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CASAL, CALDWELL BLANK QUEENS IN BASEBALL, 10-0
4-9-08
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FLUSHING,
N.Y. - Junior right-hander Robert Casal (Howard Beach, NY/St. Francis
Prep) pitched a four-hit shutout to lead the Caldwell College baseball team
to a 10-0 victory over Queens College in a non-conference game Thursday
afternoon at Ray Metski Field. The victory is the Cougars' third in a row
and improves their overall record to 9-13 on the season.
Caldwell scored a run in the first, then exploded for seven runs in the top
of the fourth before putting two more on the board in the seventh. Junior
Adric Saxon (Coral Springs, FL/Broward CC) hit a three-run homer, his
third of the year, in the Cougars' big fourth inning in which Caldwell sent
11 batters to the plate. Saxon, left, finished with five runs batted in on a
single, a double and a homer. Senior Jorge Torres (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella)
and juniors Andrew Robertson (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) and
Doug Hilgenberg (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) each had two hits,
while junior Omar Velazquez (Astoria, NY/Long Island City) scored
twice.
Casal, the 2008 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Pitcher of the Year,
picked up his first victory of the season after allowing no runs on four
hits and two walks while striking out seven batters.
Next up for the Cougars is a non-conference game against Concordia College
on Monday, Apr. 13. Game time is set for 3:00 p.m. at Smith Field in
Parsippany, N.J.