Old Liners Top Aggies to Win Fall World Series
10/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – After dropping game one, the Old Liners outscored the Aggies 11-1 over the final two games to win Maryland's Fall World Series this weekend. Games one and two were played at Gallaudet before game three at Harford County Community College.
Games were played off campus due to the on going renovations to Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium.
Game One
Junior Mike Shawaryn struck out six over five innings and did not allow an earned run while sophomore Kevin Smith reached based four times in the Aggies 6-1 victory over the Old Liners Thursday.
The Aggies took the lead early and didn't look back, receiving standout performances from freshman Marty Costes and junior Madison Nickens.
After an uneventful opening frame, sophomore Justin Morris blasted a solo homer in the second to pu the Aggies in front off Old Liners starter freshman John Murphy.
Costes blew the game open in the fourth. After Peyton Sorrels singled and Dan Maynard walked, Costes smacked a three-run home run to make it 4-1 after four.
Shawaryn led a spectacular pitching performance from the Aggies who scattered just three hits with four pitchers. Freshman Zach Guth and sophomore Andrew Green combined to allow no hits in 2 and 2/3 before junior Mike Rescigno shut the door with a couple of strikeouts over 1 and 1/3.
Costes finished two-for-three with a walk and three RBIS while Smith sprayed three singles, walked once and scored a run. Nickens reached base twice and stole a couple of bases.
Sophomore Zach Jancarski singled twice for the Old Liners while sophomore Kevin Biondic scored a run. Senior Anthony Papio and sophomore Kengo Kawahara both walked twice.
Game Two
Sophomore Taylor Bloom tossed five innings and did not allow a run to help the Old Liners knot the series at 1-1 with a 3-0 victory Saturday afternoon.
The pitcher's dual saw the first run not scored until the sixth inning. Aggie starter freshman Andrew Miller also did not allow a run through his three innings of work.
Both teams had chances in the opening inning. The Old Liners loaded the bases with three walks before freshman AJ Lee struck out to end the threat. Freshman Nick Dunn and Morris put together back-to-back singles in the first, but Maynard struck out to strand two.
The Aggies were once again in business in the second with two-out singles from Sorrels and Costes, but Nickens grounded out to close the inning. An eventful third for the Old Liners saw redshirt freshman Andrew Bechtold double before a Nick Cieri single and a Papio walk to load the bases with one out. Sophomore Jamal Wade then struck out before Lee flied out to left.
The Old Liners took the lead for good in the sixth. Biondic smacked a double before Jancarski singles to put runners on the corners. Kawahara then executed a perfect suicide squeeze to put the Old Liners on the board.
Papio hit a solo homer in the seventh to extend the lead to 3-0. The senior was one-for-one with three walks in the contest. Cieri finished with a double and a single while sophomore Andrew Bechtold reached base on three occasions.
Freshman Truman Thomas worked two innings to pick up the save.
Game Three
The Old Liners overcame an early 1-0 deficit to clinch the Fall World Series title with an 8-1 victory on Saturday afternoon.
Four Old Liners notched two hits in a complete offensive performance behind freshman Cameron Enck, who picked up the win.
The Aggies got on the board first when Nickens scored on Smith's sacrifice fly. The Old Liners responded in the third. Papio doubled before Wade was hit by a pitch. Lee then reached on an error before Patrick Hisle's sacrifice fly drove in a run.
Biondic then was hit by a pitch before a run scored run Zach Jancarski reached on an error. Kawahara then laced a two-run single before Bechtold doubled in a run. Cieri used a double of his own to bring home the sixth run followed by Papio's double to plate the Aggies' seventh run of the third inning.
Enck was excellent for the Aggies, allowing just one hit and an earned run over four innings of work. Junior Tayler Stiles worked a pair of innings behind Enck before senior Robert Galligan struck out two over an inning pitched.
Bechtold finished with a pair of doubles, an RBI and two runs scored. Papio was once again a terror at the plate, doubling twice and drawing a couple of walks. Lee had his best game of the series with two hits and Cieri notched a single and a double.
Nickens reached base twice in a losing effort for the Old Liners. Sorrels and Maynard both had a hit.
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