BASEBALL BEGINS CACC SCHEDULE WITH SPLIT AT BLOOMFIELD
3-31-07
BC 10, CC 4
CC 10, BC 2
 LYNDHURST, N.J. - The Caldwell College baseball team split a
doubleheader with Bloomfield College, losing 10-4 before winning the
second game 10-2 in the first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
action of the season for Caldwell Saturday afternoon at Breslin
Field. Freshman Doug Hilgenberg (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon
Central) went 4 for 4 to help the Cougars win the second game and
improve to 9-6 in the season. The Deacons are now 8-14 overall and
1-2 in the CACC.
Bloomfield put three runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the
first inning to take control early. The Cougars answered in the
third, when freshman Adric Saxon (Coral Springs, FL/Broward
CC) hit a two-run single, then later scored on an error to tie the
game at 3-3. But in the bottom of the fifth, five Caldwell errors
aided the Deacons' seven-run inning that put Bloomfield ahead 10-3.
The Cougars managed one run in the top of the ninth on an RBI triple
from freshman Omar Velazquez (Astoria, NY/Long Island City)
for the final run of the game.
Saxon, Velazquez and senior Billy Ryan (Toms River,
NJ/Manchester) each had two hits in the game for Caldwell, while
sophomore Stephen Pfeil (Hampstead, NH/Pinherton Academy) allowed
seven unearned runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief to take the loss.
Bloomfield's Ricky Maldonado earned the victory, giving up five hits
and an unearned run in five innings of relief.
 Velazquez got things started in the right direction for the Cougars
in Game 2, hitting an inside-the-park home run to lead off the game.
The Deacons came back in the bottom of the first with two runs,
including an RBI single by Eric Tanis, that put Bloomfield up 2-1.A
run-scoring single by freshman Raymond Keelan (Barnegat,
NJ/Southern Regional) in the top of the third tied the game at 2-2.
The Cougars took the lead for good in the top of the fifth, when a
triple by sophomore Jorge Torres (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella)
plated Ryan. Keelan also knocked home a run in the inning for a 4-2
lead.
Two more runs in the top of the sixth, including an RBI single from
Ryan, made the score 6-2. Hilgenberg doubled home Keelan in the top
of the seventh, then scored on a sacrifice fly from Velazquez for an
8-2 advantage. Caldwell put two more runs on the board via another
sacrifice fly from Velazquez and an RBI single by junior Tommy
Murphy (Monroe, NY/Washingtonville) in the top of the ninth
completed the scoring.
Sophomore Eric Hines (Milltown, NJ/Spotswood) improved to 3-2
on the year after recording nine strikeouts while allowing nine hits
and two runs in eight innings of work. Joseph O'Donnell, who started
the game for Bloomfield, took the loss.
Caldwell returns to action on Tuesday, Apr. 3 for a CACC
doubleheader against Felician College at Breslin Field. The first
pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
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