Boston College Athletics
Gold Sweeps Maroon To Take Sonny Nictakis World Series
October 16, 2006 | Baseball
Oct. 16, 2006
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The Gold team overcame two one-run deficits and completed their three-game sweep of the Maroon to claim the Fifth Annual Sonny Nictakis Fall World Series yesterday at Shea field. Gold dominated Maroon as they doubled their amount of runs scored, 22-11, in the series.
The Maroon came out hot as they strung together three singles in the top of the first but were only able to muster one run. And, as would be the theme of the series, Gold had an answer. A single by Ryan Hutchinson followed by a triple from Joe Ayers knotted the score at one apiece. One batter later, Mike Augustine hit a sharp ground ball that was misplayed by second-baseman Barry Butera, and Ayers came in with the go-ahead run.
In the bottom of the third, starter Kevin Boggan was once again touched up for two runs. An error by first-baseman Ryan Akel and first-pitch bomb by centerfielder Pete Frates gave Gold a 4-1 edge. Boggan gave up four runs, two earned, while fanning six in his three innings of work.
The Gold lead would be short-lived, however, as the Maroon touched up starter Nick Asselin for four runs in the top of the fourth. The big damage came off the bat of Dan Houston whose two-run blast to left put the Maroon up 5-4.
JB MacDonald came into the game in relief of Boggan and was greeted rudely by the Gold. John Spatola led off the inning with a double and was a driven in by Tony Sanchez's single. MacDonald would take the loss in game three and give up three runs in his two innings of work.
After falling behind 8-6, the Maroon mounted a last-inning threat when Jared McGuire doubled to drive in Jeff Schomaker, who had drawn a walk. But, Terry Doyle retired Eric Campbell on a ground out to short and struck out Robbie Anston to record the save and seal the championship for the Gold.
Doyle had entered the game in relief of Steve Cadoret who had pitched an excellent four-and-a-third innings of relief. Cadoret, who tired in the ninth, had punched out seven Maroon batters in his outing.
The offensive catalyst for the Gold was, once again, Joe Ayers who had a double, a triple, two runs scored and an RBI in the game. Ayers was named series MVP for his stellar weekend. He had five hits in ten at bats with four runs scored, four RBI and two stolen bases.
