March 17, 2000

Box Score

HOMESTEAD, FL - Lafayette didn't allow a run, and they lost, 3-2.

That is, they didn't allow an earned run, as pitchers Kevin Swords and James Duer combined to hold the Roadrunners of Ramapo to just six hits in seven complete innings. However, the Leopards committed six errors and allowed Ramapo to scored three unearned runs in the top of the sixth inning, enough to overcome Lafayette today, 3-2.

Lafayette looked prepared to come back in the game, as they scratched out a run in the bottom of the seventh inning and sent starting pitcher Scott Joffe back to the bench, but the rain came in the top of the eighth inning and didn't stop for nearly two hours. The rain left almost three inches of water on the field, and Lafayette with its eighth loss of the young season.

Ramapo's runs came courtesy of two Lafayette errors in the sixth, rendering all three runs unearned. Freshman Duer came on in relief of Swords, and allowed only one hit in 1.1 innings of work, but it was a two-RBI single to centerfield by centerfielder Jeff Matvienko. The runs proved decisive.

Freshman Russ Giglio knocked in his first run of the season in the second inning with a walk, and senior Mike Palos also drove in a run the easy way, walking in the seventh, but it was the only offense the Leopards could muster on the day. Sophomore leftfielder Ian Burley went 2-for-3 with a run.