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Christiana
0
Post POST 23-26
12
Winner Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT 30-10
Post POST
23-26
0
Final
12
Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT
30-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Post POST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 5 X 12 9 1

W: K. Maxwell (3-2) L: Raglievich, Dan (5-2)

1
Felician FELICIAN 26-22
6
Winner Post POST 24-26
Felician FELICIAN
26-22
1
Final
6
Post POST
24-26
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Felician FELICIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2
Post POST 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 X 6 9 0

W: Tamburrino, Jacob (5-2) L: M. Gutierrez (3-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Christiana’s Masterpiece Lifts Baseball To CACC Championship Saturday

Waterbury, Conn. – Joe Christiana pitched the game of his life on Friday as the Post University baseball team defeated Felician 6-1 to reach the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship game at Municipal Stadium.

The Eagles will take on Wilmington at noon. It is the first time the Eagles have reached the CACC Championship since 2010.

Post will need to win the first game of the day at noon to force a second game at 3 p.m.

Christiana pitched 6.2 innings, allowing just one earned run on four walks, two hits while striking out seven.  It was the seventh game this season Christiana has pitched five or more innings and sixth game he has had five or more strikeouts in a game.

Christiana retired the first eight batters of the game before allowing a walk as he was in a pitchers' duel with Felician's Michael Gutierrez through the first six innings.

Post broke a scoreless tie in the bottom the sixth with some small ball. Michael Pavelchak reached on a bunt single to lead off the inning. Hunter Keller followed with a bunt of his own that Gutierrez threw away trying to get the ball to first base. Jimmy Brennan than followed with an RBI single to put the Eagles up, 1-0.

Felician answered with a run in the top of the seventh to tie the game on an RBI pinch hit double by Colby Johnson.

The Eagles blew the game open in the bottom of the inning as three straight singles from Chris Corchado, Nate Miller and Rian Balbino loaded the bases. After an out, Pavelchak delivered with an RBI single to left to give the Eagles the 2-1 lead.

Post tacked on two more as a ball hit by Keller to shortstop was overthrown, allowing Pavelchak and Balbino to score.

After a walk to Brennan, Robert Olah put the finishing touches on the inning hitting a bases clearing double to make it a 6-1 game.

Jacob Tamburrino pitched 2.1 innings of solid relief, allowing just two hits and striking out three. He earned the win, making him 5-2 on the season.

Pavelchak was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs. Balbino was 2-for-4 with a run. Olah was 1-for-3 with two RBI.

In game one of the day, Wilmington defeated Post, 12-0. The Eagles had just four hits as the Wildcats scored ten runs over the final three innings.

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