Friday March 13, 2009
Okay Suffolk University baseball fans, this is sports mama reporting from sunny Orlando Florida for the beginning of the Suffolk University baseball season!
Okay technically I am not reporting live as seriously is New England the only region that knows what Wi-Fi is? I had to get back here to report about what happened over there!! Sorry for the delay boys, but I got all the photos coming!
I have to apologize to my fellow Suffolk fans; the first game against St. Joe's of Ohio~~(RRRR, flashbacks to being stranded in snowy Ohio last year at this time!
) was played on a field completely surrounded by a tall fence.
Needless to say sports mama is not related to Spiderman, and therefore unable to scale said fence to get any photos.
Sports mama seriously needs an on field press pass! Yeah like that will ever happen!
Maybe I can bribe the dugout with chocolate chip cookies so I can sneak a seat to take close up pictures!
Anyway you just have to take my word for it that it was a heck of a great game.
Team captain Dan Delia, number 21, a senior, pitched seven great innings with precision placement around the box.
Dalia received support from the bats of Rory Gentile, Bobby Barrett, Paul Vittozzi, Nick Travelyn, and Mike Kenneally.
Charles Kilgore finished up the last two innings on the mound for Suffolk.Forgive me boys if I left anyone out as sports mama was having a hard time focusing with that stupid fence in front of my eye balls! Seriously were they trying to keep the animals in or the parents out??
The Rams won the tournament opener 7-4. Sports mama noticed new faces on the field and in the dugout and is looking forward to seeing what the new boys of spring baseball have to offer!
Reporting from my couch playing catch up this is sports mama signing out!
The following was copied directly from the Suffolk University athletic baseball website:
Mar 13, 2009
Rams Win Season Opener
Winter Haven, FL – Senior Dan Delia (Boston, MA) went seven solid innings as the Suffolk University Rams opened the 2009 season with a 7-4 victory over Mount Saint Joseph College. Delia allowed two runs over his seven innings of work, scattering nine hits and fanning five hitters.
Suffolk got the scoring started early as junior Rory Gentile (Gloucester, MA) started the game with a walk. After stealing second and third bases, Gentile was knocked in by Bobby Barrett (Milton, MA) who tripled. Barrett was then knocked home by a groundout by junior Marc Doyle (Whitman, MA) to make it 2-0 in the first frame. Barrett was 1-3 on the day with two RBI.
Mount Saint Joseph answered in the second when sophomore Trace Norton (Reading, OH) tripled home Jake Daugherty (Cincinnati, OH).
The Rams added on one more run in the third when Paul Vittozzi (North Reading, MA) hit a chopper down the third base line scoring Nick Travelyn. Suffolk tacked on three more runs in the fourth on an RBI single by Rory Gentile. Bobby Barrett and Marc Doyle then both drew bases loaded walk as Suffolk built a 7-1 lead. Doyle and Barrett both finished the game with two RBI. Senior Anthony Iacopucci (Medford, MA) added an RBI on a sacrifice fly in the 7th. Seniors Mike Kenneally (Georgetown, MA) and Paul Vittozzi each added two hits in the game for Suffolk and Charles Kilgore (Milford, NH) made his first appearance for Suffolk pitching the final two innings.
Sophomore John Pasquale (Cincinnati, OH) hit a two-run homer in the ninth for Mount Saint Joseph who played their final game down south before travelling back to Ohio. Sophomore Ryan Rodriguez (Cincinnati, OH) also had three hits for the Lions who finish up their trip at 7-5.
Suffolk plays again tomorrow as they take on Keystone College in a doubleheader beginning at 12:30 pm.
Suffolk 7, Mount Saint Joseph 4 (Mar 13, 2009 at Winter Haven, Fl)
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Mount Saint Joseph... 010 001 002 - 4 10 2 (7-5)
Suffolk............. 201 300 10X - 7 9 1 (1-0)
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Pitchers: Mount Saint Joseph - Bouley; Beard (4); Raggets (6). Suffolk - Dan Delia;
Charles Kilgore (8).
Win-Dan Delia (1-0) Loss-Bouley (0-1) T-2:30 A-100
HR MSJ - Pasquale (3).