St. John's University Athletics
Red Storm Baseball Drops Doubleheader to James Madison
3/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
In the nightcap, James Madison broke an 8-all tie in the bottom of the sixth inning when Travis Ebaugh singled off St. Johns senior reliever Tom Klemm (Salem, N.H.), moved to second on a fly out and scored on a single from Eddie Kim.
Travis Miller retired the side in order in the seventh to close out the game.
The Red Storm trailed 2-0 in the second, but scored a pair of runs on RBI singles from junior Anthony DeRosa (Salem, N.H.) and senior catcher Asa Grunenwald (Boalsburg, Pa.) to tie the game. The Dukes, however, responded with three runs in the third off sophomore starter Jim Wladyka (Rutherford, N.J.), taking a 5-2 lead.
A two-run single from sophomore Jim Martin (Norwood, Mass.) cut the lead to 5-4, and two more in the fifth, one on an RBI double from junior Derek Sullivan (Lincoln, Calif.), to take a 6-5 lead.
James Madison scored three runs in the fifth to take an 8-6 lead, and the Red Storm tied the game in the sixth on a two-run single from senior Ray Downs (New Rochelle, N.Y.), but the hosts scored the decisive run in the seventh.
Downs went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a single, two runs scored and two RBI, while DeRosa hit three singles, scored three runs and drove in one.
In the opener, the Red Storm scored nine runs on 17 hits, but graduate student Greg Holmes (Stony Brook, N.Y.) was hit for 12 earned runs on 15 hits in 5.1 innings as James Madison cruised to a 21-9 win.
Freshman Greg Thomson (Levittown, N.Y.) went 2-for-4 with two singles and three RBI to lead the Red Storm, while junior Drew Jackson (Morgantown, W. Va.) hit three singles and drove in two runs. Freshman Eddie Schultz (Flemington, N.J.) hit two doubles and scored a run, DeRosa hit a double, single, scored two runs and drove in one, while junior shortstop Mike Rozema (Fair Lawn, N.J.) had three hits.
The Red Storm wrap up the three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
