Spartan Baseball's Spring Break Results
Mar 17, 2015
Spartan Baseball Spring Break Results
Complete game recaps and box scores of the University of Dubuque baseball team's eight-day trip to the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Fort Myers, Fla.
Game 7 vs. Keystone College (Pa.) (March 18)
BOX SCORE
Game 6 vs. Manchester University (Ind.) (March 17)
BOX SCORE
Spartans Drop Close Affair to Manchester
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The University of Dubuque baseball team recorded nine hits but were limited to two runs in 4-2 defeat to Manchester in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
CF Daniel Casanova, LF Trace Florek, and DH Dalton Garst each recorded two hits to lead the way for the Spartans (4-5), who have dropped five of their last six after sweeping Elmhurst to start the season. A pair of RBIs by Casanova and Florek in the top of the 5th tied the game up at 2-2. Manchester (6-3), also the Spartans, responded with two runs in the bottom of the 6th to seize their final lead.
Manchester starter, Jake Miller (1-0), silenced UD's bats the rest of the way and finished the game allowing nine hits, two runs (both earned), and striking out two.
On the bump for UD was P Jacob Padilla who threw a strong 8.0 innings and surrendered eight hits, four runs (two earned), with two strikeouts.
Game 4 & 5 vs. Lasell College (Mass.) (March 16)
Game One BOX SCORE
Game Two BOX SCORE
Game 2 & 3 vs. UM-Morris and McDaniel College (March 15)
UM-Morris BOX SCORE
McDaniel BOX SCORE
Errors Hinder Spartans in Pair of Losses
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Spartan centerfielder Daniel Casanova tripled and homered in the University of Dubuque baseball team's shootout loss to University of Minnesota-Morris, 13-10, as he and the rest of the Spartans were held to three hits in 6-3 setback to McDaniel College on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans couldn't overcome nine errors that led to eight unearned runs combined in both games.
UM-Morris
The Spartans surrendered 19 hits in 42 at-bats to UM-Morris (4-5) as the Cougars scored in five of the first six innings aided by a plethora of errors.
Casanova's first home run of the season countered a Cougar attack that posted two runs in the top of the first. UD trailed 3-2 through the first two innings until the Cougars plated seven unanswered runs over innings four through six. Seven errors doomed the Spartans as six of UM-Morris' first 10 runs were unearned.
UD starter Doug Van Dyke (1-1) gave up six hits, five runs (one earned), and three walks in 3.0 innings of work.
Casanova led a productive day at the dish as the Spartans (3-3) collected 14 hits total. The starting centerfielder finished 2-for-5 with two runs and one RBI while PH/LF Trace Florek and 2B Will Fogel each totaled two hits and two runs a piece. LF/RF Jacob Evans paced the Spartans with three hits and SS Ryan Karrick added a team-high three RBIs.
The Cougars' C Chandler Erickson nabbed three hits, one run, and four RBIs to lead UM-Morris.
McDaniel
It wasn't until the sixth inning that UD scored the game's first run against McDaniel (3-1) as a pitcher's dual occupied the previous five innings.
The Spartans 2-0 lead after the top of the sixth didn't hold as McDaniel took advantage of two more Spartan errors to snag the 3-2 advantage. UD failed to score in the top of the seventh as McDaniel pulled away with three more runs at the bottom of the inning.
UD starter Trent Van Egtern (0-1) gave up four hits, three runs (one earned), while striking out five in 5.2 innings on the bump.
Dalton Garst collected one hit and two RBIs while Will Fogel added two hits and one RBI as the pair claimed all three Spartan hits.
The Spartans (3-3) have seen defeat in their last three games after starting out the season with a three-game sweep of Elmhurst on the road. It was the first-ever meeting for UD against both McDaniel and UM-Morris.
UD will attempt to right the ship against Lasell College (Mass.) on Monday, March 16 at 9:00 a.m. in their fourth game of their Spring Break series.
Game 1 vs. St. Lawrence (March 14)
BOX SCORE
Florio Homers in First Loss of Year
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Gaetano Florio's first home run of the year provided the only scoring for the University of Dubuque baseball team as they fell to St. Lawrence University, 13-1, in their first of nine Spring Break games.
Florio's four-bagger tied it up at 1 after the third inning in a pitcher's dual up. The St. Lawrence (1-0) quickly erupted for 10 runs over innings five through seven to put away the Spartans (3-1). UD piled on 11 hits, but couldn't string a scoring run together as their three-game winning streak to start the season was interrupted.
St. Lawrence totaled 16 hits in their first game of the season and first-ever meeting against UD.
Florio, Dalton Garst, and Daniel Casanova all finished wih two hits as Garst collected one of UD's two doubles.
Josh Eastman took the loss for the Spartans after surrendering six earned runs on seven hits and notching three strikeouts.
The Spartans continue their Spring Break trip with a double-header on Sunday, March 15 against UM-Morris and McDaniel College at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., respectively.
