#11 Chapman Gets Past #4 Kean,
5-0
Orange, Calif. (3/14/09) - Senior Wayde
Kitchens (Oceanside, Calif.) threw a complete game shutout as
#11 Chapman University defeated #4 Kean University, 5-0, Saturday
evening at Hart Park.
Kitchens (5-1) allowed four hits and walked three while also
fanning 10 in the win. The Panthers improve to 15-5 overall
while the loss drops Kean to 10-2.
Chapman got all the runs they would need in the bottom of the
first with a two run frame. Ryan Prechtl (Los Alamitos,
Calif.) led off the inning with a walk and would come around
to score on an RBI groundout. Joe Lehman (Los Alamitos,
Calif.) rounded out the scoring with a single to right.
Chapman also tacked on single runs in the second, fifth and
sixth innings.
Junior Joe Bartlinski (South Amboy, N.J.)
suffered his first loss of the year. Bartlinski (2-1) allowed
five runs and six hits in six innings of work. Senior
Kyle Murphy (East Hanover, N.J.) (pictured right)
tossed two, one-two-three, innings striking out two.
Kean will return to action on Sunday when they face LaVerne
University at 2 p.m. local time.
