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Army Splits Doubleheader At Bucknell
May 01, 2011 | Baseball
Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Joey Henshaw and Brent Peterson combined to go 6-for-10 with one RBI and two runs scored to lead the Army baseball team to a 7-4 victory over Bucknell in the second game a Patriot League doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Depew Field.
Bucknell won the first game of the twinbill by the score of 6-4 as the Bison took three out of four games from the Black Knights this weekend.
Army (19-24, 11-9 PL) finishes in second place in the conference standings and will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament. The Black Knights will host third-seeded Lafayette (10-10 PL) in a best-of-three semifinal series over the weekend of May 14-15.
Bucknell (24-26, 10-10 PL) qualifies for the conference tournament as the No. 4 seed and the Bison will travel to Annapolis, Md., to face regular-season champion and top-seeded Navy (12-8 PL) in a best-of-three series.
Henshaw and Peterson both went 3-for-5 at the plate in the nightcap as Army outhit Bucknell 14-7 in the contest. Clint Moore and David Darnell both drove in two runs apiece for the Black Knights, who jumped out to a 6-1 lead after four innings and held off Bucknell for the victory.
Gunnar Carroll (3-1) tossed three innings of relief to pick up the victory, and Ben Koenigsfeld worked the final two frames to earn his sixth save of the season.
Army jumped on top 2-0 in the top of the second inning in the nightcap as the Black Knights scored two runs on four hits. J.T. Watkins, Peterson and Cody Murtle hit consecutive one-out singles, and Darnell hit a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Watkins with the game's first run. Zach Price followed with an RBI double to center field to score Peterson and extend Army's lead to 2-0.
Bucknell sliced Army's advantage to 2-1 in the bottom of the third inning as Bob Donato walked, stole second base and scored on Doug Shribman's RBI single to left field.
Army blew the game open in the top of the fourth inning as the Black Knights pushed across four runs on five hits to extend their lead to 6-1. Peterson kicked-started the three-run uprising as he doubled down the left field line. He advanced to third base on Murtle's sacrifice bunt and scored when Darnell lined a single up the middle. Price singled to move Darnell to second base and both runners moved up on Koenigsfeld's groundout. Moore then delivered the big blow in the inning when he ripped a two-run double into the gap in left-center field to score both Darnell and Price. Henshaw followed with an RBI single into left-center field to plate Moore and cap the rally.
Bucknell made it 6-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning as Scott Glass hit a two-run home run over the left field fence, chasing Army starter Scott Lucado from the contest.
The Black Knights tacked on one run in the top of the sixth inning to push their lead to 7-3. Koenigsfeld reached on an error by the Bucknell first baseman, advanced to second base on a single by Henshaw, took third on Steve May's base hit and scored when Watkins reached on an error by the Bison shortstop.
Bucknell got that run back in the bottom of the seventh inning as Justin Meier doubled and scored on Drew Constable's RBI single to make it 7-4.
That was as close as the Bison would get, however, as Koenigsfeld allowed just one base hit en route to earning a two-inning save.
Bucknell opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning in the opener as the Bison pushed across a pair of runs to establish a 2-0 lead. Donato hit a one-out double into the gap in left-center field and Shribman walked to put two men on board for Gerry Runyan, who ripped a two-run double to left center.
Army came back with three runs on three hits and one Bucknell error in the top of the second inning to take a 3-2 advantage. May led off the frame with a base hit and Watkins singled through the right side to put runners on first and second. Peterson then laid down a sacrifice bunt and Bucknell pitcher Trey Frahler threw the ball away trying to force May at third base, allowing May to score Army's first run. Murtle drew a walk to load the bases and Darnell hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Watkins from third. Price followed with an RBI single to shallow center to send Peterson to the plate with the go-ahead run.
Bucknell surged in front 5-3 as Shribman crushed a towering home run over the wall in left field. Army starter Chris Rowley struck out the first two Bison batters of the inning, but Drew Constable singled and Donato was hit by a pitch to put men aboard for Shribman, who hit the second pitch he saw over the left field fence for his league-leading 16th homer of the year.
The Bison tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth inning as Matt Lamore belted a solo home run over the fence in right-center field.
Army rallied in the top of the seventh inning as the Black Knights put the tying runs on base with just one out. Koenigsfeld hit a one-out single and Moore and Henshaw drew back-to-back walks to load the bases. Koenigsfeld scored from third base on May's RBI groundout to make it 6-4, but Watkins bounced out to the second baseman with runners on second and third to end the game.
Dan Goldstein (2-0) picked up the victory after pitching 2.1 scoreless innings of relief. Steve Carlin worked the final 1.2 innings to earn his fifth save of the season.
Rowley (3-4) took the loss after yielding six runs on seven hits in six innings of work. The sophomore righty struck out six and issued three walks during the complete game effort.
Koenigsfeld collected two hits to pace Army at offensively in the opener. Both teams finished with seven hits in the contest.
Army will close out its regular-season schedule on Wednesday (May 4) when the Black Knights host New York Tech in a non-league contest. First pitch from West Point's Doubleday Field is slated for 3:30 p.m.
Game Notes: Army moves to 57-42 all-time versus Bucknell ... the Black Knights have qualified for the Patriot League Tournament in each of the last five seasons ... all nine of Army's starters recorded at least one base hit in the nightcap ... Steve May has hit safely in nine straight games ... Ben Koenigsfeld moved into sole possession of sixth place on Army's career saves list (eight) ... Koenigsfeld also moved into a tie for fifth place on the Academy single-season saves list (six) ... Scott Lucado equaled his career high with four strikeouts ... Brent Peterson matched his career high with three hits in the night cap ... Clint Moore hit his 50th career double in the nightcap ... Chris Rowley ranks second on the team with three complete games ... Gunnar Carroll won his third straight decision and is now tied for second on the team with three wins ... Clayton Mosley entered the game in left field when Koenigsfeld took over on the mound ... Army head officer representative Col. Raymond Nelson was in attendance for the entirety of this weekend's four-game series ... Army donned its alternate black jerseys and gray pants with black caps for ends of today's doubleheader.
