COUGARS TOP CARSON-NEWMAN IN BASEBALL, 14-7
3-20-07
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 JEFFERSON
CITY, Tenn. - The Caldwell College baseball team had a pair of
four-run innings en route to a 14-7 triumph over Carson-Newman College
Tuesday afternoon at the C-N Silver Diamond. Freshman Adric Saxon
(Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) had two hits and four runs batted in for
the Cougars, who are now 6-3 on the season, including a 2-1 mark on
their Tennessee trip. The Eagles fall to 19-11 with the loss. Game two
of the scheduled doubleheader was not played due to rain.
The Cougars jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, getting
RBIs from Saxon and junior Chris Chiarappa (Elmont, NY/Holy
Trinity). After the Eagles took the lead in the bottom of the first
with a three-run home run by Derek Long, Saxon hit a three-run double
as part of a four-run second inning to give the Cougars a 6-3
advantage. Caldwell answered a Carson-Newman run in the second with
three more in the top of the third. Freshman Doug Hilgenberg
(Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) drove in a run, then later scored
on a balk. Junior Tommy Murphy (Monroe, NY/Washingtonville)
knocked in another run in the third to put the Cougars up 9-4.
The Eagles closed the gap with three runs in the fourth to pull to
within two, 9-7. Murphy responded for the Cougars with an RBI single
in the fifth. Four more runs in the top of the seventh locked up the
win for Caldwell. Murphy hit a bases-loaded single to score a run, and
freshman Raymond Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) and
senior Billy Ryan (Toms River, NJ/Manchester) had RBI doubles
in the inning.
Sophomore right-hander Stephen Pfeil (Hampstead, NH/Pinherton
Academy) picked up the win, allowing seven runs, five earned, on 10
hits in six innings to improve to 2-1.Murphy, Ryan, Saxon, and
freshman Omar Velazquez (Astoria, NY/Long Island City) each had
a pair of hits, with Murphy driving in three runs.
Caldwell, which has scored 35 runs in three games in Tennessee, plays
a doubleheader at Lincoln Memorial University on Wednesday, Mar. 21.
The first game starts at 2:00 p.m. in Harrogate, Tenn.
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