Baseball Drops Rubber Game, 9-6, at Monmouth

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4/10/05 -- Junior Tim Doherty (Newark, Del.) rapped three hits for Long Island, which was detitle a 9-6 Northeast Conference loss at Monmouth in West Long Branch, N.J.

The Blackbirds (5-11, 2-4 NEC) scored once in the top of the second inning for a 1-1 contest. Junior Matt Martino (Staten Island, N.Y.) drew a leadoff walk, reached third on a pair of singles and scored on a sacrifice fly from freshman Bryan Burke (Lindenhurst, N.Y.).

The Hawks (10-15, 4-4) proceeded to score four runs in the third and three in the fourth for an 8-1 game. Marc Weres had the big hit in that stretch with a two-run triple in the third inning.

LIU began a rally with three seven-inning runs. Doherty scored on a wild pitch, sophomore Marcus Wynn (Plainfield, N.J.) had an RBI double and junior Nathan Olson (Poland, Maine) contributed a run-scoring groundout for an 8-4 contest.

Wynn in the eighth reached on an error by Weres at third base to score Doherty and sophomore Santos Collazo (Staten Island, N.Y.) as LIU moved to 8-6, but could get no closer.

Matt Bunyan (Belle Harbor, N.Y.) allowed eight runs -- seven earned -- and eight hits over three innings with two strikeouts for the Blackbirds.

Cipriano Apicelli struck out five for Monmouth, permitting one run and six hits over six innings.

LIU visits St. Francis (NY) on Wednesday for an NEC doubleheader, starting at 12:00 pm. The contests will take place at the Narrows Complex in Brooklyn.