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West Virginia Slips Past Bucknell, 10-2, in Season Opener
2/17/2006 7:00:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 17, 2006
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Junior Matt Curry (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but the Bucknell baseball team could not hold on as the Bison fell to West Virginia, 10-2, in the team's season opener at Ernie Shore Field on Friday afternoon.
With two outs in the top of the first, senior Kyle Walter (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) and junior Ryan Gryskevicz (Dallas, Pa./Dallas) knocked back-to-back singles. Walter then scored after a stolen base by Gryskevicz forced an errant throw by the Mountaineers' catcher David Carpenter, giving Bucknell a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth, the Bison stretched their advantage to 2-0 after Gryskevicz was hit by a pitch, advanced to third on a single to right center by sophomore Jason Buursma (Seattle, Wash./Lakeside School) and later scored on a wild pitch.
West Virginia cut Bucknell's lead in half in the bottom of the inning with a sacrifice fly by Casey Bowling that plated Stan Posluszny who reached on an error to lead off the fourth.
Then with one out in the sixth, Justin Jenkins spoiled Curry's no-hitter with a single through the right side. Posluszny followed with a walk and the duo would later give the Mountaineers a 3-2 lead, scoring on a double by Kyle Matuszek and a Bison error.
West Virginia added a fourth run the following inning before plating six runs in the eighth, connecting for four hits and capitalizing on four errors by the Orange and Blue.
Senior Matt Capece (Bowie, Md./DeMatha Catholic) led Bucknell hitters on the afternoon, going 2-for-5 at the plate, while Tyler Kuhn and Doug Nelms both went 2-for-4 with a run scored an two RBI each for the Mountaineers.
Curry (0-1) took the loss for the Bison as he pitched six innings and allowed three unearned runs on two hits with three walks and one strikeout. Kenny Durst (1-0) picked up the win for West Virginia in 3.2 innings of scoreless relief work and allowed two hits, walked three and struck out one.
The teams return to action on Saturday, Feb. 18, to play the second game of the three game series at Ernie Shore Field in Winston Salem, N.C., beginning at 1 p.m.
