JACKSON, N.J. -- Freshman righthander Johnny Amato (Roselle Park, N.J.) scattered five hits and fanned five over 7 2/3 stellar innings in the opener and Caldwell's bats came alive with six home runs as the Cougars swept a CACC twinbill from Georgian Court, 6-2 and 8-1 at Jackson Justice field on Wednesday.

In the opener, junior catcher Chris Hopf (Middlesex, N.J.) and sophomore CF Christian Petino Jr. (Flemington, N.J.) led off the third with back-to-back home runs to left center for a 2-0 Cougars lead. After the Lions (8-28, 7-19 CACC) halved their deficit with a seventh-inning run, junior 3B Sean Brown (West Orange, N.J.) hit the first of his two home runs, a solo shot to left center leading off the eighth. Petino's RBI single later in the inning made it 4-1, and after GCU edged to within two runs in their half of the frame, Brown put it out of reach with a two-run shot in the ninth for the final margin.

Sophomore righty Alfonso Esposito (Middlesex, N.J.) pitched 1 1/2 scoreless frames of relief for his first save.

In the nightcap, the Cougars (19-18, 12-14) ended the drama early, putting up six runs in the first two frames on the strength of two-run home runs by junior RF Jimmy Kurtz (Buena, N.J.) in the first and senior DH Liam James (Roseland, N.J.) in the second and RBI hits by Hopf in the first and third.

Junior righty Matt Perez (Washington Twp., N.J.) pitched three scoreless innings to start the contest and junior southpaw Danny Keane (Union, N.J.) (winner, 3-1) and junior righty Ben Foote (Elmer, N.J.) split the last four frames to finish off the sweep.

Hopf finished the day with five hits and three RBI.

The Cougars look to move closer to a CACC playoff berth when they take on first-place Dominican (21-7 CACC) in a doubleheader at Kiwanis Oval on Thursday beginning at 11 a.m.