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Any baseball team who has just four hits and three errors are not likely to win any games. Fortunately for Pace, their opponents were making the mistakes.

The Setters (25-16, 15-8) capitalized on the miscues of the Le Moyne Dolphins (30-11-1, 15-7-1) in route to a 5-0 win this afternoon. Although almost half of the Setters runs were unearned, Setters designated hitter James Pjura pointed out that every run counted just the same.

"We were fortunate that some of the breaks went our way," said Pjura who had three hits and one run batted in in the victory. "These guys are really good and we did a good job taking advantage of their mistakes."

The Setters struck first in the third inning on key mistakes by the Dolphins. Shortstop Robert Horn scored on a wild pitch by starter Derek Zielinski and Patrick Chaputian scored from second base on a throwing error by the Dolphins.

Coach Henry Manning may was not complaining about the way his team scored runs, he was more concerned with the game's final outcome.

"Look sometimes all of the breaks will go your way, and today was one of those days," Manning said. "I will not complain if we score most of our runs on mistakes by the other team, as long as we play well enough to win."


The Setters were able to generate more conventional offense in the top of the seventh inning. First baseman Joe Lombardi singled in two runs to increase his season RBI total to 23. Lombardi's two run single was his only hit of the game.

"It may have been the only hit, but I'm glad it counted," Lombardi said. "As long as the team continues to perform as well as we have been, I'll be okay with going 0-4 every game."

The Setters will need Lombardi and the rest of the offense to play well again very soon. The Setters will take on the Dolphins again on a Sunday afternoon double header.