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2006 National Championship Game 3

Marietta College NCAA Division III National Championships

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Marietta one win from title after downing Chapman 10-4

May 28, 2006
APPLETON, Wis. — With temperatures hovering around an unseasonably steamy 90 degrees, Marietta pounded out 15 hits and rolled to a 10-4 victory over Chapman University in a winner’s bracket game at the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.

Marietta’s Ryan Belanger started the game with a bang by pounding the game’s first pitch from Billy Sulentor over the left-field fence for a 1-0 lead.

The Panthers came right back in the bottom of the first against Marietta starter Ryan Dennick. Two walks, a fielder’s choice and a hit batsman loaded the bases and Patrick Ohail delivered a two-run double to put Chapman up 2-1.

Over the next five innings, Dennick, who improved to 8-2 on the season, allowed only two runners to get as far as second base.

Chapman held that 2-1 lead until the fourth when Jarrod Klausman, who finished the day 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored, started the rally with a single. A single and hit batsman loaded the bases, and a ground out scored Klausman to tie the game at 2-2. Two batters later, No. 9 hitter Ryan Eschbaugh delivered a two-run, two-out single to give the Pioneers a 4-2 lead.