Utica Defeats Danville 4-3; Takes Share of MBC Championship

Utica (17-4, 11-1) scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to secure the win against visiting Danville (6-12, 2-10). The Redskins scored two runs in the inning on Nick Joseph's two-out single. Shane Conners then scored on what proved to be the winning run in executing a double steal with Joseph.

The Blue Devils scored a run in the sixth off Utica reliever Joe McGuire to make it a 4-3 game.  Bobby Phillips pitched a scoreless seventh inning to pick up the save for the Redskins.

Utica starter Rob French (6-1) picked up the win.   French went five innings allowing two earned runs and three hits. He struck out nine and walked three.  Nathan Stull took the loss for the Blue Devils while limiting Utica to five hits.  Stull struck out six and walked five.

Joseph led the Utica hitters with two singles and Carter Rowley had a run scoring double.

Nick Miller had an RBI double; Tyler McFadden had a run-scoring single and Stull had a double for Danville.

The win put Utica within one game of the outright MBC Championship with two games remaining. – Report by Lynn Fawcett.

Utica (Home) vs. Danville (Visitor)
May 2 2005 5:00 PM To 7:00 PM Utica American Legion Field

 

Game Scoring By Inning:

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

R

H

E

Danville

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

3

5

0

Utica

0

1

0

0

3

0

x

4

5

1

 

Home Team Box Score:

Utica

POS

AB

R

H

RBI

AP

As

PO

E

Ch. Rowley

cf

3

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

J. McGuire

2b-p-3b

3

0

0

0

4

0

1

1

D. Wheeler

1b

2

0

1

0

3

0

5

0

Phillips

3b-p

3

1

1

0

3

1

1

0

Wohlford

c

3

1

0

0

3

3

10

0

Conners

rf-lf

1

1

0

0

3

0

0

0

Joseph

ss

3

1

2

2

3

1

2

0

Ca. Rowley

dh

3

0

1

1

3

0

0

0

S. McGuire

lf-2b

2

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

French

p

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Morrison

rf

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Totals

 

23

4

5

3

29

8

21

1

 

Visiting Team Box Score:

Danville

POS

AB

R

H

RBI

AP

As

PO

E

Miller

ss

2

1

1

1

4

4

0

0

McFadden

1b

3

0

1

1

4

0

3

0

L. Smith

3b

3

1

0

0

4

0

1

0

Stull

p

3

0

1

0

3

0

0

0

Morton

cf

2

0

1

0

3

0

4

0

Mizer

c

3

0

0

1

3

0

7

0

Durbin

lf

2

1

0

0

3

0

1

0

T. Smith

rf

3

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

Mickley

2b

3

0

1

0

3

0

2

0

Totals

 

24

3

5

3

30

4

18

0

 

Winning Pitcher: French Losing Pitcher: Stull Game Save: Phillips

 

IP

R

ER

ERA

H

K

BB

HP

TP

KP

BP

Utica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French

5.0

2

2

2.80

3

9

3

0

88

50

38

J. McGuire

1.0

1

1

7.00

1

0

1

1

13

8

5

Phillips

1.0

0

0

0.00

1

1

1

0

15

9

6

Danville

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stull

6.0

4

4

4.67

5

6

5

1

106

57

49

ERA computed assuming 7 innings per game

 

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