Baseball Redmen win opener at CIBA championships
(PHOTO OF DAVID HABERMAN BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)
WINDSOR, Ont. - Third baseman Channing Arndt of Yarmouth, Maine, went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and pitcher David Haberman of Teaneck, N.J., tossed a complete game four-hitter as the McGill Redmen dumped Cape Breton University 8-2 to open the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association national championship tournament at Mic-Mac Park, Friday.
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The Redmen qualified for the tourney with a wild-card berth from the Northern Conference, while cape Breton entered the Nationals as Atlantic Conference champions. In other opening day results, the Concordia blanked host St. Clair College 3-0 and Durham College surprised Brock 8-5.
McGill outhit the Capers 12-4, exploding for four runs in the bottom of the first inning and adding three more in the second. They scored again in the fourth and coasted until the sixth inning when CBU tallied twice.
"Haberman pitched a gem and our bats came alive early," said first baseman Casey Auerbach of Westmount, Que., who walked once and scored a pair of runs. "We had a big lead after the first couple of innings and just cruised the rest of the way."
Haberman scattered four hits and allowed just one earned run over seven innings, striking out two batters and walking a pair. Kenny Long of Sydney, N.S., started for the Capers and took the loss. In just two innings of work, he gave up five earned runs on nine hits with two walks and a strikeout.
McGill got a solid performance from designated-hitter Josh Gordon of Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., who went 2-for-2 at the plate with a walk, scored two runs and had a pair of RBIs. The Redmen also got a two-hit effort from catcher Justin Cloutier of Kirkland, Que., who walked, hit a double and scored twice. Left-fielder Ted Davis of North Andover, Mass., went 1-for-4 with a pair of RBIs.
McGill have their hands full with a doubleheader, Saturday. They play Durham College, champions of the Ontario Conference, at 1 p.m. followed by a game against Northern Conference champion Concordia at 4 p.m.
GAME NOTES: Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins, who was born in Chatham, Ont., threw out the first pitch to officially kick-off the CIBA national championship tourney. The Player of Game Awards went to:
Cape Breton - #44 Daniel Lewis (LF) 3 AB, 2 H, 1 RBI
McGill - #26 Josh Gordon (1B) 2 AB, 2 R, 2 H, 2 RBI
Complete results are available online at: www.ciba-abic.com
CIBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, October 22, 2010
McGill 8, Cape Breton 2 (@ Cullen Field)
Durham 8, Brock 5 (@ Soulliere Field)
Concordia 3, St. Clair 0 (@ Cullen Field)
Saturday, October 23, 2010
10:00 am St. Clair vs. Cape Breton (@ Cullen Field)
10:30 am Brock vs. Concordia (@ Soulliere Field)
1:00 pm Durham vs. McGill (@ Cullen Field)
1:30 pm Brock vs. Cape Breton (@ Soulliere Field)
4:00 pm McGill vs. Concordia (@ Cullen Field)
4:30 pm St. Clair vs. Durham (@ Soulliere Field)
7:00 pm Tie-Breaker (If necessary) (@ Cullen Field)
9:00 pm Tie-Breaker (If necessary) (@ Cullen Field)
Sunday, October 24,
2010
10:30 am Semi-Final #1 (#1 vs. #4) (@ Cullen Field)
11:00 am Semi-Final #2 (#2 vs. #3) (@ Soulliere Field)
3:00 pm CIBA Championship game (@ Cullen Field)
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
m.athletics.mcgill.ca (mobile website)
Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association: Box Score
McGILL BATTING ORDER
2B Max Tierno
SS Alex Day
1B Casey Auerbach
C Justin Cloutier
DH Josh Gordon
CF Adam Gordon
LF Ted Davis
3B Channing Arndt
RF Steven Warsh
SP David Haberman
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