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| Contact: |
Doug Aiken |
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Sports Information Director |
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(714) 997-6900 |
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daiken@chapman.edu |
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April 22, 2007 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PANTHERS SWEEP CHAPMAN INVITATIONAL WITH LATE-INNING HEROICS
ORANGE, Calif. – Chapman used three tremendous pitching performances and some late-inning offensive heroics to sweep its way to the championship at this weekend’s Chapman Invitational baseball tournament. The Panthers defeated Menlo College 6-1 on Sunday and finished 3-0 this weekend to improve to 30-5 overall.
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Chapman Invitational
All-Tournament Team |
| Top Hitter |
Lamonte Toney, CSU East Bay |
| Co-Top Pitchers |
Devin Drag, Chapman |
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Wayde Kitchens, Chapman |
| Gold Glove |
Kyle Redding, Chapman |
| All-Tournament |
Patrick Ohail, Chapman |
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Gregorio Beck, Puget Sound |
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A.J. Jorg, Puget Sound |
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Joe Newland, Puget Sound |
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Chris Buddelli, Menlo |
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Rob Monderine, Menlo |
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Jacob Haberman, CSU East Bay | Right-handers Devin Drag and Wayde Kitchens were awarded Co-Top Pitcher honors for the tournament, each throwing one-run, complete game gems. Junior infielder Kyle Redding earned the Gold Glove Award. And Cal State East Bay infielder Lamonte Toney was named Top Hitter, going 8-for-14 with a homer and five RBI in three games.
Game 1: Chapman 5, Cal State East Bay 1
Drag improved to 12-0 with a complete game seven-hitter. The senior’s next win will tie two Chapman records for wins in a season (13) and career wins (28). Senior OF Tyler Dean broke out of a recent slump with a double and home run and sophomore IF Patrick Ohail was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer to lead Chapman offensively. Sophomore IF Ryan Cavan got the game started in the first inning with a triple, and scored on a wild pitch. The Panthers took three of the four meetings with rival East Bay this season.
Game 2: Chapman 6, Puget Sound (Wash.) 2
The Panthers rallied from a 2-0 deficit to score two runs in the seventh inning on an RBI single by Ohail, who later scored on a sacrifice fly. Chapman then scored the game-winner on a Puget Sound error in the eighth and added three big insurance runs on a bases-loaded double by Cavan in the ninth. The Panthers made the most of just four hits in the game, thanks to terrific pitching from senior RHP Matt Ricatto (six innings, seven strikeouts) and sophomore RHP Kurt Yacko (three innings, one hit, six strikeouts). Yacko earned the win in relief to improve to 4-1 this season.
Game 3: Chapman 6, Menlo 1
Chapman again came from behind in the seventh inning. Trailing 1-0, the Panthers plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a solo home run by sophomore C Matt Pearson and RBI from Yacko and Cavan. Chapman added three more in the eighth, highlighted by a two-run double from junior OF James Godfrey. Kitchens retired the first 11 batters he faced and cruised through nine innings, scattering five hits and eight strikeouts to improve to 8-1.
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Game stats available online:
/athletics/06-07/baseball/teamstat.htm
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