Rowen Leads Blackbirds to 11-7 Victory over UMES |
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Junior James Adamo (Parascus, N.Y.) and sophomore Danny Etkin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added three hits each for the Blackbirds. Down 7-4 in the top of the sixth, the Blackbirds tied the score with three runs in the top half of the inning. Senior Matt Martino (Staten Island, N.Y.) had a two-out two-run double that scored Etkin and freshman Anthony Amatucci (Toms River, N.J.). A single by Rowen scored Martino and knotted the game at 7-7. After a scoreless seventh, the Blackbirds exploded for four runs in the eighth. UMES helped the LIU cause, committing two errors in the inning which led to two unearned runs. Adamo had the big hit for the Blackbirds, a two-run single to right that scored Martino and Rowen. Senior southpaw Pete Orsi (Brooklyn, N.Y.) picked up the victory in relief for LIU. Junior Ryan Ekberg (Carmel, N.Y.), pitching in his third consecutive game, went 1 2/3 scoreless innings to get the save. The Blackbirds travel down south for their next five contests. They will participate in the Papa John Baseball Classic in West Palm Beach, Fla. on March 11-16. Seton Hall is their first opponent on Saturday, Mar. 11 at 3:00 p.m.
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3/6/06 --
Junior Robert Rowen (Rosendale, N.Y.) tallied four hits and
a pair of RBI as the Long Island University baseball team scored
seven unanswered runs to rally for an 11-7 victory over the
University of Maryland-Eastern Shore on Sunday afternoon.