Manhattan Breaks Open Close Game in Late Innings, Downs Delaware 10-2 at ODU Tournament

Saturday, February 27

Norfolk, Va.

12:00 PM

University of Delaware

Manhattan

Manhattan Breaks Open Close Game in Late Innings, Downs Delaware 10-2 at ODU Tournament

2/27/2016 6:22:00 PM | Baseball

By: Delaware Athletics

• Boxscore

Jim Sherman. “You just hope as a coach that our gang bounces back tomorrow with a much better effort and focus. I really believe in this group. You have a few of these type of games through a 56-game schedule each year. Let this be a lesson learned.”

Delaware took a 2-0 lead in the second inning but the Jaspers scored a run in the third, took the lead for good with two runs in the fifth to chase UD starter Brandon Walter, and then poured it on with three runs in the seventh and four more in the ninth. Manhattan did its damage with just seven hits, the same total as the Blue Hens.

Walter, the 2015 Delaware High School Player of the Year at Hodgson Vo-Tech, allowed just one hit in 4.2 innings of work but surrendered four walks and suffered his second loss. Overall, Delaware was hurt by nine walks on the day as Sherman used six different pitchers.

Delaware got on the board with two runs in the second inning as first baseman Nick Liggett and right fielder Calvin Scott each walked and Liggett scored on an RBI single to right field by shortstop Jeremy Ake. Scott then scored on a sacrifice fly by catcher Tyler Callender. UD left fielder Jordan Glover, who picked up two hits on the day, left the bases loaded with a strikeout to end the threat.

The Hens managed just four hits the rest of the way as Manhattan starter Joey Rocchietti picked up the win, going 5.1 innings and alloweding just six hits and two runs while striking out six batters.

HEN SCRATCHINGS
• Glover's 2 for 4 performance upped his team leading batting average to .455. He also leads the team with six RBI
• Junior captain RHP Burk FitzPatrick (0-0) will take the mound for the Hens Sunday vs. former CAA foe Old Dominion
• Liggett reached base three times for Delaware as he walked twice and had a base hit

AGATE:

Manhattan.....001 020 304 - 10-7-0
Delaware.......020 000 000 - 2-7-0

Rocchietti, Kanwishe (6), Scarinci (9) and Reynolds; Walter, Milley (5), Spadafino (5), Chasanov (8), Flowers (8), Hornich (9) and Callender; DP: M - 2, D - 0; LOB: M - 12, D - 7; 2B: Carrera (M); 3B: Carrera (M); SH: Rocchietti (M); SF: Callender (D); SB: Carrera (M), Forlow (M), Mohollen (D); WP: Rocchietti (1-0); LP: Walter (0-2).

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