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Campbellsville blanks St. Francis in NAIA Tournament opener, 3-0

Campbellsville (41-20) Baseball will return to action at Silver Cross Field, 1 Mayor Art Schultz DR, Joliet, IL, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 3pmCT against the winner of Tuesday' nights game between No. 4-seed Robert Morris University and No.-1 seed Cumberland University. St. Francis (34-15) will play Mayville State University (29-22) in an elimination game Wednesday morning at 11amCT.

By Chris Megginson
News from Campbellsville Sports Information

JOLIET, IL - Strong hitting and good pitching were the ingredients for success Campbellsville University head coach Beauford Sanders gave his Tiger baseball team Monday. The recipe worked with little error Tuesday, May 18, 2010, as CU shutout host-team University of St. Francis, 3-0, in the NAIA Baseball Tournament Opening Round at Silver Cross Field in Joliet, IL.




Senior pitcher Eric Mattos (10-2) threw his second consecutive complete game for the shutout win, while CU collected 10 hits off previously undefeated USF pitcher Matt Huck (6-1).

The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the second after Richie Rowland and Luke Gadow led off the inning with back-to-back singles. Zach Townsend drove in Rowland's courtesy runner, Tyler Craig, with a one-out single to right and Jameel Ziadeh scored Gadow with a hit up the middle.

With the cushion, Mattos settled in on the mound. Through the first six innings he allowed three base runners off a second-inning hit by Ruge, a third-inning walk by Serruto and a Craig Edwards error at third base in the fifth.

Rowland, who lined a pitch onto the patio in deep right field foul territory during the middle of the game, finally turned on a pitch in the eighth. The Santa Rosa, CA, junior hit his 10th home run of the season with a 345-foot bomb into the wind in right. It was the first home run hit in the five-team tournament and tied Brian Chase for the CU team lead in 2010.

Mattos allowed a hit in the eighth, but Michael Caleb kept the shutout with a web gem of a play from shortstop. With two outs, Caleb robbed a two-out hit up the middle with a diving stop behind second base to retire the Fighting Saints. Mattos allowed two more hits in the ninthCampbellsville recorded 10 hits in the game against undefeated pitcher Matt Huck.

Campbellsville (41-20) will return to action at Silver Cross Field, 1 Mayor Art Schultz DR, Joliet, IL, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 3pmCT against the winner of Tuesday' nights game between No. 4-seed Robert Morris University and No.-1 seed Cumberland University. St. Francis (34-15) will play Mayville State University (29-22) in an elimination game Wednesday morning at 11amCT.

"If it's Robert Morris, I know they're a very confident team that's able to beat anyone in this tournament," Sanders said. "And if it's Cumberland, obviously nobody here has the power that they do. If we can keep them out of the big innings, we have a chance to beat them. We're not going to be hitting any three or four run home runs and we can't let them do that."


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