4/22/99 Scotch Plains @Away
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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R |
H |
E |
LOB |
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Summit |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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5 |
9 |
2 |
7 |
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Scotch Plains |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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6 |
8 |
4 |
12 |
This disappointing 10 inning loss contained some good
news and bad news. The good news is that Matt Bendetti came
through with a terrific performance in relief, going 8 1/3 innings.
Until this game he hadn't thrown a single pitch. His performance
today will likely result in his seeing more pitching assignment
in the future. The bad news is that Scott Croswell had
to leave the field, after throwing just four pitches, with a very
sore shoulder. The bad news continued when Jon Campagna
was brought on to replace Croswell. Campagna finished
the first inning but couldn't come out to pitch in the 2nd because
of a very sore arm. It was at this point that Benedetti was
called upon to shoulder the pitching burden. When you consider
that he hadn't thrown all season, his performance was remarkable.
Summit had taken a 1-0 lead in the 1st on back-to-back doubles
by Ben Wheeless and Campagna. But SP picked up 2
runs in their 1st. Summit tied the score at 2-2 in the 4th when
Emlen Fischer got on with an error and made it to third
on consecutive singles by Benedetti and Nick Monaco.
He scored on a fielder's choice by Brian Dunnder. Summit
grabbed a 2 run lead in the 5th when Wheeless got on with
an error and scored when Campagna smashed a triple. Campagna
came home when a fly ball by Fischer was mishandled by
the left fielder. SP again tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom
of the 6th inning. The Summit 7th and 8th both started promisingly
when the lead off hitters (Josh Lipsey and Campagna
respectively) singled but were both cut down by double plays.
Summit regained a one run lead in the 9th when Monaco walked,
Dunnder got on by an error and Adam Breene walked
to load the bases with no one out. A sacrifice fly by Lipsey
allowed Monaco to score and the Summit fans were looking
forward to more runs. Unfortunately a base running mixup added
a second out and no more runs scored. SP tied it up in the bottom
of the 9th.
In the bottom of the 10th inning Benedetti again took
the mound after having already thrown 114 pitches. Considering
this was his first pitching stint that was quite a high pitch
count. He walked the first two batters and was clearly running
out of gas. He got the next batter to ground out, but loaded the
bases by waking the next batter. The next batter hit a little
blooper back to the right of the mound, Benedetti new that
to prevent a run from scoring the ball had to caught. He dove
for the ball in a valiant effort, but it fell just beyond his
glove.
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PLAYER |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
E |
|
Carey |
2B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Nelson |
SS |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wheeless |
3B |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Campagna |
1B/P |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Fischer |
RF |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Benedetti |
CF/P |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Monaco |
DH |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dunnder |
LF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Breene |
C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Croswell |
P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wheeler |
3B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Williams |
CF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lipsey |
2B |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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TOTALS |
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36 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
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Pitcher |
W/L |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
HB |
WP |
K |
|
Benedetti |
L |
8.33 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
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Campagna |
- |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Croswell |
- |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |