UNCW
ENDS RAMS' BASEBALL WIN STREAK
3-26-01
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Senior Charlie
Weatherby threw a complete-game
six-hitter as North Carolina-Wilmington
put an end to Virginia Commonwealth's
17-game baseball winning streak with a
9-1 victory in the finale of a three-game
Colonial Athletic Association series
Sunday
afternoon at Brooks Field.
Weatherby (5-3) held the Rams scoreless
for the final eight innings after VCU
took a 1-0 lead in the first. Junior
center fielder Matt Davis (Colonial
Heights, Va./Thomas Dale) opened the game
with a single, stole second, and came
home on a base hit to center by sophomore
first baseman Danny Lopaze (Lakeridge,
Va./Potomac). The Seahawks tied the game
in thebottom of the frame when Justin
Wishon stroked a leadoff single and
laterscored on a sacrifice fly by Magnus
Pilegard.
UNCW (10-10, 3-3 CAA) touched Rams'
starter Marc Fisher (Conshohoken,
Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) for a run in the
bottom of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead.
Kevin Hairr began the inning with a
double off the right field wall and
crossed the plate on a Pilegard single to
put the Seahawks up for good. UNCW put
the game out of reach with a seven-run
eighth inning off three VCU relievers
capped by a three-run double by Jamie
Hemingway with two outs.
The Rams, who fell to 21-6 overall and
2-1 in CAA play, narrowly tied the game
off Weatherby in the top of the eighth
with the Seahawks clinging to a one-run
lead. Singles by Davis and junior
shortstop Joshua Arteaga (Homestead,
Fla./Motlow State CC) put the tying run
on third with two out, and Lopaze drilled
a line drive to the center field wall
which was snared on a dive by Hairr to
end the inning.
Fisher (3-2) allowed just two runs and
fanned eight Seahawk hitters over 6 1/3
innings in suffering a hard-luck loss.
Davis led the Rams at the plate with
three hits in four at-bats on the
afternoon and stole his team-high 26th
base.
VCU will next be in action on Tuesday
when the Rams host in-state rival
Virginia Tech at The Diamond. Game time
is 7 p.m. |
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