GW colonizes Lorden Field
Colonials defeat UM despite big game from Munsey
Danny Picard, Collegian Staff
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: Sports
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The senior captain came up big in the Massachusetts baseball team's 5-4 win over George Washington in the first game of Saturday's double-header. His lone RBI in Game 2, however, wasn't enough to take the rubber match and head into the Beanpot on a winning note.
The Minutemen (9-15, 4-8 Atlantic 10) dropped two of three to the Colonials (12-23, 5-7 A-10) over the weekend. UMass plays Northeastern tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in the opening game of the 2007 Beanpot Tournament in Lynn, Mass.
Munsey's bases-loaded sacrifice bunt with one out in the bottom of the eighth allowed catcher Bryan Garrity to score the game-winning run in Game 1. The suicide-squeeze attempt worked perfectly, and senior Bryan Adamski came in to pick up his first save of the season.
"The first game [on Saturday] was good," UMass coach Mike Stone said. "[Jim] Cassidy pitched very well. He kept us in the ballgame, we got something going, and came from behind. It was a good win."
Cassidy allowed four runs (one earned) on five hits and five walks in eight innings of work in Game 1 of the doubleheader. He also struck out five batters and picked up his third win of the season.
Adamski, the usual first baseman, got the call from the bullpen over the team's saves leader, Aaron Smith (4). Adamski picked up his second win of the year last Tuesday at Connecticut, and his four innings of shutout baseball against the Huskies was the main determinant in giving him the ball with the game on the line Saturday.
"Adamski threw the ball really well against UConn," Garrity said. "Coach wanted to bring him in, and if he struggled at that point, then you can bring in Smith, who's reliable too.
"But I think right now Adamski's throwing the ball well, and he was coming off a big win the other day, so we went with him."
Senior shortstop Lou Proietti gave UMass some much-needed momentum heading into Saturday's games by driving in three runs on a bases-clearing double with one out in the bottom of the ninth in Friday's series opener. The Minutemen lost 9-4, but Proietti's shot to right-center gave his team a reason to be optimistic.
Munsey's game-winning sacrifice bunt didn't produce the same result in Game 2 on Saturday, as George Washington took a 6-1 win to close out the series.
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