Wednesday, April 11, 2001
SPANOS BEATS WESTERN CONNECTICUT
TWO WAYS FOR TRINITY BASEBALL
Hartford, Conn.- Junior second baseman Greg Spanos (Auburn, Mass.) pitched seven innings, allowing seven hits and three earned runs, and had a three-run double in the sixth inning to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 5-4 win over the visiting Western Connecticut State University Colonials in intercollegiate baseball action this afternoon.
Trinity, ranked No.1 in the New England Division III Coaches Poll and No. 14 in the nation, improves to 18-1 with its College-record 15th consecutive victory. The Colonials fall to 3-10-1 with third straight loss.
Trinity led, 2-1, after three innings on a fielder’s choice that scored sophomore third baseman Kurt Piantek (Wallingford, Conn.) in the second inning and an RBI single by Piantek in the third.
The Colonials took a 5-2 lead in the top of the sixth on RBI singles by senior Brenin Mucci (Waterbury, Conn.) and freshman T. J. Tarantino (Rutherford,N.Y.) and bases loaded walk by Spanos.
In the bottom of the inning, Spanos smacked a two-out, bases-loaded double to left-center to give Trinity the lead back at 5-4. Western loaded the bases in the seventh off Spanos and in the ninth off freshman right-hander Kevin Tidmarsh (Meriden, Conn.), but failed to score each time. Spanos struck out two to end the seventh inning threat, while Tidmarsh and senior co-captain right-hander Jarrett Bayliss (Williamstown, Mass.) struck out the side in the ninth to preserve the win.
Spanos struck out six and walked five to earn his third win of the season, and Bayliss collected his second save. Western junior righty John Parise (North Haven, Conn.) took the loss.
LINE SCORE
| Team | Record | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Western Connecticut | 3-10-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Trinity, Conn. | (18-1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 5 | 8 | 3 |
WC- John Parise, Dan Korn (7), Greg Palanzo (9) and Robert Nardi.
TC- Greg Spanos, Kevin Tidmarsh (8), Jarret Bayliss (9) and Robert Dolliver.
WP: Spanos (3-0)
LP: Parise (0-3)
S: Jarrett Bayliss (2)
OFFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS:
WC- Jay Sharkey (Waterbury, Conn.) two hits, Brenin Mucci (Waterbury, Conn.) two hits
TC - Kurt Piantek (Wallingford, Conn.) two hits, Robert Dolliver (Norwich, Conn.) three hits, double, Tom Osuch (Fairhaven, Mass.) two hits