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PITCHING, LONG BALL PROPEL COUGARS TO SWEEP OF NYACK
4-1-08
CC 5, NC 3
CC 1, NC 0
NYACK,
N.Y. - The Caldwell College baseball team defeated Nyack College
twice, 5-3 and 1-0 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
doubleheader Tuesday evening at Nyack Stadium. Junior pitcher
Stephen Pfeil (Hampstead, NH/Pinherton Acad.) tossed a one-hit
shutout in the second game, while sophomores Ray Keelan
(Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) and Adric Saxon (Coral
Springs, FL/Broward CC) each homered to give the Cougars the sweep.
Caldwell is now 10-9 overall and 4-2 in the conference, while the
Warriors fall to 5-11, 3-2 CACC.
The first game saw the Cougars take a 4-0 lead after the top of the
first inning. Saxon, right, drove in senior Tommy Murphy
(Monroe, NY/Washingtonville) with a double, then later scored on an
error for a 2-0 lead. After sophomore Omar Velazquez
(Astoria, NY/Long Island City) walked with two out, Keelan followed
with his second home run of the season to put Caldwell on top 4-0.
Nyack scored a run on a double by Cody Levins in the bottom of the
first, but the Cougars restored their four-run lead with an unearned
run in the top of the second. A two-run double by John Raebig in the
bottom of the fourth cut Caldwell's lead to 5-3. Then in the fifth,
the Warriors loaded the bases with no one out. Sophomore Buddy
Riggs (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) came on in relief of starter
Robert Casal (Howard Beach, NY/St. Francis Prep) and promptly
struck out the side, ending the threat and preserving the lead.
Riggs retired nine of the 10 batters he faced, walking one in three
hitless innings of relief to earn his second save of the season.
Casal worked four innings, allowing nine hits and three runs while
fanning nine. Derrick Gamble went the distance for Nyack and took
the loss.
Game 2 was a pitcher's dual between Pfeil and the Warriors' Taylor
Getzke. The game's only run came in the top of the fifth, when Saxon
belted his second home run of the season to put Caldwell ahead 1-0.
Saxon, who also hit a double in the seventh inning, hadn't hit a
homer since the third game of the season back on Feb. 23. Pfeil
dominated the Nyack lineup, surrendering just one hit, a double by
Roy Diliberto to lead off the sixth inning. He also walked four
while striking out 11 batters for the second game in a row. Pfeil,
who improved to 2-2, fanned a career-high 11 in a 7-1 victory over
Felician College in his last start on Mar. 27. Getzke gave up seven
hits and walked four while recording 10 strikeouts in the loss.