April 15, 2008
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Malone Uses Pair Of Late Rallies To Post Two More Victories Over Notre DameThe Malone College baseball team took both games of an American Mideast Conference twinbill at Notre Dame (OH) College on Tuesday evening, winning the opener 7-6 before claiming the nightcap by a 5-2 final in nine innings. Following the doubleheader sweep, the Pioneers’ record now stands at 26-9 overall with a 15-3 mark in AMC play. Malone, which also swept conference doubleheaders with Ohio Dominican on Friday and Notre Dame on Saturday, has now stretched its overall winning streak to six games.
The Falcons (15-17 overall, 7-11 AMC) entered the top of the seventh in game one with a 4-2 lead before Malone rallied for five runs to grab a 7-4 advantage. Notre Dame scored twice in the bottom of the inning and then put two runners on base with one out before freshman closer Bryan Bayer (Fairless H.S.) escaped the jam, fanning the next two Falcon batters to preserve the 7-6 triumph with his second save of the season. Junior Sam Campitella (Jackson H.S.) started on the mound and picked up his fifth victory of the year (5-0) after giving up six runs on nine hits over 6.1 innings of work. After tallying eight walks in its match-up with Notre Dame in game two on Saturday, Malone remained patient at the plate in Tuesday’s opener, posting four hits while drawing a season-high 12 walks. Senior rightfielder John Stallings (Louisville H.S.) went 1-2 in the contest with one run scored and two runs batted in while senior leftfielder Chris Mandeville (Tuslaw H.S.) went 1-2 with a double and two runs scored.
Tuesday’s nightcap remained knotted at 1-1 until the top of the eighth when a pair of Notre Dame errors and a two-out, run-scoring single by Stallings put the Pioneers in front 2-1. The Falcons fought back to tie the game at 2-2 with a two-out double in the bottom of the frame. Malone once again rallied in the top of the ninth, though, as the squad scored three runs on a RBI single by junior shortstop Scott McIlvain (Marlington H.S.) and two back-to-back sacrifice flies by junior first baseman Ryan Baechel (GlenOak H.S.) and junior third baseman Zac Barson (Canton South H.S.). Bayer, who had entered the game in the bottom of the eighth, then retired the side in order in the bottom of the ninth to preserve the 5-2 victory. Bayer earned the win, improving to 3-1 on the year after working 1.1 innings of scoreless and hitless relief. The Pioneers registered nine hits in the contest as junior second baseman Mike Tozzi (Sandy Valley H.S.) went 3-3 with one run scored while McIlvain finished with two doubles, one single and two runs batted in.
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