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March 30, 2007

Dominican Baseball Rallies To Defeat St. Thomas Aquinas, 7-6

Blauvelt, NY (3/30/07) The Chargers baseball team won a non-conference game against St. Thomas Aquinas College, 7-6 this afternoon. With the win, the Chargers improve to 7-6 overall, while the Spartans fall to 3-12.

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Dominican Baseball Rallies To Defeat St. Thomas Aquinas, 7-6


Blauvelt, NY(3/30/07)    The Chargers baseball team won a non-conference game against St. Thomas Aquinas College, 7-6 this afternoon.  With the win, the Chargers improve to 7-6 overall, while the Spartans fall to 3-12.

The Spartans took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Fernando Peralta (Pine Bush, NY) got a one hit single to left field and later scored on a sacrifice fly to centerfield by Kevin Conners (West Babylon, NY).
 
Dominican tied the game in the bottom of the second as junior Sean Brown (Massapequa, NY) doubled down the left field line to lead off the inning, followed by an RBI single to left by designated hitter Joseph DiMicelli (Staten Island, NY).  The Chargers then took advantage of two Spartan errors to gain a 3-1 lead.

DC added a run in the bottom of the third as Jose Escalera (Bronx, NY) led off the inning with a walk, moved to second on a single by Brown and went to third on a sacrifice bunt by DiMicelli.  He came in to score on an RBI ground out to third by catcher Peter Gilardo (Cornwall, NY) Dominican took a 4-1 advantage.

St. Thomas Aquinas rallied in the top of the fifth with two runs as Kevin Spense (Port Jefferson Station, NY) led off the inning with a single to center and went to third on a one out single by Pat Murray (Demarest, NJ).  Both players came in to score on a two out RBI single to center by Peralta, cutting the Charger lead to 4-3.

The Spartans scored three runs in the top of the sixth to take a 6-4 lead as Peralta collected his third hit of the day, this time a two out double to right field that scored two runs, giving his team a 6-4 lead.
 
The Chargers got a run back in the bottom of the seventh when Tom Keegan (Dickson City, PA)  got a one out single, stole second and came in to score on an RBI double to left by Escalera to make the score 6-5.

Dominican rallied in the bottom of the ninth as Keegan and Escalera got back to back singles and DiMicelli walked to load the bases.  On a 3-2 count, Gilardo delievered the game winning line drive single over the head of the left fielder to lift the Chargers to a 7-6 victory.
 
Spartan pitcher Brian Lamar (Flushing, NY) allowed five runs on eight hits in 8 1/3 innings.  John Muller (Mahopac, NY) suffered the loss.
 
Charger starter Joe Kubanik (Stony Point, NY) went five innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and striking out six batters.  Frank Maynard, Jr (Brooklyn, NY) got the win, pitching the ninth inning.



The Chargers are back in action tomorrow when they travel to the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia for a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double header, slated to begin at 12pm.

 

 

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.