HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - The
William and Mary baseball team concluded its 2012 season with a 10-8 loss at
Hofstra Saturday afternoon. W&M held
the advantage for most of the day, as it owned an 8-4 lead heading into the
bottom of the seventh. However, Hofstra
plated six runs in the bottom half en route to the win. W&M finishes the season with an overall
record of 31-25 and a CAA mark of 12-18, while Hofstra closes out the year with
a record of 33-20 and a 20-10 ledger in league action.
Leading the way for the Tribe at the plate was sophomore
third baseman Ryan Lindemuth, who connected on a career-high six hits to go
along with three runs scored. Freshman
first baseman Michael Katz went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored, while
senior left fielder Tadd Bower tallied one hit and a run batted in. Senior right fielder Stephen Arcure finished
the afternoon going 2-for-4, while classmate designated hitter Sean Aiken
recorded a hit and an RBI. Senior
catcher Chris Forsten notched a hit and a run scored, and junior center fielder
Ryan Brown rounded out the effort with two hits and a run batted in.
Senior LHP Cole Shain worked 3.1 innings in the no
decision. Senior reliever's RHP Chris
Yates and RHP Jay McCarthy saw 3.2 innings of action, while junior LHP Matt
Wainman made an appearance as he recorded the last two outs in the eighth. Senior reliever RHP Garrison Sarrett tallied
a strikeout in his relief appearance.
W&M got on the scoreboard fist as it plated two runs in
the opening frame. With one out, Aiken
drove in Lindemuth with a single to right field. The College's second run of the frame
culminated on a Bower sacrifice fly out to left field, which was deep enough to
plate Katz from third.
In the top of the second, Katz extended the W&M lead to
3-0 after he pushed across junior Kevin Nutter with a single through the left
side.
Hofstra responded with a trio of runs in the bottom half as
it tied the affair at 3-3. Senior
designated hitter T.J. Thomas tied the contest up after he connected on a
three-run home run to left field.
After both squads plated a run in the third, the College
regained the lead at 5-4 in the top half of the fourth. Lindemuth led off the frame with a double to
center field. The Burke, Va., native
later scored on Katz single to center field, and after the Pride went scoreless
in the bottom half, W&M owned the one-run advantage.
In the top of the seventh, the Tribe plated three runs as it
pushed the margin to 8-4. With one out,
Forsten got the three-run frame started with a single up the middle. Brown followed with another single, which
moved Forsten to second. After the Pride
recorded the inning's second out, Lindemuth plated Forsten after singling to
second. Katz then plated Brown and
Lindemuth after he ripped a double into center field.
Once again, Hofstra responded, but this time the Pride
scored six runs in the bottom half as it regained a, 10-8, lead. With the score, 8-6, still in favor of the
Tribe, Hofstra's sophomore left fielder Kenny Jackson connected on a two out
grand slam to left field, which gave the Pride a late two-run advantage.
On Saturday, nine seniors played their last game for the
Green and Gold. They include:
Sean Aiken
Stephen Arcure
Tadd Bower
Matt Davenport
Chris Forsten
Jay McCarthy
Garrison Sarrett
Cole Shain
Chris Yates
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