Andrews Joins 100-Hit Club As Baseball Extends Win-Streak To Eight With Doubleheader Sweep Of John Jay

5/8/2010 12:00:00 AM

HOBOKEN, N.J. (May 8, 2010) – Senior leftfielder Anthony Andrews became just the 14th student-athlete in the program's 104-year history to notch at least 100 career hits as the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team scored a pair of victories over John Jay College at Dobbelaar Baseball Field in Hoboken, N.J. The Ducks captured the first game of the twinbill, 11-2, before earning a 10-0 victory in the nightcap. Stevens, winners of eight-straight, are now 20-18 on the year, while John Jay fell to 12-32 on the season.

Andrews finished 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored, while junior Russ Grimes went 6-for-8 with two RBI. Fellow junior Kenneth Meerendonk had four hits and four RBI on the afternoon, while Sophomore second baseman Tom Phillips and junior catcher Denis Ackermann each had three hits, while Matt Rodgers, Corey Linden, and T.J. Alcorn notched two hits apiece.

Game 1: Stevens 11, John Jay 2
Scoreless after one and a half, the Ducks pulled ahead with a five run, four hit second inning. Meerendonk got things started by singling to right center before stealing second. John Jay freshman starter Chris Camacho (Maspeth, N.Y.) then hit junior Mike Pagliaro to put two aboard with nobody out. Coutros advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt before freshman Cory Stryker plated the first Stevens runs with a single to left.

With runners on the corners and two out, Ackermann notched an RBI single up the middle before a Grimes base-hit to center coupled with a Bloodhounds' throwing error scored a pair of Ducks' runs that made it 5-0.

After two scoreless innings, Stevens upped the lead to 8-0 with a three run fifth. Meerendonk again proved to be the catalyst for the Ducks'rally, with a lead-off infield single. Pagliaro then reached on a fielder's choice before stealing second. Coutros drew a one-out walk before Camacho recorded the second out, inducing a fly ball. Pagliaro and Coutros stole second and third, respectively, before Andrews – who would later score on a Linden double down the leftfield line – singled home a pair of Ducks' runs.

Stevens tacked on a pair of runs in the top half of the sixth on Coutros' two-out, two-RBI single before scoring their last run in the bottom half of the seventh when sophomore Ryan Kiczek came home on a bases loaded balk.

The Ducks tallied 11 runs on 14 hits. Grimes finished 4-for-4 with an RBI, while Andrews finished 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored. Coutros went 1-for-2 with two RBI, while Stryker, Ackermann, and Alcorn each recorded a hit.

John Jay senior Xavier Perez (Bronx, N.Y.) led the Bloodhounds offensively, going 3-for-3 with an RBI, while sophomore Steven Kendrick (Bronx, N.Y.) and freshman Nick Catalano (Staten Island, N.Y.) each went 1-for-3.

Meerendonk did not allow a run, going seven innings, scattering six hits en route to his fourth win of the year, while Camacho surrendered 10 runs on 14 hits in the loss.

Game 2: Stevens 10, John Jay 0
Stevens again took the early lead in the nightcap, with Phillips – who reached on a lead-off single – scoring on a fielder's choice in the first. With runners on second and third and one out in the second, senior Mark Rasulo ripped a two-RBI double to right center to make it 3-0.

The Ducks continued to pour it on in the third, scoring three more runs on four hits. Grimes got things started with a lead-off single before stealing second. Ackermann quickly notched a base-hit down the rightfield line, scoring Grimes, before Meerendonk belted a two-run homerun to make it 6-0.

Stevens capped off scoring in the fourth, plating runs on a John Jay error, a Meerendonk, one-out, two-RBI ground-rule double to left, and a two-out Rodgers RBI single up the middle.

Meerendonk finished 2-for-3 with four RBI, while Phillips went 3-for-3 with three runs scored. Grimes, Rodgers, and Ackermann each recorded a pair of hits, while Rasulo and Alcorn combined for two hits and three RBI.

Perez, junior Wilmer Chavez (Corona, N.Y.), and freshman Dennis Lopez (Selden, N.Y.) recorded the Bloodhounds three hits.

Stevens' starter Joe Finora was impressive in his sixth win of the year, tossing four and two thirds, allowing just two baserunners on one hit and one walk, while striking out seven. Kendrick lasted just three and a third, surrendering 10 runs on 12 hits in the loss.
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