March 31, 2007
Game 1 Final Stats
Game 2 Final Stats
Manhattan earned 5-3 and 4-1 MAAC baseball wins over Siena in Loudonville Saturday. The Saints remain winless on the season, despite out-hitting the Jaspers 13-3 in the series opener. Manhattan, the defending MAAC Champions, improved to 10-11 on the season, 5-0 in MAAC play.
Siena (0-20/0-4) let a strong performance from sophomore southpaw Matt Moberg go to waste in the opener. Moberg pitched six innings, allowing just one hit and one earned run. Manhattan took a 3-0 lead with two unearned runs and just one hit in the second inning. Siena had two of its five errors in the frame, and Ruben Perez' single to left field was the only base hit Manhattan managed until the ninth inning.
The Saints scored single runs in the second and third innings, to cut the Jaspers lead to 3-2. Gary DerHagopian's single scored Siena's first run and Michael Ambury scored on a wild pitch in the third. Ambury was one of four Saints to manage a multi-hit opener. The junior second baseman had missed 10 straight games with a knee injury.
Jake Willis and three hits to lead all players in the first game. Phil Cahill and Nick Messinger each had two.
The Jaspers added a pair of key insurance runs in the ninth inning off reliever Will Hassett. Nick Derba's single scored the first run and Manhattan took a 5-2 lead on Dom Lombardi's sacrifice fly. The Saints scored once in their final at bat on a sharp single by Willis.
Manhattan rode the momentum of the game one win into the nightcap, scoring a run in the first off Saints' starter Craig Chaput. Eric Nieto, who finished the second game 3-for-3, singled to lead off the game, stole second and scored on a sacrifice fly.
Siena tied the game with an unearned run in the second, as Jason DeFillipo delivered an RBI single to center field. It was the only run Siena managed off Manhattan starter Josh Santerre who kept the Siena bats off balance all game. Santerre picked up the complete game win, allowing just three hits and no earned runs.
Manhattan scored single runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings to clinch the win. Kevin Neito finished with two of Manhattan's nine hits and an RBI.
Chaput pitched six innings, scattering seven hits and allowing just two earned runs in suffering the loss for Siena.
The two teams complete the series with a single game at noon tomorrow here in Loudonville.
