BASEBALL UPENDS CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE
North Wales, PA (3/20/09) The Dominican College baseball team defeated host Chestnut Hill College on Opening Day of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play, 4-2 this afternoon at Hostelley Field.
North Wales, PA (3/20/09) The Dominican College baseball team defeated host Chestnut Hill College on Opening Day of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play, 4-2 this afternoon at Hostelley Field.
Dominican got on the board in the top of the third as Dan Robinson (Massapequa, NY) received a free pass after getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score Armando Alvarez (Miami, FL) who had led off the inning with a single.
The Griffins tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom stanza as Jesse Daywalt (Phoenixville, PA) tripled in Alex Latchum (Warrington, PA).
DC regained the lead in the fifth as Yordis Veras (East Elmhurst, NY) got a one out walk, followed by a two run blast by freshman Alexi Colon (Millville, NJ) to go up 3-1.
A home run from freshman Dan Etherton (Princeton, NJ) brought the Griffins within a run, but the Chargers added an insurance run in the top of the ninth as sophomore Robert Iglesias (Mays Landing, NJ) got a two out infield single and came into score on the RBI double by Alvarez as DC went on to the 4-2 win.
Charger Todd Craig (Shenandoah, PA) went the distance in the win, including a 1-2-3 ninth inning, allowing two runs on eight hits and six strikeouts.
With the win Dominican improves to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in the CACC, while Chestnut Hill fall to 3-11 overall and 0-1 in the CACC.
Dominican completes the season series with Chestnut Hill tomorrow as they will host the Griffins in a double-header slated to begin at 12pm.
