BASEBALL COMPLETES SWEEP OF POST WITH COMEBACK WIN
4-16-05
CC 4, POST 0
CC 14, POST 10
 WATERBURY,
Conn. - The Caldwell College baseball team scored eight runs in the
top of the seventh inning for a come-from-behind 14-10 victory over
Post University in the second game of a Central Atlantic Collegiate
Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Municipal Stadium. The
win gave the Cougars (13-14 overall, 7-3 CACC), who wonthe first game
4-0, a three-game sweep of the season series with the Eagles (1-26-1,
0-12) and stretched their winning streak to four games.
In the first game, the Cougars scored the only run they would need in
the fourth inning, when senior Fadul Bambino
(Astoria, NY/Queensborough CC) scored on an error. Caldwell extended
its lead in the top of the seventh, when junior Nick Mauro
(Nutley, NJ/Nutley) (pictured) singled home sophomore Andy Chunn
(Lewes, DE/Cape Henlopen), who led off the inning with a double. After
freshman Shaun Hanrahan (West Keansburg, NJ/Raritan) reached on
an error and with freshman Joe Hydro (Flemington, NJ/Immaculata)
pinch-running for Mauro, sophomore Billy Ryan (Toms River,
NJ/Manchester) singled, scoring both Hanrahan and Hydro for the final
runs of the game. Ryan went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in for the
game.
Freshman Eric Hines (Milltown, NJ/Spotswood) went the distance
on the mound for the Cougars, allowing seven hits and no walks with
one strikeout in seven shutout innings. It was the second shutout for
Hines (4-2) in just five starts as a collegian.
The bats woke up in both dugouts for the second game, as the teams
combined for 24 runs and 22 hits. The Eagles struck for three runs in
the first inning to take an early lead before Caldwell put five runs
on the board in the top of the third. But the lead wouldn't last long,
as Post scored three more runs in the bottom of the third to make the
score 6-5 in favor of the Eagles. In the top of the sixth, senior Mike
Kolesar (New City, NY/Clarkstown North) walked, stole second base,
then stole third before scoring on Bambino's sacrifice fly to center,
tying the game at 6-6. But again the Eagles would answer, scoring four
runs on three hits in the top of the sixth to take a 10-6 lead.
Needing at least four runs to extend the game in their final at-bat,
the Cougars took advantage of three walks and two errors to score
eight runs in the bottom of the seventh. Freshman Americo Eaderesto
(Manorville, NY/Center Moriches) knocked in a pair of runs with a
single, while Mauro, Kolesar, Bambino and senior Joe Catenacci
(Helmetta, NJ/Spotswood) each had an RBI in the inning.
Junior Anthony DeRogatis (Toms River, NJ/Toms River South)
recorded a 1-2-3 seventh inning, including a pair of strikeouts, to
clinch the victory. Junior Travis Muessig (Mt. Sinai, NY/Mt.
Sinai) earned his first win of the season by striking out two batters
while working 2/3 of an inning.
The Cougars return to action on Monday, Apr. 18, when they complete a
game with Nyack College that was suspended due to darkness in the
fifth inning with Caldwell leading 7-1. The game starts at 3:30 p.m.
at Smith Field.
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