PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The Caldwell College baseball team won a pair of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference games against Wilmington College to capture the season series with the Wildcats Saturday afternoon at Smith Field. The Cougars, who followed Friday's loss to Wilmington with 7-2 and 15-0 wins on Saturday, are now 22-14 overall and 14-7 in the conference. The first-place Wildcats fall to 18-17, 12-3 CACC.

After Wilmington took a 2-0 lead in Game 1 with two runs in the top of the first, the Cougars scored once in the third before putting four runs on the board in the fourth. Sophomore Doug Hilgenberg (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) followed a lead-off single by freshman Edgar Santos (Woodside, NY/Bryant) in the fourth with his second home run of the season to put Caldwell up 3-2. Later in the fourth, junior Jorge Torres (Coral Spring, FL/Taravella) doubled home a pair of runs for a 5-2 advantage. Sophomores Omar Velazquez (Astoria, NY/Long Island City) and Adric Saxon (Coral Springs, FL/Broward CC) each drove in runs in the sixth to make the score 7-2.

Sophomore right-hander Robert Casal (Howard Beach, NY/St. Francis Prep) struck out a career-best 15 batters while allowed four hits and two runs in a complete-game victory. Torres finished the game 4-for-4 with two RBIs to lead Caldwell at the plate.

The Cougars took control of the second game early, scoring all 15 runs in the first four innings. Saxon hit two-run home runs in both the first and second innings to give him a team-leading eight homers this season. He finished the game going 4-for-4 with four runs and four RBIs. Sophomore Ray Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) hit a solo shot in the second, while freshman Gabriel Molina (Bronx, NY/Monroe) belted a three-run home run in the third. Seniors Tommy Murphy (Monroe, NY/Washingtonville) and Chris Chiarappa (Elmont, NY/Holy Trinity) also excelled at the plate, going 3-for-3 in the win, which marked the second time this week that the Cougars scored 15 runs. Caldwell defeated C.W. Post 15-3 on Apr. 14.

Velazquez pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing four hits while striking out seven and walking none to improve to 2-0.

Next up for Caldwell is a non-conference game at Molloy College on Tuesday, Apr. 22.