Baseball
Game Recap

Walk-off single dooms KU in opener of Savannah Invitational

March 8, 2008

Armstrong Atlantic 2, Kutztown 1
BOXSCORE

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Armstrong Atlantic State University hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to hand the Kutztown University baseball team a 2-1 loss Saturday in the opening game of the 2008 Savannah Invitational.

Joey Davis led off the bottom of the ninth with a single, moved into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt from Kenny Cail and scored on a base hit down the third-base line by Josh Heath.

Chad Lightcap (jr. Boyertown/Boyertown) managed one of KU’s two hits Saturday, leading off the sixth inning with a double. He later scored on a throwing error by the third baseman to tie the game at 1-1.

That was all for KU (3-6), as Armstrong Atlantic (11-5) pitchers Jeff Chase and Nate Herder combined to strike out 11 Golden Bears. They did allow six walks, and another two Golden Bears reached on errors, but KU couldn’t find a way to get them home, stranding nine baserunners in the game.

Garrison Rausch (sr. Allentown/Parkland) pitched eight-plus innings, allowing two runs on eight hits and one walk. He struck out three.

Rausch and the Golden Bears fell behind 1-0 in the bottom of the first when Derrek Miller hit an RBI-single, scoring Josh Wilson, who finished 2-for-4.

Michael Dugan (r-fr. Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City) had the other hit for KU, and Mike Kacelowicz (so. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) drew three walks in the game.

KU will return to the field at 10 a.m. Sunday against West Liberty State as the Savannah Invitational continues. The Golden Bears will play Armstrong Atlantic again at 2 p.m. Tuesday.