BASEBALL FALLS TO NO. 29 TUSCULUM, 10-6
3-19-07
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 GREENEVILLE,
Tenn. - The Caldwell College baseball team lost a non-conference game
to 29th-ranked Tusculum College, 10-6 Monday afternoon at Pioneer
Park. The Cougars, who received two hits and a pair of RBIs from
freshman Doug Hilgenberg (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central),
drop to 5-3 on the season, while Tusculum improves to 24-10.
The Pioneers took control of the game early with eight runs in the
first four innings. Two more runs in the sixth put Tusculum ahead 10-0
before the Cougars made a comeback attempt. Freshman Raymond Keelan
(Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) knocked in Caldwell's first run of
the game with a single in the top of the seventh. Hilgenberg belted a
two-run double in the eighth, then came home on an error to cut the
Pioneers' lead to 10-4. Senior Efrain Velazquez (Brick,
NJ/Brick Twp.), pictured, and freshman Omar Velazquez (Astoria,
NY/Long Island City) also scored on Tusculum errors to make it 10-6.
But the Cougars were unable to get any closer, as the loss evened
Caldwell's record in Tennessee to 1-1.
Sophomore Eric Hines (Milltown, NJ/Spotswood) started the game
and gave up eight runs, five earned, and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings to
fall to 1-2 on the year. Tusculum's Michael Handley shut down the
Cougars for six innings, allowing five hits and no runs to improve to
3-1.
The Cougars play a doubleheader with Carson-Newman College on Tuesday,
Mar. 20, with the first pitch scheduled for 2:00 p.m. in Jefferson
City, Tenn.
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