PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Junior right fielder
Cory Capaldi (Telford, PA/Souderton) hit 3-for-4 on Friday, but the Pace University baseball team was unable to pick up the win, falling to Dominican College in a non-conference matchup at Peter X. Finnerty Field by a score of 11-3. The Setters fall to 4-6 on the year with the loss, while Dominican jumps to 4-3.
Capaldi's three hits lead to a pair of RBIs and a run scored. He improved his batting average to .317 on the year and now shares the team lead of 13 RBIs with junior center fielder
John Kukura (New City, NY/Clarkstown South).
Dominican got on the board first in the top of the second with a pair of runs. The Chargers then rallied for six more in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead. Sophomore first baseman
Matthew Kurdewan (Neptune, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) smoked a double down the left-field line, scoring Capaldi in the bottom of the fourth to get the Setters on the board.
Now trailing 9-1, Capaldi chipped away at the deficit with a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth. That was the end of the scoring for Pace, as they went on to drop an 11-3 decision.
Franklin Miller picked up the win for Dominican to move to 1-1. He tossed 5.1 innings and gave up three runs. Nick Bird went 3.2 innings in relief to get the save for the Chargers. Senior starter
Mike Sweeney (Wayne, NJ/DePaul Catholic) shouldered the loss to fall to 0-2 on the year.
Senior third baseman
Nick LoBello (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) and senior second baseman
Andrew Coffey (Greenwich, CT/Old Avon Farms) each went 1-for-3 in the game. Freshman catcher
Michael Barbato (Sparkill, NY/Tappan Zee) singled in his first-ever at bat in a pinch-hit opportunity in the eighth.
Shortstop Joseph Libio knocked in four runs, including a three-run homer, to lead the Chargers. Right fielder Anthony Bartolomei hit 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run.
The Setters will look to win the series when they host Dominican for a doubleheader on Saturday, March 12. The first game is scheduled for a 12 p.m. start and is set for nine innings, while game two is slated for 3 p.m. and will be a seven-inning affair.
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