LONG BALL HELPS COUGARS TOP CHARGERS IN BASEBALL
4-29-07
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 PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Four home runs by four different players allowed
the Caldwell College baseball team to erase an early three-run deficit
and defeat Dominican College, 11-4 in a non-conference game Sunday
afternoon at Smith Field. A three-run blast by freshman Raymond
Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) in the bottom of the sixth
put the game out of reach as the Cougars improved to 21-10 on the
season. The Chargers drop to 15-15.
Dominican took the lead with three runs in the top of the fourth,
sparked by Willie Mann's two-run double that put the Chargers ahead
3-0. In the bottom of the fourth, freshman Adric Saxon (Coral
Springs, FL/Broward CC) and senior Billy Ryan (Toms River,
NJ/Manchester) hit back-to-back home runs to cut the Chargers' lead to
3-2. It was Saxon's team-leading 13th homer of the season. The Cougars
tied the game at 3-3 when junior Chris Chiarappa (Elmont,
NY/Holy Trinity) drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the fifth.
In the sixth, after sophomore Jorge Torres (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella)
doubled home freshman Andrew Robertson (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella)
for a 4-3 lead, Keelan hit his seventh homer of the year to bring home
Torres and freshman Omar Velazquez (Astoria, NY/Long Island
City) to put Caldwell ahead 7-3. Torres became the fourth Cougar to
leave the park with a three-run shot in the seventh.
Velazquez, starting his second career game on the mound, went seven
innings and gave up seven hits and three runs while fanning eight to
improve to 2-0. He also went 2 for 5 at the plate with two runs.
Torres, Ryan and junior Tommy Murphy (Monroe,
NY/Washingtonville) also had two hits each on the day. Reliever
Clinton Boettcher (0-1) absorbed the loss for the Chargers.
The Cougars and Chargers meet again on Tuesday, May 1 in a game that
will count in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference standings.
The game is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. at Smith Field.
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