CHANDLER, AZ. 3/17/10 – The
combination of strong starting pitching, solid defense and timely
hitting lifted the Keene State College baseball team to a 3-0
shutout victory over SUNY-Brockport at the Snedigar Sports Complex
in Chandler, Arizona on Wednesday.
Sophomore Tim
Thiesing (South Grafton, Mass.) tossed three-hit ball over
7 2/3 innings to pick up his first win of the season for the Owls
(5-2). He was in control from the start, fanning eight and allowing
just one walk. “I felt good throwing strikes and
pounding the zone,” said Thiesing. “Out bullpen has
struggled a little bit, so I tried to go as far as I
could.”
The Owls took a
1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning. Senior
Jesse Cahill (Cranston, R.I.) singled, stole
second and came home on a two-out RBI single by senior
Anthony Cipolla (Glastonbury, Conn.).
With KSC nursing
a slim one run lead, Thiesing pitched out of trouble in the fifth
and sixth innings. He got out of both jams with key double
plays. With runners on first and second and one out in the sixth,
Thiesing induced a ground ball to junior second baseman
Vinny Ganz (Waterbury, Con.) who turned a nifty
4-6-3 twin killing. The Owls finished the game with three
double plays.
Keene State added an insurance run
in the seventh. Sophomore Cody Callahan (Seekonk,
Mass.) doubled to the fence in right center. He went to third
on an errant pick-off attempt and scored on a two-out double from
Ganz. Callahan scored the Owls' third run in the ninth when
he tripled down the right field line and came home on an RBI single
through the right side by junior Tyler DiPrato
(Suffield, Conn.)
Sophomore
Dan Wogksch (Bethel, Conn.)
closed out the game on the mound for the Owls. He fanned the
last Brockport batter in the eighth and got the side in order in
the ninth to record the save.
“It was a
little different than most of our ballgames out here,” said
KSC Coach Ken Howe. "We brought our gloves
today and we needed them. Timmy did a great job staying
ahead of the hitters. It was a good bounce back win as we get
ready for two big games on Thursday against Johns Hopkins."
Keene State finished the game with
eight hits. Ganz, Callahan, and Cipolla each went 2-4 at the
plate.
Keene State plays two seven inning
games against Johns Hopkins University on Thursday.
