Arismendi, Glassman, Mathews Key Baseball's Win Over CCNY

3/20/2011 12:00:00 AM

HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 20, 2011) – Junior Matt Glassman and freshman Jose Arismendi combined for six hits and six RBI, while sophomore Kevin Mathews turned in eight strong innings as the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team put the brakes on a six-game skid, cruising past visiting City College of New York, 17-2, at Dobbelaar Field in Hoboken, N.J. With the win, the Ducks improved to 2-8 overall on the season, while the Beavers fell to 2-13 on the year.

Glassman finished with three hits, four RBI and three runs scored, while Arismendi went 3-for-6 with a pair of RBI and three runs scored. Senior Mike Pagliaro went 4-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored, while senior catcher Denis Ackermann added two hits, four RBI and three runs scored. 

Senior Mike Caruso, sophomore Tyler Courter and freshman Dan Allen combined for seven hits on the afternoon, while freshman Shane Raymond and junior Ryan Kiczek each notched a base-knock for the Ducks. Mathews was stellar in his second win of the season, allowing just two runs – one earned – on four hits in eight innings, striking out eight.

Sophomore Andrew Romanella (Allentown, N.J.) paced the CCNY effort with a 2-for-4 day, an RBI and a run scored, while senior catcher Raymie Fernandez (New York, N.Y.) and sophomore Sal Carillo (Franklin Square, N.Y.) logged the Beavers' only other hits. Junior starter Dave Titor (Bellerose Village, N.Y.) lasted just three and a third innings in the loss, surrendering seven runs on nine hits.

After Romanella's lead-off homer run quickly staked the visitors to an early 1-0 margin, Mathews bounced back and settled in, inducing a fly out, ground out, and strikeout to limit the CCNY damage. Hoping to jump-start Stevens' offense, Arismendi singled to open the Ducks' half of the first, before Allen hammered a ground-rule double to center. Ackermann then drilled a double to right center, plating Arismendi and Allen to put the Ducks on the board.

Continuing to go on the offensive, Stevens tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the second on an Arismendi RBI-double and a two-run Ackermann homer to right, before going up 7-1 in the fourth on Glassman's one-out roundtripper over the right field wall.

With Mathews in complete control, having retired his last 10 batters, the Ducks blew the game open in the fifth, putting up six runs on four hits. With runners on first and second after consecutive walks, reliever Ajay Bhatnagar (Richmond Hill, N.Y.) was lifted in favor of sophomore righthander Henry Loehrke (Washington Heights, N.Y.).

The Ducks Allen and Ackermann then stole second and third before Courter drew another walk to load the bases. Glassman kept things going with a big two-RBI double to right center before Kiczek sent a sacrifice fly into left, plating Stevens' third run of the frame. With two-out and runners on the corners, Raymond sent a ball into the left centerfield gap, scoring two more Ducks runs, before an Allen RBI-single to right capped off the home team's six-run fifth.

Stevens would go on to tack on two more runs in the sixth inning before closing out scoring with a pair of runs in the eighth on Arismendi's two-run blast to right – the first of his career.

The Ducks, who exploded for 17 runs on 21 hits on the day, return to action on Thursday, March 24 against SUNY Plattsburgh.
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