2012 Patriot League Baseball Tournament

2012 Patriot League
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 4
Format Best of three series
Finals site Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field
West Point, NY
Champions Army (6th title)
Winning coach Joe Sottolano (5th title)
MVP Zach Price (Army)
Patriot League
Baseball Tournament
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2012 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Army †‡y 18 – 2 – 0   .900     41 – 15 – 0   .732
Holy Cross 13 – 7 – 0   .650     33 – 22 – 0   .600
Navy 9 – 11 – 0   .450     23 – 29 – 0   .442
Lafayette 7 – 13 – 0   .350     14 – 37 – 1   .279
Bucknell 7 – 13 – 0   .350     21 – 28 – 0   .429
Lehigh 6 – 14 – 0   .300     18 – 31 – 1   .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on consecutive weekends, with the semifinals held May 12-13 and the finals May 19-20. The higher seeded teams hosted each best of three series. Top seeded Army won their sixth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four, with the top seed hosting the fourth seed and second seed hosting the third. The visiting team was designated as the home team in the second game of each series. Army hosted Lafayette, while Holy Cross hosted Navy in the semifinals. Holy Cross traveled to Army for the final.[4]

Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Seed
Army 18 2 .900
–
1
Holy Cross 13 7 .650
5
2
Navy 9 11 .650
9
3
Lafayette 7 13 .350
11
4
Bucknell 7 13 .350
11
–
Lehigh 6 14 .300
12
–

[5]

Results

Semifinals Final
 
4  Lafayette 7 3 –  
1  Army 8 6 –  
  2  Holy Cross 0 7 4
  1  Army 4 4 8
3  Navy 0 2 –
2  Holy Cross 1 4 –  

Lafayette vs Army Semifinal

May 12, 2012 12:11 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
4 Lafayette 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 1
1 Army 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 X 8 10 0
WP: Rowley   LP: Boyce   Sv: Carroll
Home runs:
Lafayette: None
Army: McCants, Watkins
Notes: Game 1
Boxscore
May 12, 2012 4:01 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1 Army 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 6 10 2
4 Lafayette 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 11 1
WP: Lee   LP: Schwartz   Sv: Carroll
Home runs:
Army: None
Lafayette: Dunleavy
Attendance: 419
Notes: Game 2
Boxscore

Navy vs Holy Cross Semifinal

May 12, 2012 2:04 pm at Fitton Field, Worcester, MA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
3 Navy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 7 0
WP: Koneski   LP: Gainey   Sv: Colella
Attendance: 524
Notes: Game 1
Boxscore
May 12, 2012 5:05 pm at Fitton Field, Worceser, MA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0
3 Navy 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
WP: Colella   LP: Rinehart
Home runs:
Holy Cross: None
Navy: Simonsen
Attendance: 522
Notes: Game 2
Boxscore

Final

May 20, 2012 12:09 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1 Army 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Lee   LP: Koneski
Notes: Game 1
Boxscore
May 20, 2012 at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1 Army 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 6 3
2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 X 7 10 5
WP: Colella   LP: Fernandez
Home runs:
Army: None
Holy Cross: Enos, Cipolla
Attendance: 617
Notes: Game 2
Boxscore
May 21, 2012 12:00 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
2 Holy Cross 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 6 2
1 Army 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 X 8 12 1
WP: Carroll   LP: Murray
Home runs:
: Puentes
: Watkins
Attendance: 519
Notes: Game suspended after 6 innings, tied at 4. Resumed Tuesday, May 22.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POS Name School Class
SP Logan Lee Army Sr.
1B Kevin McKague Army Sr.
2B Zach Price Army Sr.
C J.T. Watkins Army Sr.
3B Mike Ahmed Holy Cross So.
CF Brandon Cipolla Holy Cross So.
1B Jordan Enos Holy Cross Jr.
C Parker Hills Lafayette Fr.
CF Andrew Santomauro Lafayette So.
SP Preston Gainey Navy So.
SP Ben Nelson Navy Jr.

Most Valuable Player

Zach Price was named tournament Most Valuable Player. Price was a senior second baseman for Army.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2013 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 12. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Patriot League Championships". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  3. 1 2 3 "Army claims Patriot League Championship with 8-4 win in Game 3". Patriot League. May 22, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ "ACC, SEC and Pac-12 dominate bracketology projections". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  5. ↑ "Patriot League Baseball Standings". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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