HAMPTON, VA. -- Senior Dory Fields tied a school record with five hits as the Apprentice School had a pair of major comebacks but fell short in a 16-13 slugfest loss to Bloomsburg University in the opening game of the 2010 season. This was the first game of the annual Builder Invitational at War Memorial Stadium.
Apprentice School scored four runs in the first inning on run scoring singles from Fields and Ryan Wagner along with a run scoring double from Jonathan Dehoux. Bloomsburg answered with three in the third and six in the fourth to take a 10-4 advantage heading into the bottom of the fourth.
The Builders pushed one across in the fourth and then put four on the board in its half of the sixth inning. Freshman Chris Scarola and junior Andre Nichols drove in runs with ground outs and consecutive doubles from Wagner and Dehoux brought the Builders within a run at 10-9. The Builders tied the game as Fields scored on a double play to tie the game 10-10.
Bloomsburg exploded with four in the eighth and two in the ninth before the Builders had one last burst. With two outs, Kenny Eanes singled in David Sebera and following a walk Nichols drove in Eanes and Andrew Yonta with a single for the 16-13 final score.
Fields tied five others for the record with his five-hit outing. Nichols was 3-for-6 with three RBI and Wagner, Dehoux and Eanes all had two hits each. Coire Barnitz picked up the loss throwing four innings and allowing nine hits and six runs.
Bloomsburg was paced by Joey Ianiero who went 4-for-6 with four RBI, four runs scored and two doubles. Chris Tressler was the winning pitcher throwing the first five innings and allowing five runs on seven hits.