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Day One Recap from caccathletics.org

Philadelphia University has won their first game in the 2008 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Tournament, as the Rams scored early and often to take a 13-0 decision from Felician College.  Below is the text (and some pictures) from the running commentary that was posted on www.philaurams.com during today's game from Frawley Stadium.

PREGAME
It's a 69-degree, cloudy day here in Wilmington, Del. for the start of the CACC Baseball Tournament.  Second-seded Caldwell College just defeated number three seed Dominican College 6-5 after a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning.

The extra frame required in Game 1 of the tournament has pushed back the start of the top-seeded Rams game vs. fourth-seeded Felician College just a few minutes, estimated to begin around 3:30 p.m.

Check this space often as the day progresses for updates on the game, the Rams first appearance in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference postseason.

TOP OF THE FIRST
After yielding a lead-off walk, freshman right-hander Jared Farbman settled in and got a strikeout, a soft grounder to first and another "K" to retire the side as the Golden Falcons leave a man on.  It's scoreless through one half inning with the Rams coming to bat.

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST
JungMin Lee leads off with a single to right field, and he is promptly sacrificed to second base on a textbook bunt by Zach Mentzer.  Lee then steals third without a throw from the Felician catcher.  The Rams are in scoring position with Tyler Mentzer at the plate.  Tyler Mentzer pops out to the shortstop for the second out; but sophomore Rob Fisher comes through with a base hit up the middle to bring home Lee with the game's first run.  Kyle Noonan taps a grounder to third for the final out of the inning.  The Rams lead 1-0, through one.

TOP OF THE SECOND
The Golden Falcons have their first hit of the game as Hector Bello leads off the second with a single, but he is caught stealing second on a nice throw by senior catcher Jason Hartley.  Farbman then gets his third strikeout of the game and a grounder to short to end the inning after facing the minimum three batters.  It's still 1-0 Philadelphia through one and a half.

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND
Devin Conroy smacks a double just inside the third base bag and Mike Anderson follows with another double; his went to right-center and the Rams are now ahead 2-0, with no outs in the top of the second.  Jason Hartley sacrifices Anderson to third and Anthony DiFrancesco lines one right back to Golden Falcon starter Al Jardine.  Two down, and then JungMin Lee lines one to left center to bring home Anderson and it's now 3-0 Philadelphia.  Zach Mentzer grounds out softly to third to end the inning, but not before two more runs make it 3-0 Rams.

TOP OF THE THIRD
Farbman gets the Felician lead-off hitter to tap out to first baseman Fisher, and Farbman covers the bag for the first out.  (A lot of ground balls today and a lot of quick at-bats; may be a good thing as there might be some wet weather heading up from the Chesapeake Bay early this evening).  Farbman issues his second walk of the day and then picks off baserunner Anthony Spina; the freshman then gets his fourth strikeout of the afternoon and it's three-up, three-down again.  3-0 Rams through two and a half.

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD
Tyler Mentzer grounds out to open the third, but Rob Fisher hits a double to deep right center out of the reach of Felician's center fielder.  Fisher and Lee each are 2-for-2 on the day as the Rams continue to get hits.  Kyle Noonan flies out to left and it's two down with Fisher still on second.  Devin Conroy is now 2-for-2 as well as the junior hits his second double of the day to drive in Fisher with another two-out run and it's 4-0 Philadelphia University.  Picthing change for the Golden Falcons and it's John Calise coming on in relief of Jardine.   Mike Anderson pokes one to left to bring in Conroy, making it 5-0 Rams.  Hartley grounds out to the shortstop who gets Anderson on the force at second to end the inning, still 5-0 Philadelphia.

TOP OF THE FOURTH
After a Rams error to open the inning allowed the Golden Falcon a lead-off baserunner, Farbman easily retired the side, maintaining his one-hitter through four innings, with Rams ahead 5-0.

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH
DiFrancesco opens with a base on balls, followed by Lee's third base hit of the day.  Another Zach Mentzer sacrifice has the Rams positioned with runners on second and third, one out.  Tyler Mentzer softly singles to bring home another run, it's 6-0 Rams, runners on first and third.  Rob Fisher taps one back to the picther, and is thrown out a first, but not before Tyler Mentzer advances to second.  With two runners in scoring position, it's Kyle Noonan at the plate with two down.  Noonan hits one sharply up the middle, it's gathered by the diving Felician shortstop, but the infield single gets both runners home.  Conroy strikes out to end the inning, but three more runs make it 8-0 Philadelphia through four complete.

TOP OF THE FIFTH
Farbman notches his sixth "K" of the game but Hartley bobbles the pitch and throws to Anderson to make the first out official.  A base hit and a hit batsman put runners on first and second for the Golden Falcons, but a 4-6-3 double play ends the inning as the Rams defense, best in the conference statistically, comes through again to preserve the 8-0 lead through four and a half innings of play.  The weather is holding and the game will be official shortly, regardless.

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH
Anderson leads off with a walk, but is forced out at second as Hartley grounds into a double play.  DiFrancesco grounds out to end the inning as the Rams go down in order for the first time today, but still lead comfortably, 8-0.

With the game seemingly in control, I'm going to head down to field level to snap some photos from the game while the weather is still halfway decent.  So perhaps more pictures and less text for an inning or two...stay tuned, Rams' fans!

TOP OF THE SIXTH
No runs, no hits for Felician.

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH
The Rams plate one run as JungMin Lee has his fourth hit of the game and he's driven home on a fielder's choice by Rob Fisher (shown below) to make it 9-0 Rams through six complete innings.  The wind is picking up and the skies are darkening.

TOP OF THE SEVENTH
Farbman is cruising along with a two-hitter and the Rams head into the seventh inning stretch in command, still ahead 9-0.

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH
Mike Anderson is now 3-for-3 with a walk, he's reached base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI to boot, he's a lead-off baserunner in the seventh, and he's followed by Jason Hartley who was hit by a picth.  First and second with no outs for DiFrancesco.  DiFran reached on a dropped pop-up by the Felician SS.  Bases are loaded for J-Lee, who is seeking his fifth hit of the day.  Lee reaches on an error, which opens the floodgates for four more Philadelphia runs and they lead it 13-0 through seven innings.  In the inning, Lee scored his fourth run of the afternoon, which ties a CACC Tournament single-game record.

Dan Wothers replaces Kyle Noonan and goes into center field with Devin Conroy shifting to right to open the eighth inning as Head Coach Mark Heineman makes a defensive switch in order to give Noonan the rest of the day off as he'll probably picth tomorrow's game.

TOP OF THE EIGHTH
Farbman is in complete control of the game, with nine strikeouts on 111 pitches (79 strikes, 32 balls), he's yielded just three Felician hits as the Rams maintain their 13-0 lead through seven and a half innings.

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH
The Rams go quietly, just the second inning today where they didn't score a run in their turn at bat.  Still 13-0 and Farbman remains in the contest looking for the complete game.

TOP OF THE NINTH
Farbman gets his 10th strikeout and finishes his gem of a complete game with 129 pitches thrown, 88 of them for strikes, and the ample run support provided early and often propels the Rams into the winners' bracket; they'll face Caldwell at 12:00 noon tomorrow at Wilson Field in New Castle, Del.  Felician meets Dominican in Game 3 of the CACC Tournament, to start here at Frawley Stadium in about 25 minutes.