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BASEBALL STAGES COMEBACK TO DEFEAT C.W. POST
3-13-08
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BROOKVILLE,
N.Y. - The Caldwell College baseball team scored two runs in the top
of the ninth to beat C.W. Post, 5-4 Thursday afternoon at the C.W.
Post Baseball Field. Sophomore outfielder Adric Saxon (Coral
Springs, FL/Broward CC) drove in the game-winning run with a
sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth. The Cougars, who trailed 4-2
heading into the eight inning, won its fifth straight game to
improve to 5-2 on the season. The result ended a three-game winning
streak for the Pioneers (5-8).
C.W. Post took an early 1-0 lead on Kyle Walker's RBI double in the
bottom of the first. The Cougars tied the game in the top of the
third on a groundout by senior Chris Chiarappa (Elmont,
NY/Holy Trinity), only to have the Pioneers regain the lead in the
bottom-half of the third. Caldwell tied the game again in the top of
the fourth, when sophomore Ray Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern
Regional) homered to lead off the inning. Then in the bottom of the
fifth, Walker doubled home a run, then later scored on an error to
give the Pioneers a 4-2 lead.
Caldwell's comeback started in the top of the eighth, when a single
by freshman Gabriel Molina (Bronx, NJ/Monroe) plated Keelan
to make the score 4-3 in favor of C.W. Post. With one out in the top
of the ninth, sophomore Jon Irwin (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac)
singled, followed by a double from senior Tommy Murphy
(Monroe, NY/Washingtonville). After Irwin scored and Murphy advanced
to third on a grounder by Chiarappa, Saxon hit a fly ball to
centerfield that was deep enough to score Murphy for the go-ahead
run. The Pioneers put runners on first and third with two out in the
bottom of the ninth, but sophomore pitcher Buddy Riggs (Coral
Springs, FL/Taravella) got Brian Anderson to line out to the
shortstop and end the game.
Riggs, right, worked four innings of scoreless relief to earn his
first victory of the season. He has yet to allow a run in nine
innings this season. Murphy started the game and allowed five hits
and four runs, two earned, while striking out four in five innings.
Keith Carlson fanned 11 in seven innings for the Pioneers.
The Cougars head to Tennessee to play six games, beginning with a
doubleheader at Tusculum College on Sunday, Mar. 16.