February 28, 2004
GAME 1 BOX SCORE
GAME 2 BOX SCORE
FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University swept a collegiate baseball doubleheader from visiting Pittsburgh-Johnstown Saturday at Lancer Stadium, winning the first game 11-10 and the second game 9-3. The Lancers (4-4) and Mountain Cats (0-2) will play another doubleheader on Sunday, beginning at 12 p.m. at Lancer Stadium.
In the opener, Longwood scored five runs in the 7th inning to tie the game at 8-8 and force extra innings in a contest scheduled for seven innings. The Lancers, who led 3-0 after two innings before falling behind 8-3, then matched Pittsburgh-Johnstown’s two runs in the 8th inning and scored the game-winning run in the 9th inning when freshman Zach Zigrang/Virginia Beach (Kempsville) (2-5) stole home on an attempted double-steal with an LU runner at first base.
Senior Brian Medley/Halifax (Halifax Co.) (5-5, 2 RBI) led a 15-hit attack with five hits, including three doubles while scoring three runs. He was the runner on first when Zigrang stole home for the decisive run as well. In addition to Zigrang’s two hits, junior Robert Gillis/Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Auburn Drive) (2-5) also collected two hits for the Lancers. Freshman Tyler Childress/Montclair (Forest Park) (1-5, 2 RBI) hit a clutch two-out, two-run double in the 7th to tie the game (8-8), just missing a walk-off home run as his double hit the base of the fence in left field. Freshman Charlie Yarbrough/Richmond (Mills Godwin) (1-4, RBI) also hit a two-out RBI double in the 7th inning to keep the hosts alive, while classmate Matt Fitzgerald/Fairfax Station (Hayfield) (1-1, RBI) added an important two-out, pinch-hit RBI single in the 8th inning to tie the contest at 10-10 -- Fitzgerald’s first collegiate hit. Zigrang (1-0) also earned the pitching win in relief, his first collegiate win, with the final 1.1 shutout innings, allowing no hits with three strikeouts.
In the nightcap, Longwood fell behind 3-0 in the top of the first inning before scoring eight runs in its first two at-bats en route to the convincing victory. Junior Chris Balus/Newport News (Denbigh) (1-4, 2 RBI) put the Lancers on the board in the 1st inning with a two-run home run. Freshman Tyler Ames/Exmore (Northampton) (2-3, 2 RBI) and senior Louis Shackelford/Newport News (Denbigh) (2-3) led the nine-hit attack with two hits each, including a two-run single in the 2nd inning by Ames. Freshman Alan Moore/Richmond (Monacan) (2-1) earned the pitching win with his first collegiate complete game, scattering six hits and three earned runs with six strikeouts over the 7.0 innings.
