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CALDWELL BASEBALL SPLITS CACC DOUBLEHEADER WITH FELICIAN
3-29-08
FC
7, CC 4
CC
9, FC 0
LYNDHURST,
N.J. - The Caldwell College baseball team split a doubleheader with
Felician College, losing the first game 7-4 before winning Game 2,
9-0 Saturday afternoon at Breslin Field. The Cougars, who beat
Felician in a single game on Thursday, are now 2-2 in the conference
and 8-9 overall, while the Golden Falcons are 8-11, 1-2 CACC. Senior
catcher Chris Chiarappa (Elmont, NY/Holy Trinity) went
5-for-7 with four runs batted in to pace the Cougar bats.
After Felician took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning of
Game 1, Caldwell put four runs on the board in the top of the third.
Chiarappa singled home senior Tommy Murphy (Monroe,
NY/Washingtonville) from third, then later scored along with
sophomore Ray Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) on a
two-run double by sophomore Omar Velazquez (Astoria, NY/Long
Island City). After Velazquez stole second, junior Jorge Torres
(Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) singled him home for a 4-1 Caldwell
lead. But the Golden Falcons came back in the bottom of the sixth,
scoring six runs on six hits and one error. The big blow was a
bases-loaded double off the bat of Marcos Torres that scored three
runs and put Felician on top 6-4.
Velazquez started the game on the mound for Caldwell and allowed
four hits and three runs while walking five and striking out three
in five innings. Sophomore Buddy Riggs (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella)
took the loss and fell to 1-3 on the year. Felician's Scott VanEs
(1-2) pitched 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the victory.
Two big innings proved to be the difference in the second game, as
the Cougars scored all nine of their runs in the second and third
innings. Freshman Gabriel Molina (Bronx, NY/Monroe) led off
the second with a home run to left field, his second of the season.
After loading the bases on a pair of walks and an error, Caldwell
scored runs on a wild pitch and an error for a 3-0 lead. Chiarappa
made it 4-0 with a single that scored Keelan. In the third inning,
Chiarappa and freshman Edgar Santos (Woodside, NY/Bryant)
each hit two-run singles, and Murphy singled home a run to make the
score 9-0.
Murphy only needed one run, however, as the senior right-hander
blanked Felician while striking out a career-high 13 batters in the
complete-game victory. He gave up five hits while walking two in
seven innings of work. Danny Conti (0-3) started the game for
Felician and lasted two innings after allowing six runs on five
hits. At the plate, Chiarappa was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and
Murphy also collected a pair of hits and an RBI to help his own
cause.
The Cougars play a CACC doubleheader at Nyack College on Tuesday,
Apr. 1, beginning at 4:00 p.m.