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BASEBALL WINS TWO OVER UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES
April 21, 2014

BASEBALL WINS TWO OVER UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/21/14) The Dominican College baseball team improved to 16-17 overall and 10-7 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after defeating the visiting Devils from the University of the Sciences, 6-5 and 8-0 this afternoon in games played at Veteran's Memorial Field.

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Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/21/14)  The Dominican College baseball team improved to 16-17 overall and 10-7 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after defeating the visiting Devils from the University of the Sciences, 6-5 and 8-0 this afternoon in games played at Veteran's Memorial Field.

Game One:  Dominican scored three runs in their half of the third inning to go up 3-0.  Alex Lorenzo (Miami Beach, Fla.) scored on a passed ball and Tyler Clark (Cheshire, Conn.) and Carlos Lopez (Miami, Fla.) later followed with back-to-back two-out RBI doubles.

Dominican added to the lead in the fifth stanza as Lopez hit his second run-scoring double of the contest to increase the lead to 4-1. 

In the seventh, Dominican scored two more runs one on a fielding error and the other on  Lopez's third double of the game to bring home Robert Alonso (Hurley, N.Y.) to make the score 6-1.

The Devils scored three runs in the eighth and added one in the ninth for the final 6-5 score.

Lopez and Lorenzo had three hits each in the win with Lopez having a team leading three RBIs.

Starter Peter Martinez (White Plains, N.Y.) got the win (4-2) in 7 2/3 innings pitched, allowing four runs on five hits.  Andrew Morano (Clintondale, N.Y.) got his first save of the season in 1 1/3 innings, allowing one run on one hit.

Game Two: Dominican scored two runs in the bottom of the third inning as CACC Co-Rookie of the Week, Jonathan Martinez (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) hit a sacrifice fly ball to left field to bring home a run and Alonso hit an RBI ground out to give the Chargers the 2-0 advantage.

The Chargers added two more runs in the fifth as Alonso singled home Jayson Gray (New Rochelle, N.Y.)  and Clark later reached on a Devil error and scored Martinez to give DC the 4-0 lead.

In the sixth an RBI single to right field off the bat of Gray extended the DC lead to 5-0.  In the seventh an RBI triple from Clark made the score 6-0 and freshman Gabriel Valverde (Plantation, Fla.) had an RBI single to give Dominican the 7-0 lead.

An additional run in the eighth that scored after a throw on a steal gave DC the final 8-0 victory.

Gray collected three hits in the win.

Anthony Pastrana (Queens, N.Y.) improved to 2-3 with the win, pitching 7 2/3 innings and allowing just five hits and striking out 13 batters.

Jesse McIllwaine (Huntington, N.Y.) came in for the final 1 1/3 innings.

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.