME ONE
BOX SCORE GAME TWO
FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University dropped a baseball doubleheader to visiting Appalachian State University Friday at Lancer Stadium, falling 1-0 in the second game after an 8-2 defeat in the first game. The Lancers were playing their final home games of the campaign, and dropped to 34-18 with one game remaining, while the Mountaineers improved to 29-23. Longwood will conclude its 2007 season on the road this Sunday, May 13, at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg beginning at 2 p.m..
In the nightcap, ASU manufactured the game’s only run in the third inning with a walk, sacrifice bunt, and a double down the right-field line by Nick DeRose (1-2, RBI). Chris Baker (0-0) scored the run after drawing the first of his three walks in the contest. Aubrey Edens (2-3) took care of the rest for the Mountaineers with a complete-game shutout, scattering six hits with two strikeouts and one walk.
Longwood sophomore left-hander Kevin Light/Mechanicsville (Hanover) (5-3) took the hard-luck loss while pitching the first 6.0 solid innings, yielding just two hits and the one earned run with five strikeouts and three walks. Senior lefty Needham Jones III/Portsmouth (Woodrow Wilson) pitched the final 1.0 inning of relief, allowing just one walk as well. Freshman Scott Kimble/Spotsylvania (Spotsylvania) (2-3) collected two hits for the Lancers.
In the opener, the visitors scored two runs in the first inning and never trailed with leads of 2-1 after four innings, 4-1 after six innings, and 8-2 after seven innings. Jason Rook (6-5) earned the mound win with the first 7.0 innings, scattering five hits and two runs, one earned, with three strikeouts and two walks. Rook (3-5, 3 RBI) also helped himself at the plate with three hits and three RBI, including a two-run home run to right field in the sixth after an RBI single in the first. Isaac Harrow (2-5, 4 RBI) added two hits and four RBI to the attack, including a three-run double in the seventh after an RBI single in the first as well. Andrew Franco (2-3, RBI) also had two hits, including an RBI single in the seventh for ASU.
Longwood scored a run in the fourth inning when sophomore Robbie Bailey/Mechanicsville (Hanover) (0-4) reached on a fielding error, stole second base, advanced to third on a ground-out, and crossed the plate on a wild pitch. The Lancers added a run in the seventh as freshman Phil Cerreto/Midlothian (Midlothian) (0-2) drew a one-out walk and scored on a two-out double to deep center field by classmate Frank Berry II/Virginia Beach (First Colonial) (1-2, RBI). Senior captain Tyler Ames/Exmore (Northampton) (2-3) collected two hits for the hosts.
Longwood senior right-hander Brian McCullough/Virginia Beach (Princess Anne) (6-4) took the pitching loss with the first 6.1 innings, allowing eight hits and seven runs, six earned, with three strikeouts and two walks. Sophomore right-hander John Walker II/Alexandria (West Potomac) pitched the final 2.1 innings of scoreless relief, allowing two hits with one strikeout.
