Baseball Wins Get-Away Game To Take Series With Rhode Island, 2-1

GAME # 24 - APRIL 1, 2001 vs. RHODE ISLAND

The Temple Owls (8-16, 5-1) won for the eighth time in ten tries taking a

16-1 victory over Rhode Island (14-9, 1-2) in the weekend get-away game,

taking the weekend series, 2-1.

The Owls wasted little time in getting to loser Pete Kehoe (5-1). Senior

Chris Krusen walloped a three-run homer in the first inning to set off a

scoring barrage as the Owls would score three times in four different innings

to win in a rout.

Once again the Owls bats were on fire. Five different Owls had at least

two hits with Jim Tully leading the way with four and Joe Lyall with three.

Chris Krusen knocked in four runs and Tully plated three. Centerfielder Bob

Filler became Temple's all-time leader in career at-bats breaking Tom

Whalen's (1993-96) mark of 657. Filler now has 660 career at-bats and is just

six games shy of breaking Bob Christy's career mark of most games played

(187) in an Owl uniform.

Senior Greg Powell (2-4) pitched his second consecutive complete game in

allowing just four singles. After a third inning run, Powell blanked the Rams

on just two hits the rest of the way.

R. Island 001 000 000 - 1 4 2

Temple 302 332 03X - 16 17 1

WP - G. Powell 2-4

LP - P. Kehoe 5-1

Temple University Athletics