(Box
Score)
2/24/07
--The Long Island University baseball team dropped to
0-3 on the young season after being shutout, 10-0 by Oakland (Ill.)
in Richmond, Ky. The Blackbirds mustered just one hit, a double
by freshman Chris Kievit (Wayne, N.J.) with one out in the ninth.
Oakland starter Brad Noel did not allow a hit over seven innings,
striking out three and walking six in the process. Sophomore
Kenny Cedel (Staten Island, N.Y.) was tagged for five runs (two
earned) in five innings of work. He gave up five hits while striking
out six.
The Golden Grizzlies took a 1-0 lead against the Blackbirds
in the bottom of the second with an RBI single through the
left
side by Drew Jenison. Kevin Carkeek extended the Oakland advantage
to 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
The Golden Grizzlies scored three additional runs in the fifth
inning to go up 5-0 and a five-run eighth inning sealed the
win for Oakland.
Long Island will wrap up its three-day stint in the Bluegrass
State with a game against Eastern Kentucky on Sunday, Feb.
25 at 10:00 a.m.
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