May 13, 2005

BOX SCORE

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Longwood University took a 4-3 baseball victory at the College of William and Mary Friday night at Plumeri Park in Williamsburg. The Lancers improved to 16-29 this season while the Tribe dropped to 23-24 with their home loss. Longwood is scheduled to play a doubleheader at William and Mary on Saturday, May 14, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Williamsburg.

Longwood fell behind 2-0 in the first inning against the Tribe of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) before scoring a run in the third inning to close to within 2-1. W&M scored a run in the fourth inning to lead 3-1, but the Lancers tied the game at 3-3 in the sixth inning, and LU plated the winning run in the ninth inning for the hard-fought, one-run road victory.

Sophomore Charlie Yarbrough/Richmond (Mills Godwin) (3-3, 2 RBI) collected three hits to lead Longwood, including a big two-out, two-run home run in the sixth to tie the contest. Yarbrough’s homer, his team-leading 12th home run this season, followed a two-out double from classmate Tyler Childress/Montclair (Forest Park) (1-4). The Lancers scored the winning run in the ninth when freshman Louis Ullrich/Centreville (Westfield) (1-3) reached base when hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a passed ball, moved to third on a ground-out, and crossed the plate on another passed ball. LU had scored its first run in the third when junior Corey Huemmer/Abingdon, Md. (Eastern Tech) (1-4) singled and later scored on a fielding error.

Freshman Sean Quinn/Mainesville, Ohio (St. Xavier) (1-0) picked-up his first collegiate pitching win in relief for Longwood with 2.0 late scoreless innings, yielding just one hit with one strikeout. Freshman John Farrell/Nantucket, Mass. (Nantucket) (1) earned his first collegiate save with the final 1.0 shutout inning with one strikeout. Sophomore Alan Moore/Richmond (Monacan) had pitched the first 6.0 innings on the mound for the Lancers, scattering six hits and three runs, all earned, with one strikeout.

William and Mary scored in the opening inning when Mike DeCarlo (2-3, 2 RBI) hit his team-best 15th home run this spring. The Tribe added a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Terry Revere (1-3, RBI), scoring Brent McWhorter (1-2) who had reached base on a double.

Jake Rule (3-1) took the pitching loss for W&M in late relief with the final 1.2 innings, yielding the unearned winning run with two strikeouts. Forrest Cory had pitched the first 7.1 innings, scattering seven hits and three runs, two earned, with six strikeouts.

Longwood and William and Mary were meeting for the ninth time ever in the sport of baseball, but for the first time in 10 years, as the Lancers now lead the overall series 5-4.