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BIG INNING LIFTS CALDWELL PAST DOMINICAN IN BASEBALL, 10-5
4-3-08
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ORANGEBURG,
N.Y. - A five-run fifth inning helped the Caldwell College baseball
team pick up an important Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
victory over Dominican College by the score of 10-5 Thursday
afternoon at Veterans Memorial Field. Freshman Gabriel Molina
(Bronx, NY/Monroe) hit a bases-loaded, three-run double in the fifth
for the Cougars, who are now 11-9 overall and 5-2 in league play.
The Chargers fall to 9-15 overall, 1-3 CACC.
Molina, pictured, put Caldwell on the board in the top of the second
with a single that scored sophomore Omar Velazquez (Astoria,
NY/Long Island City). Later in the inning, a sacrifice fly by
sophomore Jon Irwin (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) brought home senior
Chris Chiarappa (Elmont, NY/Holy Trinity) from third for a
2-0 lead. Caldwell broke open the game in the fifth. With one out,
junior Jorge Torres (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) and
sophomore Adric Saxon (Coral Springs, FL/Broward CC) walked,
then Torres scored on an error on a grounder by sophomore Ray
Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional). After Velazquez walked
to load the bases, Molina doubled to right field, scoring all three
runners for a 6-0 advantage. Freshman Edgar Santos (Woodside,
NY/Bryant) followed with a single that plated Molina to put Caldwell
up 7-0.
Dominican scored its first run of the game in the bottom of the
fifth, then put two more on the board in the bottom of the sixth to
make the score 7-3. Caldwell restored its seven-run lead with three
in the top of the eighth on an RBI single by Saxon and a two-run
double from Chiarappa. Dan Robinson's two-run double in the bottom
of the eighth brought Dominican to within 10-5, but sophomore
Buddy Riggs (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) pitched a scoreless
ninth with two strikeouts to close out the win.
Junior Eric Hines (Milltown, NJ/Spotswood) pitched five
innings and allowed six hits and one run to improve to 3-0 on the
season. Brian Craig (0-2) took the loss for the Chargers after
giving up seven runs, all unearned, on four hits and five walks
while striking out seven. Dominican committed four errors in the
game, while Caldwell had three miscues.
The Cougars are scheduled to host Chestnut Hill College on Friday,
Apr. 4 in a CACC game. The first pitch is set for 2:00 p.m. at Smith
Field in Parsippany, N.J.