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May 5, 2007

#3 Gwynedd-Mercy 6, #1 Arcadia 4
Capella hits milestone; Griffins avoid elimination

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BOYERTOWN, PA. - Gwynedd-Mercy remained alive in the 2007 PAC Baseball Tournament with a 6-4 win over Arcadia to eliminate the Knights Saturday afternoon.

Anthony Capella (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) recorded his 200th career hit as the senior went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored. Capella reached the milestone in the second inning with a leadoff drag bunt down to third.

Teammate Matt Daley (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) was just as impressive as the starter threw into the ninth, scattering four runs on six hits. Daley also survived six walks and at one point he retired 10-straight batters.

Capella helped the Griffins take a 2-0 lead as his bases-loaded double in the third plated Albert DiDomenico (Philadelphia/Neumann-Goretti) and Mark Mattes (Doylestown Pa./C.B. East). Tim McMenamin (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) followed with an RBI groundout as GM led by three runs.

In the sixth, Arcadia put runners on the corners with two outs but a leaping grab off a groundball bounce by first baseman Matt Martin (Pottstown, Pa./St. Pius X) allowed GM to leave the inning unscathed.

The Griffins (27-10) looked to break the game open with three runs in the eighth. Mattes led off the frame with a homerun to left and Martin followed with a double to left. Capella knocked in pinch-runner Sean Carchidi with an RBI single. After John Squire relieved Arcadia starter Steve Chobert, McMenamin welcomed him to the game with a double to right allowing Capella to score, making it a 6-1 GM edge.

In the top of the ninth, Gwynedd had two on with no outs and tried two suicide bunts but were unable to add to their lead.

The Knights made things interesting in their last at-bat as a one-out two-run double from Eric Console cut the lead to 6-3. After a pinch hit single from Andy Bella to put runners at the corners, reliever Kyle Reynolds (Darby, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) came on to strikeout Dave Morris but allowed an RBI single from John Curreri for a 6-4 lead. With two on, Reynolds settled down and got potential-winning run John Connell swinging for his fourth save on the year.

Console was 2-for-4 with three RBIs for Arcadia (24-11).

Gwynedd will now play the loser of the Wesley/Alvernia game tonight at 7 p.m. in another elimination game.

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