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May 4, 2007

#2 Alvernia 3, #3 Gwynedd-Mercy 2
Rally in ninth comes up short in loss to Crusaders

Box Score

BOYERTOWN, PA. - Third-seeded Gwynedd-Mercy lost 3-2 to second-seeded Alvernia in the first game of the 2007 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Friday afternoon.

The Griffins now will play tomorrow at 11 a.m. against the loser of fourth-seeded Wesley and top-seeded Arcadia in an elimination game. Alvernia will play the winner at 3 p.m.

The Crusaders' Jason Ziegler threw a complete game, striking out seven and walking two on eight hits. GMC's Josh Thomas (Severn, Md./Cardinal Gibbons) was just as impressive, as the senior went eight innings allowing three runs (two earned) with no walks and three strikeouts.

Alvernia took a 1-0 lead in the first as Tim Carroll scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Zach Lutz. The Crusaders etched another run in the fourth after catcher J.B. Meadows' (Pennsville, N.J./Pennsville) throw to third on a double steal went into left field, allowing Chris Raniere to cross home plate.

But the Griffins got one back in the fifth as senior Anthony Capella (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) delivered a two-out RBI single to right to plate sophomore Tim Hoban (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic).

Dale Curry's two-out RBI double in the sixth restored a two-run lead for Alvernia.

In the ninth, Gwynedd threatened, as Chris Corkery (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) and Albert DiDomenico (Philadelphia/Neumann-Goretti) hit back-to-back singles with two-outs. Pinch hitter Dan Strack (Langhorne, Pa./Holy Ghost) then singled down the left field line scoring Corkery, but Ziegler got Ken Bengtson (Jamison, Pa./C.B. East) to groundout to second to retire the side.

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