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March 30, 2007
GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA - Six unearned runs off of six Griffin errors were the difference in a 7-5 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference loss to defending champ Alvernia Friday afternoon. Senior Matt Martin (Pottstown, Pa./St. Pius X) and sophomore Tim Hoban (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) each went 1-for-4 with a run scored. Martin added two RBI's while Hoban legged out a triple. GM starter Tim McMenamin (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) went seven innings, fanning two while scattering six hits and allowing just one earned run. His counterpart, Alvernia's Jason Ziegler lasted eight innings giving up five runs (three earned) on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks. After the Griffins (8-4, 2-2 PAC) cut it to 3-2 after three innings, errors in each of the fourth, fifth, sixth allowed Alvernia (10-6, 3-2 PAC) to take a 7-3 lead. Martin's two-run single in the eighth made sliced the deficit to just 7-5. In the ninth, Gwynedd got a man on and the tying run to the plate but were unable to get the equalizer. Steve Burdan collected three hits with two runs scored and one driven in for the Crusaders. The two teams will meet again tomorrow in Reading
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