Hanley
4
Middlebury MIDBASE 0-1
5
Winner Stevens STEVENS 2-4
Middlebury MIDBASE
0-1
4
Final
5
Stevens STEVENS
2-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Middlebury MIDBASE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 1
Stevens STEVENS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 7 0

W: Deitz, Joseph (1-0) L: Colin Waters (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Stevens Athletic Communications

Baseball Defeats Middlebury in 10 Innings

The Ducks rallied in the bottom of the 10th to walk away with their second win of the season.

HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 9, 2019)  – After dropping a 3-1 lead in the top of the ninth inning, the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team rallied to defeat Middlebury College in 10 innings Saturday evening in a non-conference contest at Dobbelaar Field. 

The Panthers were able to tie the game in the ninth inning when Ryan Hanrahan singled up the middle to bring in Brooks Carroll before Henry Strmecki scored on a sacrifice fly by Gray Goolsby to give Middlebury the lead.

With Stevens down 4-3 in the bottom of the 10th, sophomore Charles Kwong doubled to left field to get on base in hopes to be the tying run. Senior Donny Gherardi hit a line drive past the third baseman into left field, allowing Kwong to advance to third. 

Sophomore J.C. Hanley came up to the plate following a strikeout by Colin Waters (0-1). The Carmel, Indiana native flied out to left field, but was able to bring in Kwong for the tying run. After making the out, Justin Han threw the ball into Hayden Smith at third base, who turned and fired over the top of second baseman Andrew Gough's head, allowing Gherardi to sprint past second and third to score the winning run of the game. 

"Well, it was a wild one tonight and we snuck away with a win," stated head baseball coach Kristaps Aldins. "Baseball can be such a momentum-driven sport and after we gave up a 3-1 lead in the 9th, we found a way to grab [the momentum] back. That's a good sign for us as this is not an easy thing to do. There were so many contributions across the board and too many individuals to mention, so we'll just go ahead and sum it up as exactly what is was: a feel-good TEAM win." 

Middlebury scored the first run of the game when Sam Graf hit a sacrifice fly to left field, allowing Han to score in the top of the first inning. The Ducks then earned their first two runs in bottom of the inning after freshman Tom James hit his first collegiate double to bring in Hanley and junior A.J. Falconite. 

Sophomore Joseph Deitz (1-0) earned the win after pitching the final 1.2 innings and striking out one batter. Senior Danny Poidomani started the game on the mound for the Ducks, registering eight strikeouts in the first five innings. 

Up Next
  • The Ducks return to Dobbelaar Field tomorrow, March 10 for a 2 P.M. game against No.16/No. 11 SUNY-Cortland.

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