PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The Caldwell College baseball team lost a non-conference game to Concordia College, 10-9 in 10 innings Monday afternoon at Smith Field. The Cougars, who held an 8-1 lead through four innings, drop to 9-14 overall on the season, while the Clippers improve to 17-17-1.

After Concordia scored a run on a wild pitch in the top of the first, the Cougars put five runs on the board in the bottom of the second for a 5-1 lead. Juniors Juan Pinero (Bronx, NY/Columbus) and Andrew Robertson (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) each had run-scoring doubles, while junior Ray Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) singled home a run. Another double by Pinero in the third plated junior Doug Hilgenberg (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) and senior Jorge Torres (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella), then junior Miguel Perdomo (Teaneck, NJ/Bergen Catholic) singled home Keelan in the fourth for an 8-1 Caldwell advantage.

The game changed in favor of the Clippers in the top of the fifth. With two out and a runner on third, Concordia recorded four hits and walked once to score five runs and close the gap to 8-6. Matt Shelley had a two-run double in the inning. Caldwell made the score 9-6 on a run-scoring single from Torres in the bottom of the seventh, but the Clippers answered with two runs in the top of the eighth to make it a one-run game. In the ninth, the Cougars retired the first two batters, leaving the Clippers down to their last out. But a walk and two singles, the last one by Kenny Espinal, tied the game at 9-9.

In the top of the 10th, Concordia loaded the bases with one out. After Caldwell recorded a grounder that forced a runner at home, Donny Madera walked, scoring the go-ahead run. Pinero, pictured, hit a two-out double, his third two-bagger of the game, in the bottom of the ninth. But pitcher Jesse Horsham induced a groundout to end the game. The Cougars had 16 hits but stranded 16 runners on base for the game. Keelan went 4-for-4 at the plate, while Pinero and Torres each had three hits.