Kean Edges Felician, 7-6; Cougars Record Program
Best 35 Wins
UNION, N.J. (5/8/07) - Pinch runner Maikel De La
Rosa (Newark, N.J.) crossed the plate in the bottom of the
ninth for the winning run as Kean University defeated Felician
College, 7-6, Tuesday afternoon at Jim Hynes Stadium.
With the win the Cougars improve to 35-8 overall. Kean's
35 wins are a new program standard. The Cougars previous
season record was 34-9 during the 2004 season.
With the scored tied at 6-all in the bottom of the ninth, junior
Dan Mattonelli (Hamilton, N.J.) led off with a
single through the left side. De La Rosa was then substituted
for Mattonelli and proceeded to steal second. After a fly out
to leftfield, senior Perry Schatzow (Ocean Twp.,
N.J.) delivered a single to right field which plated De La
Rosa for the winning run.
Earlier in the contest, Kean broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of
the fourth. With the bases loaded and one out, Mattonelli
recorded an RBI walk. Freshman Chris Carrano (Lincoln
Park, N.J.) and senior Joe D'Andrea (Hamilton,
N.J.) later scored on a throwing miscue.
The Golden Falcons tied things up with a three run inning of
their own in the top of the eighth. Senior Chris
Flynn (Keyport, N.J.) got things going with an RBI single
followed by a single by Richard Melendez (Miami,
Fla.). Later in the inning Albie Sanguilano
(Flemington, N.J.) tied things up with an RBI infield
single.
Reliever Brandon Aich (Sayreville, N.J.) picked
up the win. Aich (2-1) tossed two innings allowing just two
hits while striking out two. Starter Tom Paglione
(Hamilton, N.J.) earned a no-decision after tossing seven
plus innings allowing six runs and 11 hits. He also walked
two and fanned four.
Sophomore Anthony Spina (Toms River, N.J.)
suffered the loss. Spina allowed the winning run after
tossing one and a third innings with three hits.
Offensively Schatzow was 3-for-4 with a double while Mattonelli
and Mike Shymanksi (Edison, N.J.) each chipped in
with two hits.
For Felician, senior Ray Rose (Piscataway,
N.J.) was 3-for-4 while Sanguilano finished 2-for-4 with
two RBI.
