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HINES PITCHES CALDWELL TO 2-1 TRIUMPH AT ADELPHI
3-28-08
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CITY, N.Y. -
Junior Eric Hines (Milltown, NJ/Spotswood) pitched all 10 innings to
lead the Caldwell College baseball team to a 2-1 victory over Adelphi
University in a non-conference game Friday afternoon at Bonomo Field. The
Cougars, who lost to Adelphi in last year's NCAA Northeast Region
Tournament, are now 7-8 on the season, while the Panthers fall to
9-11.
An unusual play led to the game-winning run in the top of the 10th.
With the game tied 1-1, the Cougars put runners at first and third
with two out. Sophomore Andrew Robertson (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella)
worked the count full, then checked his swing at ball four. Adelphi
catcher Mike Connors thought Robertson struck out, and since the
ball hit the ground, he chased Robertson to tag him out. With the
plate unguarded, senior Tommy Murphy (Monroe,
NY/Washingtonville) raced home for the go-ahead run. Hines induced
three straight groundouts in the bottom of the 10th to wrap up the
win.
The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, when junior
Jorge Torres (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) singled home
sophomore Adric Saxon (Coral Springs, FL/Broward CC) from
third. The Panthers tied the game in the bottom of the sixth on
Connors' bases-loaded ground ball that plated Mike Colonna. But for
the majority of the game, pitching was the story. Hines scattered
seven hits over his 10 innings of work, striking out six and walking
two to improve to 2-0 on the season. Adelphi starter Mike Bartlett
pitched seven innings and gave up four hits while fanning six.
Reliever Frank Valeriano allowed two hits and a run in 2 2/3 innings
and took the loss.
The Cougars play a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
doubleheader against Felician College on Saturday, Mar. 29. The
first game starts at 12:00 p.m. at Breslin Field in Lyndhurst, N.J.