FREDERICKSON STRIKES OUT 13: TRAIN BACK IN FIRST
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Big Train starting pitcher Evan Frederickson's (Virginia Tech) fastball was working on Tuesday afternoon at Shipley Field as he struck out the first seven batters he faced and 13 in all over six innings. When Preston Pehrson (Texas) launched a huge home run over the wall in rightfield to leadoff the second inning, it looked like that might be all Frederickson would need. But in the top of the fifth, Mike Rozak (Maryland) singled, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on an RBI single by William Greenberg (Washington) to knot the score at one. Under league rules, each game of a doubleheader is 7 innings. In the top of the seventh with one out, Matt Long (Santa Clara) fouled off ball after ball before reaching first on a single. Alex Massari (San Francisco) walked. With two out, pinch-hitter Adam Plummer (Pittsburgh-Johnstown) slapped a ball to the right of the first baseman and reached first on a disputed call to load the bases. Luke Adkins (Southern Mississippi) also reached on an infield hit scoring Long with the go-ahead run. Pehrson walked to increase the lead to two before Brian Dozier (Southern Mississippi) cleared the bases with a three RBI double. When Dozier scored on a wild pitch, Bethesda had a 7-1 lead. Chris Cullen (Michigan State) shut down the Bombers in the bottom of the seventh to preserve the win. Adam Leblow (Tennessee-Martin) was the hard luck loser for the Bombers, going the distance and striking out six.


Bethesda Big Train (6-4) 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 -- 7 8 0
College Park Bombers (6-6) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -- 1 2 1


WP: Frederickson (1-1)
LP: Leblow (0-2)
HR: Pehrson (BBT)
2B: Dozier (2) (BBT)
Attendance: 24
Time: 1 hour, 44 minutes


The nightcap was another great pitchers duel until an extra inning meltdown by the Bombers allowed the Big Train to escape College Park with a doubleheader sweep. Neither Bomber starter Jake Smothers (Tennessee-Martin) nor Big Train starter Keith Moreland (UNC-Charlotte) allowed a run through three innings. Chris Nann (Maryland) opened the scoring in the bottom of the fourth with a home run to straight-away centerfield. Bethesda tied the score at one in the top of the fifth when Chris Taylor (UNC-Charlotte) singled, moved to second on an error, advanced to third on a groundout, and scampered home on a passed ball. In the top of the seventh, Taylor walked and was replaced by pinch-runner Adam Redd (Virginia Tech). Redd moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a controversial play when Nick Cleckler (Jacksonville State) attempted to sacrifice him to third and the ball got away from the second baseman covering first. Long walked, stole second, and scored on a single by Steven Leach (Jacksonville State) to give Bethesda a 3-1 lead. Moreland came out to pitch the seventh and final inning but gave up a single and a walk. Wyatt Stewart (Richmond) got a sacrifice out but then gave up an infield single to load the bases and a two RBI single to Greenberg to tie the game at 3. Austin Hinkle (Coastal Carolina) put out the fire and pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning. In the top of the ninth, things got ugly. The Bombers leftfielder dropped a fly ball off the bat of Big Train lead-off hitter Steve Fay (Mount Saint Marys). Fay scored from second when the Bomber pitcher fielded a sacrifice bunt and threw it down the rightfield line. Long doubled home Massari. It was deja vu all over again when the pitcher threw another sacrifice down the baseline allowing Long to score. Hinkle allowed two hits in the ninth but but no runs.


Bethesda Big Train (7-4) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 -- 7 5 0
College Park Bombers (6-7) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 -- 3 8 6


WP: Hinkle (1-0)
LP: Gordon (0-1)
HR: Nann (CPB)
2B: Jakubowski (CPB), Long (BBT), Gonzales (CPB)
Attendance: 40
Time: 2 hours and 49 minutes