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Graphic of scores from the games against UPitt-Johnstown. Dominican won the first game, 10-7 and lost the second game, 6-3. Photo is of a DUNY base runner leading off first base.
Photo by Julian Baquero
February 28, 2026

BASEBALL SPLITS WITH DH WITH PITT-JOHNSTOWN

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Cary, N.C. (2/28/26)  The Dominican University New York baseball team split a double-header today with the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown in games played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.

With the split, the Chargers are now 1-2 on the season

Game One:  A Kevin Kirsch double in the top of the first inning got DUNY on the scoreboard for the early lead.  They added a run in the second on a RBI single by Byron Arias for the 2-0 advantage. 

The Mountain Cats' got a run back in the bottom of the fourth, but a three-run fifth rebuilt a 5-1 lead.  Davin Keddell-Tuckey delivered a two-run triple down the right field line and Jean Nunez later drew a bases loaded walk.

Dominican scored five runs in the sixth stanza on a RBI single up-the-middle off the bat of Keddell-Tuckey and a grand slam by catcher Antonio DiGrigoli to increase the lead to 10-1.  The Mountain Cats' countered with a six-run bottom of the sixth for the evenutal 10-7 score.

Keddell-Tuckey went 3-4 in the game with three RBIs, while DiGrigoli finished with a team best four RBIs in the win.  Three other Chargers had two hits each.

Starter Samuel Herrera earned the win in five innings of work, allowing one run on four hits and striking out six batters.

Game Two:  In the nightcap, the Chargers scored three runs in the third inning on a run-scoring single by Arias and a two-run homer run off the bat of Jaden Maia.

Pitt-Johnstown used a five-run fifth inning to claim the lead and added a run in the sixth to earn the 6-3 victory.

Catcher AJ Giannetti had two hits for the Chargers

Luis Rivera took the loss in 4 and 2/3 innings of work.

The Chargers return to action tomorrow tomorrow morning when they take on West Chester University.

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.