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March 6, 2004

Huskies Split Pair in Baseball Saturday

FT. MEYERS, FL—The Bloomsburg University baseball team split a pair of games on Saturday on the opening day of its annual spring trip to Florida. The Huskies beat Salem Teikyo 6-4 in the afternoon after losing a 6-0 game to Slippery Rock in the morning.

In the Salem Teikyo game, Matt Funk tossed a two-hit, complete game to lead the Huskies to the win. Funk struck out four along the way to earn the victory. Brian Zorger who went 2-3, while Matt Robinson was 1-3 with an RBI to lead the Huskies' offense. Freshman Vinnie James also went 1-2 with a double and three RBI.

In game one of the day, Slippery Rock pitcher John Katich threw a two-hit shutout at the Huskies to lead the Rock to a 6-0 win. Katich struckout two and walked two in earning the win.

The lone hits in the game for Bloomsburg came from Andy Howard and Troy Smith.

Bloomsburg, 2-5, will face Southern New Hampshire in a twinbill Sunday.

GAME ONE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  
Bloomsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 2 3
Slippery Rock 1 0 0 3 2 0 X -- 6 8 2

Pitching
Bloomsburg IP H R ER BB SO WP  
Andy Gideon 4.1 6 6 5 5 2 0  
Ryan Wyland .2 2 0 0 1 0 0  
Mike Kelchak 1 0 0 0 1 1 0  
(Aaron Wheeler)  
                 
Slippery Rock IP H R ER BB SO WP
John Katich 7 2 0 0 2 2 0
(Brad Wilson)  

(Cather)

Top Hitters
Bloomsburg AB R H RBI
Andy Howard 3 0 1 0
Troy Smith 2 0 1 0
Slippery Rock AB R H RBI
Nate Stratzer 4 0 1 0
Ben Marzullo 3 2 1 0

GAME TWO

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  
Salem Teikyo 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 -- 4 2 0
Bloomsburg 0 3 0 3 0 0 X -- 6 7 1

Pitching
Bloomsburg IP H R ER BB SO WP
Matt Funk 7 2 4 3 2 4 2
(Aaron Wheeler)
Salem Teiyko IP H R ER BB SO WP
Ron Raines 4 7 6 6 2 3 0
John Macleod 3 2 0 0 1 1 0
(Tony Hill) (Cather)

Top Hitters
Bloomsburg AB R H RBI
Brian Zorger 3 0 2 0
Matt Robinson 3 0 1 1
Vinnie James 2 0 1 3
Salem Teiyko AB R H RBI
Ben McDonald 3 0 1 0
Andy Breton 2 0 1 2