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Senators Dodge Rain to Sweep Cardinals in Doubleheader |
June
14, 2008 -- Vienna, VA.The Senators run of perfection continued last night
with some late-inning heroics. Alfred Rodriguez’s walk-off single
enabled the Senators to overcome a late-inning fielding miscue to beat the
South Maryland Cardinals 4-3 in Game 1 of a doubleheader. The Senators defeated
the Cardinals 7-1 in Game 2.
In Game 1, the score was tied 2-2 after six innings. Both Senators runs
came on wild pitches from Cardinals starter Paul DeVito.
“[DeVito] didn’t have anything special, we just didn’t
come out right away, but every time they put up a run we answered right
back,” said shortstop Scott Dalrymple.
Senators starter Jordan Durrance only lasted three innings, yielding both
runs. Durrance, a reliever all season at Pepperdine, said that it was an
adjustment getting back into the feel of throwing out of the windup again.
“I know what I need to work on moving forward in my next couple of
bullpen sessions: my arm was a little behind the rest of my body, and I
need to not sling the ball as much and keep the strikes down in the zone.”
The game was delayed due to rain for over an hour after the sixth inning.
When action resumed, the Cardinals broke the tie when Brian Brown scored
when first baseman Nick Kuroczko dropped a throw on a grounder to the shortstop.
Alfred Rodriguez’s throw rolled past Kuroczko, allowing Brown to round
third and score.
However, there was no quit in the Senators as they rallied in the bottom
of the seventh. Leading hitter Wes Joy led off the inning by drawing a walk.
The next two batters laid sacrifice bunts that the Cardinals were unable
to turn into outs.
Eric Walker came to the plate and fell behind 0-2. However, he was able
to foul off a number of pitches and eventually drew a walk in a ten pitch
at-bat.
“I swung at some bad pitches early in the count. I think that first
pitch was at my eyes, but I just tried to battle,” said Walker.
That brought up Rodriguez, who took a 2-2 pitch the other way and over the
right fielder’s head for the game-winning hit.
“I knew [Klein] was throwing fastballs consistently, and I was looking
to be aggressive. He was coming at people with fastballs, so if I saw a
good fastball I was going to swing,” said Rodriguez.
In Game 2, the Senators didn’t record a hit until the sixth inning,
but were still able to jump out to a 2-0 lead. Both runs came on Cardinals’
errors, a common theme in both games of the doubleheader. The first came
on a wild pitch, and the second on a throwing error from Cardinals second
baseman Jeff Kemp.
The Senators rode a strong pitching performance from left-hander Michael
Graham. Graham pitched four and two-thirds innings, only yielding one run.
The Senators padded their lead in the fifth and sixth innings, thanks to
more poor fielding from the Cardinals. The Cardinals committed five total
errors, including three in the 6th alone. The Senators put the nail in the
coffin with a three-run homerun from David Harris.
The Senators have a day off tomorrow. Their next game is Monday night at
7:00 against the Beltway Blue Caps at Fairfax High School.
Andrew
Stuckmeyer
Vienna Senators Intern