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Justin Rivera
Grace Glasrud
18
Post POST 26-20
20
Winner Dominican (N.Y.) DOMINICA 33-15
Post POST
26-20
18
Final
20
Dominican (N.Y.) DOMINICA
33-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Post POST 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 8 0 18 19 3
Dominican (N.Y.) DOMINICA 2 5 2 2 0 1 7 1 X 20 20 4

W: J. Stoliker (4-2) L: Fraser, Zion (4-2)

6
Post POST 26-21, 22-12 CACC
13
Winner Dominican (N.Y.) DOMINICA 34-15, 28-8 CACC
Post POST
26-21, 22-12 CACC
6
Final
13
Dominican (N.Y.) DOMINICA
34-15, 28-8 CACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Post POST 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 9 2
Dominican (N.Y.) DOMINICA 0 8 3 0 0 2 X 13 12 3

W: A. Leak (7-3) L: Portes, Justin (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Michael Vesci, Director of Athletic Communications

Baseball Locked into Three Seed in CACC North Division for Tournament, Downed in Doubleheader by Dominican (N.Y.)

ORANGEBURG, N.Y. -- The streak of three consecutive CACC North Division crowns will come to an end this season for Post University Baseball, as the Eagles were swept by Dominican (N.Y.) in their Sunday road doubleheader, ensuring they cannot finish higher than the third seed in the North Division for the CACC Tournament. Losing 20-18 and 13-6, Post is now on a five-game losing streak overall and in conference play, sinking them to 22-12 this season against conference foes, while the Chargers wrapped up their first division title since 2011, owning the tiebreaker over Felician University. 

The hot streak of the Golden Falcons had propelled them four games ahead of the Eagles and two games behind the Chargers in the win column with two games to go this week. Post will take on Felician, who will get the North Division two seed, in a best-of-three series on the road starting this Friday, with an if necessary game three taking place on Saturday. 

THE BASICS

Post University 18, Dominican (N.Y.) 20
 
Post University 6, Dominican (N.Y.) 13 (7 Innings)
 
Post University (26-21, 22-12 CACC)

Dominican (N.Y.) (34-15, 28-8 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Senior third baseman Justin Rivera was a force for the Eagles across the doubleheader as he was 6-for-9 with two doubles, a home run, seven RBIs, and four runs scored despite the sweep. Rivera had a four-RBI outing in game one, going 4-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored, while falling just a triple short of the cycle. Graduate outfielder Jaylen Kelley also had four RBIs in game one, being one of four Post players with multi-RBI games to help the Eagles attempt to make a comeback after trailing by 10 runs, 12-2, heading into the seventh.

16 runs came across the plate for Post in the seventh and eighth innings combined, pushing their run total to 18 for the game, but the continued pitching struggles for the Eagles were taken advantage of by the Chargers to the tune of eight of their own runs in the same span, allowing them to maintain a two-run lead for the 20-18 slugfest win. Freshman outfielder Erick Diaz and junior infielder David Knepper each had four RBIs in the game one win as they attacked six different Post pitchers who entered the affair. 

In all, the Eagles would use eight arms in the 14 innings they played, with neither sophomore right-hander Zion Fraser nor senior right-hander Justin Portes lasting more than two innings in their starts across both games. The starting pitching for Post accounted for 15 runs on 12 hits with four walks and a strikeout, but despite only two unearned runs, the innings would be extended due in part to five total errors by the defense. 

Seven total errors by the Dominican (N.Y) defense helped lead the comeback charge in game one for Post, while resulting in six unearned runs throughout the afternoon by six different pitchers on the mound for the Chargers. Game two started off with a five-run lead for the Eagles as Rivera's day continued with a two-run double in the first inning, but 11 unanswered runs would be the undoing of the 5-0 lead, primarily in the eight-run second inning that Dominican (N.Y.) put together. 

Freshman infielder Byron Arias plated three runs in the come-from-behind win for the Chargers, going 2-for-4 with a run scored in that 13-6 win. In all, Dominican's (N.Y.) offense pounded out 33 runs on 32 hits and left 14 runners stranded on base, while Post slugged in 24 runs on 28 hits, but stranded 18 runners, including 12 in the first game.

Between the two teams, only two pitchers allowed no runs in sophomore right-hander Sebastian Velazquez for the Eagles in his 2/3 inning of work to get out of the eighth inning in game one, and sophomore right-hander Josh Harrison for the Chargers in game two, who worked a scoreless final inning in the sweep. 

BY THE NUMBERS
  • Justin Rivera had a big day at the plate for Post University, going 6-for-9 with two doubles, a home run, seven RBIs, and four runs scored 
  • In today's doubleheader, Post pitching allowed 33 runs (31 earned) on 32 hits, while walking 12 batters and striking out six -- The Eagles used a total of eight pitchers in the 14 innings played 
  • Post University's stretch of three consecutive CACC North Division titles will come to a halt this season, as the Eagles can finish no higher than third place in the division following today's losses 
  • Dropping all four games of the series against Dominican (N.Y.), this is the first time since the 2017 and 2018 season in which Post University has lost four straight games to the Chargers -- The Eagles lost five consecutive games to them from April 3rd, 2017, to April 11th, 2018 

WHO'S NEXT
The regular season for Post University ends on Tuesday afternoon against Lincoln University, as the Eagles host the Lions for Senior Day at Municipal Stadium, with game one of the doubleheader getting underway at 2:00 PM. Senior Day will be held between games one and two. Although Post has played the Lions twice, both during the 2022 season, which they won, this will be the first meeting between the two programs since Lincoln joined the conference. 
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