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Box Score 2
POMONA, N.Y. – The Post University baseball team started strong in both games at Nyack on Saturday, but was swept in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader. The Eagles lost in walk-off fashion 5-4 in the game one and fell 9-6 in game two. Senior
Todd Blair (Ajax, Ontario) tripled for the second consecutive game and now sits just one behind Chris Uccelini for the career record with 12 total.
Blair had two hits, one run scored, and an RBI on the day. Junior
Billy Bryant Gonzalez (Ponce, Puerto Rico) was 2-for-3 with a team-high three RBI and a run scored. Junior
Julien Casaubon (Jiolette, Quebec) launched his first home run of the season as part of a three-hit day with two runs scored. Sophomore
Rob Gaertner (Wantagh, N.Y.) pitched four scoreless innings in game two and struck out one.
Game One – Nyack 5, Post 4
Casaubon put the Eagles in front 1-0 in the first inning with a two-out home run. Post added another run in the second on an RBI single by junior
Zach Brecht (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) that drove home junior
Marcel Chavez (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Junior
Matt Cambria (Toronto, Ontario) held the Warriors scoreless through the first four innings and pitched out of a jam in the fourth. After two walks and a ground out, Nyack had runners at second and third with one out. Eric Roe grounded out to end the inning.
Post extended its lead to 4-0 with two runs in the fifth. Casaubon walked with one out and scored on a two-out triple by Blair. Sophomore
Erik Rodriguez (Miami, Fla.) had a base knock to bring home the fourth run.
After scoring in the fifth and seventh innings, the Warriors put a runner at first with one out in the eighth. Roe doubled to pull Nyack within one. Jose Rodriguez drove in the tying run before a double play ended the inning. Singles by senior
Ian Toro (New York, N.Y.) and freshman
JJ Cormier (Hialeah, Fla.) put runners at the corners with one out in the ninth. Blair hit into a double play to end the threat.
Kris Chatman singled and advanced to second on an error to begin the bottom of the ninth. He moved over to third on a sacrifice bunt. Cole Tobin singled home the winning run.
Game Two – Nyack 9, Post 6
Two singles and an error loaded the bases for Post in the top of the first inning. The first run came home as Gonzalez was hit by a pitch.
Erik Rodriguez grounded out to first as a run scored to put the Eagles ahead 2-0. Nyack got one back in the bottom of the inning on a groundout.
Junior
Kevin Fearon (Williston Park, N.Y.) singled up the middle to lead-off the second. After a sacrifice moved him to second, he advanced to third on a wild pitch. Junior
Mike Shada (Holtsville, N.Y.) doubled to put the Eagles ahead 3-1.
The Warriors batted around in the second to pull ahead 5-3. Jan-Pierre Crespo drove in two with a two-out single. Senior
John Jeanes (Hatchechubbee, Ala.) struck out Phil Erwin with the bases loaded to stop the damage.
After adding a run in the third, Nyack pulled away with three runs in the fourth. Mike McConnell singled to drive in two and put the Warriors ahead 9-3.
Shada and Casaubon singled to put runners at first and second with one out in the seventh. Gonzalez cleared the bases with a double to close the deficit to 9-5. He advanced to third on a wild pitch and Blair followed with a walk.
Erik Rodriguez made the score 9-6 with a fielder's choice as Gonzalez came home.
The Eagles put runners at second and third with two outs in the top of the ninth, but a strikeout ended the game.
Post gets a week off before traveling to Philadelphia to take on USciences on Saturday, April 13. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for noon.
