Baseball
Foster Leads University Team to 11-0 Win at NEIBA All-Star Game
June 5, 2009
Box Score | 2009 NEIBA All-Star Game Rosters
BROCKTON, Mass. - Rhode Island head coach and NEIBA Coach of the Year Jim Foster led the University Team to an 11-0 victory over the College Team at the 35th Annual New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) All-Star Game on Thursday night at Campanelli Stadium.
Junior Nick Greenwood (Southington, Conn.) earned the win, striking out two batters and allowing just one hit over two innings. Greenwood combined with Bryant junior Eric Polvani, Boston College sophomore Pat Dean, UMass senior Mitchell Clegg, and UConn senior David Erickson for the shutout. Together, the five pitchers struck out nine and walked just one.
Junior Oliver Palmer (North Kingstown, R.I.) played five and a half innings as the starting second baseman. He finished 1-for-3 at the plate and recorded five assists and a putout in the field.
Senior shortstop Dan Rhault (Lincoln, R.I.) entered the game in the bottom of the sixth and was 0-for-1 with a walk and a run scored in two ninth-inning at-bats. Defensively, he recorded one putout and one assist.
Leading 3-0 after eight innings of play, the University Team broke the game open with eight runs in the top of the ninth, including two-run singles by Brown University sophomore Peter Greskoff, Central Connecticut senior Sean Parker and Holy Cross junior Matt Perry.
The College Team, which had won the previous two NEIBA All-Star Games, had just one runner reach third base in the game.
The University Division now leads the overall series 22-11-1.
