March 16, 2003
BALTIMORE - The Fairfield University baseball team picked up its first two wins of the season sweeping UMBC, on the road Sunday afternoon. The Stags took the first game 6-4, and capping the sweep with a 10-5, win in the nightcap.
With the wins the Stags improve to 2-4 on the young season, while UMBC falls to 2-6.
In the first game, the Stags posted a run in the third inning off a double to left from freshman Doug Anderson (Montville, NJ/Delbarton) to drive in fellow classmate Jim Girolamo (Wayland, Mass./Wayland).
The Stags added a pair of runs in the fourth inning when freshman John Scaife (Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia) doubled to center to bring home junior Andy Lynn (Montville, NJ/Delbarton). Then Anderson would hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield scoring freshman Tom Arpino (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian).
Fairfield added another run in the fifth inning when junior Sal Mancuso (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) brought home sophomore Greg Batista (Syosset, NY/Syosset). Batista would go 2-for-3 with two runs scored to lead Fairfield at the plate.
UMBC would cross the plate three times in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game a 4-4 going into the top of the final inning. Fairfield would get things going when Lynn had a RBI single to score Batista, and Arpino reached on a fielder's choice to bring home junior Antuan Barnett (Bronx, NY/Rice).
Junior Matt Thiffault (Natick, Mass./Natick) would pick up his first win of the season in relief of starter sophomore Pablo Tamayo (Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglades). Thiffault gave up only three hits and no runs in one-and-a-third innings pitched. Tamayo went 5.1 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits, and two walks with two strikeouts.
In the nightcap, Fairfield would score three runs in the second inning and would not look back pounding out 15 hits in the second game. For the afternoon the Stags would knock out 21 hits in the two games.
Anderson would go 3-for-6 in the second game with a homerun, two doubles, two runs batted in, and a run scored. Six of Fairfield's nine batters would each collect at least two hits in the nightcap, including five batters with a double.
Sophomore Tim Dugan (Cedar Grove, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) would go the distance to collect his first win of the 2003 season. The New Jersey native gave up five runs, three which were earned, on nine hits and two walks while striking out two hitters.
