Baseball Release (2006) - Guilford Baseball Falls to Hampden-Sydney in ODAC Tourney Opener - Guilford College
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HAMPDEN-SYDNEY ENDS GUILFORD'S SEASON IN ODAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
Lynchburg, VA (4/29/06) -- Jayson Hanky threw a complete-game six-hitter
to lift second-seeded Hampden-Sydney past Guilford, 2-0, in an elimination game
in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Baseball Tournament Saturday. The
Tigers (23-15) move on to play top-seeded Bridgewater Saturday night for the
right to play Virginia Wesleyan Sunday for the league title.
Hanky and Guilford starter Mike Balash
were tangled in a pitcher's duel for the first six innings before the Tigers
took a 1-0 lead in the top of the seventh inning. Chris Padgett hit a one-out
double, took third on Todd Harrell's ground out and scored on John Apperson's
single through the left side of the infield.
The Quakers (24-18) nearly tied the game in the
bottom half of the inning, but Ben Bizier was thrown out at the plate
trying to score from second base on Ricky Seabolt's two-out single to
right field. Apperson's throw to the plate preserved the Tigers' lead.
Hampden-Sydney added an insurance run in the top
of the ninth on Josh Michael's two-out RBI double that scored Apperson, who
reached on a fielder's choice. Hanky retired the side in the bottom of the
ninth.
Five Tigers had two hits in the team's 16-hit
performance. Michael was 2-5 with an RBI. Padgett, John Schoenholtz, Tommy Burk
and David Toney also had two hits for Hampden-Sydney, which defeated Guilford in
Thursday's opening game, 10-1.
Rob Bittner went 1-3 in his final college
baseball game. The senior first baseman set Guilford records for home runs (13)
and RBIs (54) in a season.