April 18, 2007
Box Score
BETHESDA, Md. - The Navy baseball team had its six-game winning streak snapped in a 6-3 setback against Georgetown at Shirley Povich Field in Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday night. The Midshipmen dropped to 28-13 with the loss, while the Hoyas improved to 14-23 on the year.
"We didn't do much offensively tonight," stated Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos. "With four hits, there was not enough life on the offense to get the runs we needed. I really thought Mike (Hoosier) had a good game, getting two hits and striking the ball well tonight."
After both teams were held hitless and scoreless over the first three-and-a-half innings, Georgetown took a 1-0 lead when Brandon Cook hit a groundball that hit the dirt and skipped over second baseman Michael Garcia's (Kailua, Hawai'i) glove to plate a runner on third with two outs. The Hoyas made it 2-0 in the fifth with a two-out double down the left field line, just past the diving attempt from left fielder Mike Hoosier (Pomona, N.Y.).
Georgetown pushed the lead to 4-0 in the sixth with a two-run home run before Navy made a seventh-inning rally. The Midshipmen were hit by a pitch and drew back-to-back walks to load the bases with nobody out before Hoosier took the first pitch he saw and belted a two-run double to the gap in right center to plate junior Thomas Hamilton (Houston, Texas) and sophomore Joshua Martinez (Denver, Colo.). Junior Bill Maugeri (Edgewater, Md.) cut the deficit to one at 4-3 with a one-out groundout to first that scored freshman Drew Lydon (White Plains, Md.).
That proved to be as close as the Midshipmen would get, as the Hoyas answered back with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the seventh inning.
The Midshipmen would make things interesting in the ninth, as Hoosier and freshman Kendall Bolt (Stockton, Calif.) produced back-to-back singles with two outs to send the tying batter to the plate. However, Georgetown closer Daniel Kennedy induced a popout in foul territory to end the ballgame.
In his first collegiate start, Navy freshman right-hander Jonathan Berkowitz (Parkland, Fla.) was the tough-luck loser as he allowed only one run on one hit in four innings with one walk and four strikeouts. Navy's bullpen, which used four arms on Wednesday evening, was victimized for five runs on eight hits in four innings of work.
"Jonathan gave us a very good performance tonight," said Kostacopoulos. "He delivered four pretty clean innings. He had a little pop on his pitches and displayed good command."
Hoosier was the lone Navy hitter to post a multi-hit effort on Wednesday, as he went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. Garcia finished the evening 1-for-3 with a walk to extend his streak to 16 games in which he has reached base safely.
The Midshipmen will return home to host George Mason tomorrow afternoon at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium in Annapolis. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m., and live stats will be available via GameTracker on www.navysports.com (.)
