April 15, 2009
BSB: NANDIN LEADS CHARGE AS LE MOYNE TOPS BUFFALO 7-3
Buffalo, NY - Matt Nandin (North Syracuse, NY /
CNS) connected for three hits and drove in three to lead
Le Moyne to a 7-3 victory over Buffalo on Wednesday at Amherst
Audubon. With the win, Le Moyne improves to 11-17 on the year
as Buffalo falls to 14-20.
Le Moyne jumped on Buffalo starter Chaze Mye with three runs in the
top half of the first inning on five hits. Matt Marra
(Brewerton, NY / Central Square) drove home two early runs
on a single through the left side to plate Nandin and Chris
Haynes (Manlius, NY / Fayetteville-Manlius). Marra
advanced to third on a balk and later scored on a single by
Rich Brown (Vestal, NY / Vestal).
The Bulls responded in the bottom half of the first
scratching for one run on a run-scoring single by Chris
Ciesla. The game remained scoreless until the fifth when
Nandin plated freshman Dan Sisto (Liverpool, NY / CBA) for
theon an infield single. Buffalo countered once
again in their half of the fifth with a run on a sacrifice fly by
Charlie Karstedt, pulling the Bulls within two at 4-2.
Both teams tacked on another run in the sixth inning, but the
Dolphins put the game away in the seventh as Nandin connected for
his third single of the day to give the Dolphins a 7-3
advantage.
Freshman Erick Lambe (Vestal, NY / Vestal)
pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth inning to secure
the victory for Le Moyne. The pitching committee of
Cory Nelson (Manlius, NY / Fayetteville-Manlius),
Mark Kuzma (Waverly, NY / Waverly), Luke
Nellis (Fonda, NY / Fonda-Fultonville) and Lambe combine
to hold Buffalo to seven hits while striking out seven.
Le Moyne returns to Dick Rockwell Field on Friday to begin a four
game series with Longwood University. The Dolphins and Lancers will
begin the weekend series with a single game on Friday beginning at
3:00 p.m.
Le Moyne 7 Buffalo 3
Score by
Innings
R H E
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Le Moyne............ 300 011 200 - 7 10 0
Buffalo................. 100 011 000 - 3 7 2
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Win - Nelson (2-4). Loss - MYE (0-4).
E - ROSENBECK; COCHRANE. DP - LEM 1; Buffalo 1. LOB - LEM 4;
Buffalo 13. 2B- Haynes. HBP - ROSENBECK. SH - Botsford; Ciraco 2.
SF - KARSTEDT. SB -Marra; R. Brown 2; FLYNN.



















