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COUGARS RETURN TO FIELD FOR 4-1 VICTORY OVER QUEENS
3-12-08
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QUEENS,
N.Y. - Playing its first game in 17 days, the Caldwell College
baseball team defeated Queens College, 4-1 in a non-conference game
Wednesday afternoon at Knights Field. Sophomore pitcher Robert
Casal (Howard Beach, NY/St. Francis Prep), right, struck out 11
batters in six innings of work as the Cougars improved to 4-2 on the
season. The loss dropped the Knights to 1-5.
After surrendering an unearned run in the first inning, the Cougars
tied the score in the top of the third when freshman Juan Mejia
(Ocean City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) came home on a sacrifice fly by
senior Chris Chiarappa (Elmont, NY/Holy Trinity). Then in the
top of the seventh, sophomore Jon Irwin (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac)
singled home freshman Gabriel Molina (Bronx, NY/Monroe) to
put Caldwell on top 2-1. Senior Tommy Murphy (Monroe,
NY/Washingtonville) followed with an RBI double that plated freshman
Nick Questa (Boonton, NJ/Boonton) for a 3-1 lead. The Cougars
tacked on another run in the eighth, when a pinch-hit double by
sophomore Doug Hilgenberg (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central)
brought home sophomore Omar Velazquez (Astoria, NY/Long
Island City).
Murphy had three of the Cougars' 10 hits to lead Caldwell at the
plate. Casal (2-1) allowed just three hits while walking three to
earn his second win of the season. Junior right-hander Stephen
Pfeil (Hampstead, NH/Pinherton Acad.) tossed three perfect
innings in relief to earn the save. Pfeil, who fanned five of the
nine batters he faced, struck out the side in the bottom of the
ninth to end the game.
Caldwell plays at C.W. Post on Thursday, Mar. 13 in an important
Northeast Region game. The first pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. in
Brookville, N.Y.