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Durham Lords Media Release
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Winner Takes All on Sunday at Kinsmen Stadium

CIBA ONTARIO FINALS
Game One: St. Clair defeated Durham 4-3
Game Two: Durham defeated St. Clair 12-3
Game Three: Sunday, October 12 (3 p.m.) at Kinsmen Stadium

Best of Three Series Tied at 1-1

Windsor, Ont. – It will all come down to one game for the Durham College men’s baseball team on Sunday as they meet the St. Clair College in game three of the CIBA Ontario Finals. The Lords and Saints split the first two games in Windsor, putting them in the final game situation for a berth in the CIBA National Championship.

With a series win, the Lords would automatically qualify for the National Championship in Montreal next week set to take place from October 17-19. However, if the Lords lose, they would have to wait to see if they gain entry with one of the two wildcard spots in the National tournament hosted by McGill University.

Note: Durham has won the CIBA Ontario Championship in three consecutive seasons.

GAME SUMMARIES

GAME ONE

St. Clair 4 Durham 3

Durham starting pitcher Julian Daligadu was on fire for the beginning of game one holding St. Clair hitless for the first five innings. The Lords scored three runs in the first inning off St. Clair pitcher Matt Rustulka to gain an early advantage. St. Clair would cut into the lead in the sixth inning scoring two runs, as they would go into the final inning down a run. This set the stage for St. Clair’s last at bat.

Michael Cardinale singled with one out and Rustulka followed with hard hit to right field. Cardinale scored from first base and Rustulka ended up on third base with a stand-up triple to tie the game at 3-3. Dale Kryway then produced a sacrifice fly to centerfield and Rustulka raced home with the game winning run.

Durham had plenty of chances to put the game away as the team totaled for 11 hits and nine walks, but the team could not cash in runners on base after the first inning.

Line Score
Durham: 3-0-0-0-0-0-0 (3-11)
St. Clair: 0-0-0-0-0-2-2 (4-5)

WP: Matt Rustulka, St. Clair
LP: Lucas Sharpe, Durham

Pitching Statistics:

Durham
Julian Daligadu: 6 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 1 K
Lucas Sharpe: .2 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 0 K

St. Clair
Matt Rustulka: 7 IP, 3 R, 0 ER, 11 H, 9 BB, 2 K

Durham Offensive Notables:
Craig Megill: 3-for-3, 1 BB
John Thiebaud: 2-for-4, 1 R
John Broll: 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Adam Tedesco: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI


GAME TWO

Durham 12 St. Clair 3

In Game two, St. Clair scored two runs in the third inning to take a short lived advantage on an RBI double by Kryway who later scored on a sacrifice fly by Bargel. Durham scored three runs in the fourth inning off St. Clair starting pitcher Cody Seremack who gave up four hits in the inning. Control problems plagued Seremack in the fifth inning when Durham erupted for eight runs and chased him out along with reliever BJ Harris. Durham ace Gary Rose pitched the complete game for the Lords, allowing only three runs on six hits.

Line Score
Durham: 0-0-0-3-8-0-1 (12-11)
St. Clair: 0-2-0-0-0-1-0 (3-6)

WP: Gary Rose, Durham
LP: Cody Seremack, St. Clair

Pitching Statistics:

Durham
Gary Rose: 7 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 6 H, 5 BB, 3 K

St. Clair
Cody Seremack: 4 IP, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 4 K
BJ Harris: .2 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 H, 3 BB, 0 K
Scott Granger: 2.1 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 0 K

Durham Offensive Notables:
Craig Megill: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R
John Thiebaud: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R
John Broll: 1-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 R
Adam Tedesco: 2-for-4, 1 R
Rob McNab: 1-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 R
Dan Alayon: 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB

A QUICK LOOK AT THE LORDS

Conference Record: 10-6 (2nd Place)
Overall Record: 16-9

Next Action:
CIBA Ontario Finals – Games 1 & 2
Saturday, October 11 @ St. Clair (1/3 p.m.)

CIBA Ontario Finals – Game 3 *If Necessary
Sunday, October 12 vs. St. Clair (1 p.m.) at Kinsmen Stadium

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784 (P)
905.721.3117 (F)

With files from www.saintsathletics.ca