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Proctor Rails

Recap for the 06/01/2016 game vs. Virginia (Playoffs)

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    3
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    2
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    1
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    5
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by Max Mercy

NASHWAUK -- Matt Morris and Jake Malec combined on a two-hit shutout as Proctor defeated Virginia, 11-0 in five innings, in a second-round playoffs game here. The game was shortened due to the 10-run rule. Morris pitched four innings and allowed both hits and three walks with five strikeouts. Malec tossed a perfect fifth inning with two strikeouts.

Proctor took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Malec scored the first run after he hit a double with two outs. He took third on a wild pitch and scored on the play when the catcher's throw to third went off target. Morris then hit a double and John Aase walked. Bryce Huffman hit a double that scored Morris from second and Aase from first.

Nathan Carlson singled with one out in the second, stole second, and scored on Derek Dahlgren's RBI single. Dahlgren took second on the play, and scored Proctor's fifth run on an RBI double by Malec.

The Rails scored one run in the third. Aase led off with a single, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and took third on Matt Sievert's single with one out. Aase was out on an attempted steal of home, but remained in a hot box long enough for Sievert to move to third on the play. Luke Nordquist knocked in Sievert with a single for a 6-0 lead.

In the fourth, Dahlgren led off with a single and moved to second base when Matt Tracey reached safely on a fielder's choice. Then, after two outs, Aase walked to load the bases. Huffman then drew an RBI walk, scoring Dahlgren. Sievert was hit by a pitch, sending in Tracey. Aase then scored on a wild pitch, and Nordquist walked to load the bases again. Carlson then hit a two-run single to cap the game's scoring at 11-0.

Malec was one pitch away from a nine-pitch, three-strikeout inning but had to settle for a groundout to end the game.

Dahlgren, Malec, and Carlson had two hits apiece. Huffman had three RBI and Carlson had two.

Losing pitcher Tom Norman allowed 11 runs on 11 hits and four walks with no strikeouts in four innings.

Proctor advanced to the quarterfinals and Virginia moved over to the elimination bracket as the playoffs format calls for double-elimination after the first round.