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Charlotte Sweeps Four-Game Series Versus Le Moyne in 7-2 Sunday Finale
March 11, 2007
Rock Hill, S.C. - Charlotte overcame an early deficit from visiting Le Moyne Sunday to complete a four-game sweep of the Dolphins 7-2 at the Winthrop Ballpark in Rock Hill, S.C. Charlotte is now 11-0 at three different home parks this season, and winners of its last seven games to improve to 14-3 in 2007. Le Moyne, the defending champs of the Metro Atlantic, drops to 2-10.
Catcher Kris Rochelle was 7-for-12 in the series, with a pair of doubles and four runs scored. The senior is now 15 for his last 21, with eight walks, seven extra-base hits, 10 runs scored and six RBI. Charlotte outscored Le Moyne 21-6 in the four games.
Le Moyne took the lead in the first inning for the first time in the series, bringing home an unearned run on a sacrifice fly by catcher Phil St. Amant. Charlotte tied the game in the bottom half on a pair of leadoff walks and an RBI single by center fielder Brad McElroy.
Le Moyne took the lead again in the second on a leadoff home run to left field by designated hitter Chris Edmondson, hit first of the season. Both runs came off of Niners starter Zach Rosenbaum.
The lead held until the fifth inning, when Charlotte finally got to Dolphins starter Brandon Otto for two runs in that inning on two walks and two hits, the last of which was a two-RBI single by right fielder Spencer Steedley.
Charlotte plated an unearned run in the sixth and three more runs in the seventh, two of which came with a two-out, bases-loaded single by left fielder O'Brien Taylor.
"It's incredibly hard to sweep a team in a three-game series and sweeping someone in a four-game set is next to impossible," said Niners' skipper Loren Hibbs. "It took everyone we've got to beat a team as good as Le Moyne has been."
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Otto took the loss for Le Moyne (0-2). He lasted four and one-third innings, allowed just four hits, but walking four to give up three earned runs. He struck out four Niners. Charlotte put up three runs, two earned, on reliever Luke Nellis and one more run on reliever Ryan Woods.
Rosenbaum earned his second win of the season, giving him two in his last two starts (2-0). The sophomore from Huntersville allowed just one earned run of the two charged to him in 7.2 innings of work. He scattered three hits and two hit batsman in his outing, without walking a batter. He struck out a career-high eight hitters for the day.
Reliever Kyle Pfirrman finished the day for Rosenbaum, allowing a pair of hits in 1.1 scoreless innings, with one strikeout.
Charlotte plays next against College of Charleston, a team ranked 30th last week in a pair of national polls. They face the Cougars Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at noon back at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium in Kannapolis, where Charlotte is 6-0 this year. Sunday, the teams head to Charleston to complete the three-game series at 1 p.m., the first of five straight road games for the Niners.
