Saturday, March 15, 2003
DORR HOMERS IN EACH GAME TO LEAD TRINITY BASEBALL TO SEASON OPENING SPLIT
Fort Myers, Fla. – Senior co-captain Jayme Dorr (Osterville, Mass.) hit a home run in each game of a double header to give the Trinity College Bantam baseball team a split versus the Mount Union Purple Raiders in its season opening opening doubleheader at the Gene Cusic Classic in Cape Coral, Fla. this afternoon. Trinity won the first game, 9-4, and dropped the second game,14-6.
Junior right hander Kevin Tidmarsh (Meriden, Conn.) scattered eight hits to give Trinity a win in the first game. Senior co-captain Kurt Piantek (Wallingford, Conn.) added to his career homer record by blasting a second inning bomb on his first swing of the season. Junior Eric Shattenkirk (New Rochelle, New York) ripped the game-winning double to plate two Bantams in the sixth inning.
In the second game, sophomore Aaron Goldstein (Edina, Minn.) was 3-for-4, including his first home run of the season in a losing effort. Trinity’s record is 1-1 and Mount Union is 7-2.
Game 1
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Trinity, Conn. (1-0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Mount Union (6-2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
BATTERY
TC – Kevin Tidmarsh (W, 1-0), Chris Rodday (7), and Andrew Fries.
MU – Scott Gil (L, 1-1), Adam Fatone (5), and Pete Couch.
Offensive Highlights
TC – Kurt Piantek - HR (1), Jayme Dorr - HR (1)
MU – Mike Miller - three hits.
Game 2
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Trinity, Conn.(1-1) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| Mount Union (7-2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
BATTERY
TC – Greg Talpey Brad Kern (l, 0-1), 4th, Kyle Cox 5th,
Derek Flavey 6th, Gabe Rotman 7th, and Andrew Fries, Tony
O’Shaughnessy 7th
MU – Eric Bunnell (W, 2-0), and Sam Simmerman.
Offensive Highlights
TC –Jayme Dorr - HR (2), Aaron Goldstein - three hits, HR (1)
MU – Adam Starr - three hits