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COUGARS SWEEP SPARTANS IN FLORIDA
3-15-09
CC 4, STAC 3
CC 11, STAC 0
LANTANA,
Fla. - The Caldwell College baseball team won both games of a
non-conference doubleheader against St. Thomas Aquinas College by
scores of 4-3 and 11-0 Sunday afternoon at the Santaluces Sports
Complex. The victories are the first of the season for the Cougars,
who are now 2-3 on the year.
Caldwell jumped out to a 1-0 lead in Game 1 on a single by freshman
Jorge Ynoa (Bayside, NY/Bayside) that plated freshman Joe
Doerrer (Middletown, NJ/Raritan) in the bottom of the first
inning. Dan McDermott put the Spartans on top with a two-run double
in the top of the fourth. After St. Thomas Aquinas pushed another
run across in the top of the fifth, the Cougars answered in the
bottom of the fifth. Junior catcher Miguel Perdomo (Teaneck,
NJ/Bergen Catholic) led off the inning with a home run, then junior
Adric Saxon (Coral Springs, FL/Broward CC) followed a Doerrer
walk with a triple to tie the game at 3-3.
The game remained tied until the bottom of the seventh. Caldwell
loaded the bases on an error and two walks, setting the stage for
senior Aaron Hoffstatter (Glasco, NY/Saugerties), who drew a
walk to score senior Jorge Torres (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella)
with the winning run. Junior right-hander Thomas Forkin
(Oceanside, NY/Holy Trinity) pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief to earn
the victory.
In
the second game, the Cougars jumped all over the Spartans’ pitching
en route to an 11-0 win. Hoffstatter and junior Jon Irwin
(Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) both homered, while junior Andrew
Robertson (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) went 3-for-3 with a
double and two runs batted in. Ynoa and Doerrer also had two hits
apiece in the win.
Freshman right-hander Matt Cook (Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan)
made his collegiate pitching debut a memorable one, tossing a
three-hit shutout while striking out seven and walking only one.
The Cougars continue their Florida trip with a doubleheader against
UMass-Lowell on Monday, Mar. 16. The first game starts at 12:00 p.m.
at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla.