COUGARS DROP TWO TO DOMINICAN IN BASEBALL
4-20-05
DC 4, CC 3 (8 inn.)
DC 8, CC 3
 ORANGEBURG,
N.Y. - The Caldwell College baseball team had its four-game winning
streak ended by Dominican College with a 4-3 loss in extra innings as
the Cougars lost both games of a Central Atlantic Collegiate
Conference doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Veterans Field. The
Cougars dropped to 13-16 overall and 7-5 in the CACC, while the
Chargers, who won the second game 8-3, improved to 16-16 overall and
11-6 in the conference.
In the first game, the Cougars took a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning.
Sophomore Andy Chunn (Lewes, DE/Cape Henlopen) (pictured) led
off with a single, followed by a walk by junior Nick Mauro
(Nutley, NJ/Nutley). Chunn later scored on an error, while Mauro came
home on a wild pitch. The Chargers tied it up with a pair RBI singles
by Mike Zani and Neil Ross in the bottom of the fifth. The Cougars
briefly regained the lead when Mauro scored on an error in the sixth,
only to have Dominican tie the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the inning
on a passed ball. Neither team scored in the seventh, forcing extra
innings. Dominican scored the winning run when Eliezer Nunez walked,
stole second, advanced to third on a single and scored on an error.
In the second game, the Chargers scored four runs in the first two
innings to take an early 4-0 lead. The Cougars got on the scoreboard
in the top of the fifth, when sophomore Billy Ryan (Toms River,
NJ/Manchester) doubled, then scored on a sacrifice fly by senior
Fadul Bambino (Astoria, NY/Queensborough CC). In the top of the
sixth, senior Hasani Whitfield (Briarwood, NY/Molloy) doubled,
followed by a single by Chunn. Whitfield then scored on an error, and
freshman Chris Chiarappa (Elmont, NY/Holy Trinity) pulled the
Cougars to within one when his groundout plated Chunn to make the
score 4-3. But Dominican put four runs on the board in the bottom of
the sixth to put the game out of reach.
Chunn led the Cougar offense, going 5-for-6 at the plate for the day,
including 3-for-3 with a run scored in the second game.
The Cougars return to action on Friday, Apr. 22, when they play at
Wilmington College beginning at 3:00 p.m.
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