University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, February 19
Miami, FL
3:00 p.m.
0-3
1
at
3
Florida International
3-0
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2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
St. Thomas
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
FIU
0
1
0
0
0
2
X
3
6
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ryan Cabarcas (1-0)
L: Chiriboga, Chris (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Richartz, Brigs 1 ; Porter, Jake 1
RBI: Kulesa, Sam 1 ; Lehman, Avery 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vujovich, Ben 1 ; Moris, Max 1 ; Porter, Jake 1
PO: Kulesa, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: Alec Sanchez 1 ; Adrian Figueroa 1 ; Jayden Melendez 2
HR: Alec Sanchez 1
RBI: Alec Sanchez 3 ; Adrian Figueroa 1 ; Jayden Melendez 1 ; Mario Zabala 2 ; Robert Sotolongo 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Steven Ondina 2 ; Alec Sanchez 1 ; Dante Girardi 1 ; Matthew Gonzalez 1 ; Jayden Melendez 2 ; Mario Zabala 1 ; Robert Sotolongo 1
SB: Steven Ondina 1 ; Dante Girardi 1 ; Mario Zabala 2 ; Robert Sotolongo 1
HBP: Dante Girardi 1
PO: Alec Sanchez 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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Charlie Bartholomew tied for team lead in hits and RBI on the four-game series
Frustrating Florida trip for Baseball on opening weekend
2/20/2022 5:50:00 PM | Baseball
Miami, Fla. -- The bad news for St. Thomas Baseball after its season-opening trip to Florida International: It comes home with an 0-4 record, marked by three close losses and a one-sided defeat.
The good news? Three solid starting pitching performances, plus 28 Tommies in all got their first Division I experience for a team expected to show steady improvement as the season plays out.
St. Thomas started Sunday with an 0-2 record after a 4-3 loss on Friday and a 3-1 defeat in game one of Saturday's doubleheader. Saturday's second seven-inning game was tied 1-1 after four innings when it was suspended by torrential rain.
That game resumed Sunday morning, but FIU struck for two runs in the bottom of the sixth and claimed a 3-1 victory. The Toms lined into a double play to kill a threat in the fifth inning, and stranded a runner on base in the sixth. The host Panthers used a hit batter, a sac bunt, a steal, an intentional walk and an infield hit to score what proved to be the deciding run.
In the final game of the series, played Sunday, the host Panthers raced to an 8-1 lead through five innings and went on to win 9-3. FIU recorded 11 hits and eight earned runs off the first two Tommie pitchers. Three St. Thomas hurlers worked one scoreless inning each to close out the contest and combined for six strikeouts with only one hit and one walk allowed.
Jake Porter doubled in the third inning and scored on Sam Kulesa's RBI single. The Toms added two runs in the ninth inning on Avery Lehman's RBI single and a balk. Lehman, Kulesa and Charlie Bartholomew each had two hits in a 10-hit attack.
Coach Chris Olean and his players were happy to get outdoors after spending the first weeks of practice indoors. Olean's first three starters -- senior Graham Laubscher, sophomore Kolby Gartner, and freshman Walker Retz -- combined to go 0-1 with two no decisions with a 3.68 ERA over 14.2 innings and 16 strikeouts and 10 walks.
But St. Thomas' offense struggled for long stretches against a talented FIU pitching staff. The Toms managed just eight runs over 32 innings, and 20 of their 23 hits were singles.
The Purple will travel to Richmond, Va., for four games against Richmond and Sacred Heart starting next Thursday.
The good news? Three solid starting pitching performances, plus 28 Tommies in all got their first Division I experience for a team expected to show steady improvement as the season plays out.
St. Thomas started Sunday with an 0-2 record after a 4-3 loss on Friday and a 3-1 defeat in game one of Saturday's doubleheader. Saturday's second seven-inning game was tied 1-1 after four innings when it was suspended by torrential rain.
That game resumed Sunday morning, but FIU struck for two runs in the bottom of the sixth and claimed a 3-1 victory. The Toms lined into a double play to kill a threat in the fifth inning, and stranded a runner on base in the sixth. The host Panthers used a hit batter, a sac bunt, a steal, an intentional walk and an infield hit to score what proved to be the deciding run.
In the final game of the series, played Sunday, the host Panthers raced to an 8-1 lead through five innings and went on to win 9-3. FIU recorded 11 hits and eight earned runs off the first two Tommie pitchers. Three St. Thomas hurlers worked one scoreless inning each to close out the contest and combined for six strikeouts with only one hit and one walk allowed.
Jake Porter doubled in the third inning and scored on Sam Kulesa's RBI single. The Toms added two runs in the ninth inning on Avery Lehman's RBI single and a balk. Lehman, Kulesa and Charlie Bartholomew each had two hits in a 10-hit attack.
Coach Chris Olean and his players were happy to get outdoors after spending the first weeks of practice indoors. Olean's first three starters -- senior Graham Laubscher, sophomore Kolby Gartner, and freshman Walker Retz -- combined to go 0-1 with two no decisions with a 3.68 ERA over 14.2 innings and 16 strikeouts and 10 walks.
But St. Thomas' offense struggled for long stretches against a talented FIU pitching staff. The Toms managed just eight runs over 32 innings, and 20 of their 23 hits were singles.
The Purple will travel to Richmond, Va., for four games against Richmond and Sacred Heart starting next Thursday.
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