Bloomsburg Baseball Drops Exhibition Opener in Virginia
NEWPORT NEWS, VA--The Bloomsburg University baseball team opened its 2006 season with a 9-6 loss to the Apprentice School at the Builders Tournament in Newport News, VA. The game is considered an exhibition since the Apprentice School does not offer four-year degrees and will not count in the official stats of the team.
The Huskies, playing their first game for new coach Mike Collins, fell behind 4-0 through four innings before scoring three times in the fifth to make it a 4-3 game. The Apprentice School extended its lead to 9-3 after getting four in the bottom of the fifth and one more in the sixth, but the Huskies cut the lead to three, 9-6, with three runs in the eighth. Bloomsburg did get its lead-off runner on in the ninth, but could not score.
Leading the Bloomsburg offense was Andy Bucher (Littlestown/Littlestown), who went 2-4 with two RBI, while Kevin Ward (Upper Darby/Msg. Bonner) was 1-4 with two RBI. In addition, Vinnie James (Bristol/Bristol) went 1-3 with an RBI. Senior Rob Watlock (Plains/Coughlin) was 1-3 with a run scored for the Huskies.
Bloomsburg will begin its official season with a game at 9 a.m. against Lock Haven University.
| Score by Innings | ||||||||||||
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Apprentice | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB | ||||||
| Bloomsburg | ||||||||||||
| Dustin Johnson | 4.2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Paul Culbertson | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Mike Griggs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Apprentice | ||||||||||||
| Ben Jones | 7.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Anthony Boyer | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Bloomsburg: Kevin Ward 1-4, 2 RBI; Andy Bucher 2-4, 2 RBI Apprentice:Matt Marshall 1-3, HR, 5 RBI; J.D. Drewery 1-3, 2 RBI