FREDERICK, MD – The City College of New York baseball team concluded its four-game trip to Maryland with a doubleheader at Hood on Sunday afternoon. After dropping the opener, 14-2, the Beavers (1-5) were shut out, 4-0, by the Chargers (4-2) in game two at FCC Baseball Field.
In game one, Hood took advantage of an early CCNY miscue to push two unearned runs across in the bottom of the first. The Chargers then added four runs in the second and another in the third to increase their advantage to 7-0.
After
Stephen Peters (Cortlandt Manor, NY) and
Hamley Volquez (Bronx, NY) both reached on infield singles in the top of the fourth, the runners moved up to second and third on a double steal with one out.
Josh Moreno (Portland, OR) followed with a groundout to first, allowing Peters to come across. Volquez then stole home to bring the Beavers within 7-2.
However, the Chargers scored a run of their own in the bottom of the fourth before putting up a two-spot in the fifth. Hood added three more runs on a bases-loaded triple by Andrew Perkins in the bottom of the sixth. Perkins later came home on Dylan Beck's sacrifice fly to cap the scoring in the Chargers' 14-2 victory.
Ethan Angress (Mt. Sinai, NY) got the start on the mound and took the loss. He yielded six runs (four earned) on three hits, struck out two and walked three.
Nicholas Persaud (Brooklyn, NY) tossed an inning of relief before
Hugh Ferguson (Astoria, NY) pitched the final three innings.
For Hood, Beck finished 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBIs, while Trent Copenhaver went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs. Starting pitcher Jake Howell (1-0) held the Beavers to a pair of runs on four hits in four innings of work. He struck out five and walked two. David Dinges, Gabriel Gilger and Brennan Lyons each threw an inning of scoreless relief.
Hood scored on a wild pitch in the first inning of game two, then added three in the bottom of the second. Dylan Beck lifted a sacrifice fly to right before Daniel Shepherd ripped a two-run double that gave the Chargers a 4-0 lead.
That was more than enough offense for Ryan D'Allesandro, who held CCNY to just two hits—a single to start the game by Moreno
and an Angress leadoff single by Angress in the third. Andress, who would be erased on a double play, was the last CCNY baserunner of the contest, as the final 14 Beaver hitters were retired in order by D'Allessandro and two relievers.
Parker Stemkowski (West Nyack, NY) (0-1) surrendered four runs on five hits over five innings in a losing effort. He struck out three and walked three.
Richard Vento (Carle Place, NY) gave up a leadoff single in the sixth, but the runner was left stranded.
Shepherd had two of the Chargers' six hits, and he also stole three bases. D'Allessandro (1-1) struck out five over five innings. Jack Sullivan and Joe Alexander each tossed an inning and recorded a pair of strikeouts.
CCNY returns to Maryland next weekend for a three-game series at McDaniel (5-2). The Beavers and Green Terror will play a doubleheader at 12 p.m. on Saturday, followed by a single 12 p.m. contest next Sunday.
