March 29 at MU Baseball Field in Long Branch, NJ
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Manhattan starter Scott McClennan allowed three straight base runners in the first for a quick unearned run for Monmouth, then settled in nicely to pitch nine innings of six-hit ball. The right-hander struck out seven and kept it a 2-2 game until Evan Brown, who came on to pinch-run in the ninth, delivered a two-run double in the 11th as the Jaspers salvaged the third game of the MAAC series.
It was an extremely close series with Monmouth winning game one 5-4 in 13 innings on Saturday, then picking up a 3-2 victory in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader. I was certain Monmouth was looking for the series sweep and that Manhattan was trying to avoid being swept because ESPN announcers Eddy Occhipinti and Gary Kowal mentioned it seven times just in the short pre-game and first inning.
* Occhipinti has something to confess: there's no such thing as home plate or "the plate". It's a DISH:
"This one is grounded at the dish"
"Time called at the dish"
"This one fouled at the dish"
"This one bunted right in front of the dish"
"He's pretty stagnant all day behind the dish"
"...while he trots back to the dish"
Some other Occhipintis:
"Striking runners out"
"Manhattan will send the lineup to the field that you will now see on your screen"
"On the recruiting map"
"Here you get a great shot of him there in your screen"
"Have you quite adjusted to the neon bat yet?
"He's ready to rock again"
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