NYACK, N.Y. - Sophomore Tommy Murphy (Monroe, NY/Washingtonville), left, tossed a two-hit shutout in game one to spark the Caldwell College baseball team to a sweep of a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader with Nyack College on Wednesday at Nyack High School. The results give the Cougars an overall record of 13-14, including a 6-5 mark in the conference, while the Warriors drop to 8-19-1, 4-11 CACC.
After four scoreless innings, the Cougars scored all nine of their runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Sophomores Joe Hydro (Flemington, NJ/Immaculata) and Rich Gili (Manorville, NJ/Shoreham-Wading River) led off the fifth with back-to-back singles, then freshman Jorge Torres (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Junior Billy Ryan (Toms River, NJ/Manchester) drove in Hydro with a sacrifice fly to right, followed by a two-run single from senior Nick Mauro (Nutley, NJ/Nutley). In the top of the sixth, Torres, Ryan, Mauro, junior Efrain Velazquez (Brick, NJ/Brick Twp.) and sophomore Chris Chiarappa (Elmont, NY/Holy Trinity) each had RBI singles, and senior Landon Viessy (Oakland Gardens, NY/Cardozo) knocked home a run with a double.
Murphy (4-1) was on cruise control for most of the day, allowing a single and a walk in the third, a walk in the fifth and a single in the sixth while striking out 13 batters. The Warriors put runners on second and third with two out in the third, but Murphy ended the threat with a strikeout. The is Murphy's first shutout of the season.
A three-run second inning was all the Cougars needed in the nightcap. Sophomore Eric Theiss (Deer Park, NY/Deer Park) plated Velazquez with a single, then later scored on Hydro's RBI single. Chiarappa eventually scored an unearned run to put the Cougars ahead 3-0. Caldwell added another run in the top of the sixth, when Hydro scored on a groundout by Murphy. The Warriors scored their only run of the day when a balk was called on Caldwell freshman pitcher Stephen Pfeil (Hampstead, NH/Pinherton Academy) with the bases loaded. However, Pfeil struck out the next batter and induced a groundout to end the threat and the inning.
Pfeil (2-4) followed Murphy's masterpiece with one of his own, giving up five hits and one run while striking out six and walking none in seven innings. Hydro was 2 for 3 at the plate in the second game, finishing with three hits two runs and an RBI for the day.
