Baseball Takes Game One over Chargers; Splits with Dominican
NYACK, N.Y. - Thomas Jefferson University baseball team (11-9, 2-3) competed with Dominican University of New York (N.Y.) (6-16, 1-1) on Sunday in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action. The Rams took game one 9-5 but fell to the Chargers 13-8 as Dominican had eight runs in the eighth inning of the second game.
WHAT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: W, 9-5
Marquise Wood attributed one of his two runs in the first game as he made it to homeplate off of a Matt Vita strike out throw to first base to put Jefferson up 1-0. Dominican scored two runs in the bottom of the second, both to third base, that gave the Chargers a 2-1 advantage. Jefferson responded with three runs in the fourth and get back up front 4-2. Wood helped the scoring attack again with one of his three RBI's in this inning as he hit a sacrifice fly to get Chris McLean a run. Vita connected with a double to earn another score by Josh Lopez while he made it to homeplate from Alexander Angulo single up the middle, getting it to 4-2 after four innings.
The Chargers added two more runs, tying the game up 4-4. Wood added two more runs for Jefferson as he hit a homerun to center field for a 6-4 lead in the sixth. McLean brought Jordan Tiburcio home with a single, getting a run himself by way of Jo. Lopez two-run homerun, getting the Rams a 9-4 lead after the top of the seventh. Dominican added one run in the bottom of the seven from a double play. A flyout to right field ended the first game in favor of Jefferson.
QUICK HITS
Chris McLean: 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI
Josh Lopez: 2-for-4, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Marquise Wood: 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Albert Bobadilla: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 4 ER
GAME TWO: L, 13-8
The Chargers ran out to four runs in the bottom of the first, holding an early lead over Jefferson. Justin Espinal delivered a single through the right side for Wood to score. Espinal stole second, giving Angulo time to run for homeplate and cut Dominican's lead to 4-2. Another Charger score in the same inning had it 5-2.
A run in the third for Lou Spadafora off of Vita's single to right field in the fourth inning to make the Chargers' lead to 5-3. After holding Dominican scoreless in the fourth inning, Jefferson added three runs to be ahead of the Chargers 6-5. Wood's double got McLean home, Joshua Lopez sacrifice bunt brought Jo. Lopez to homeplate, and Angulo's double had Wood earn a run of his own as the Rams cameback and were now up in the game.
Heading into the bottom of the sixth, Dominican trailed the Rams 6-5. The Chargers rallied as they score eight runs in that inning, with one of them being a grand slam, to make Dominican control a 13-8 advantage as they headed into the top of the seventh. Jefferson looked to keep the inning going, with Angulo hitting a two-run single up the middle to cut the lead to five for the Rams. Tiburico pinch ran for the Rams and got to second off a wild pitch, but a ground out by the pitcher ended the Rams' chances as Dominican took game two 13-8.
QUICK HITS
Marquise Wood: 1-for-3, 3 R, 1 RBI
Alexander Angulo: 2-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI
Joshua Lopez: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
Sean Morgan: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 SO
UP NEXT
Jefferson returns to Alumni Field on Tuesday, March 26 when the Rams host Bloomfield College of Montclair State University in CACC doubleheader action. The first pitch is thrown at 12:30 p.m.
