Red Hawks Push Past Kean, 8-1
Little Falls, N.J.
(3/27/08) - Senior
lefthander Kevin Dalton (Edison,
N.J.) threw eight scoreless innings as Montclair
State defeated #3/9 Kean University, 8-1, in the New Jersey
Athletic Conference opener for both teams at Yogi Berra Stadium on
Thursday afternoon.
Senior Dan Mattonelli
(Hamilton,
N.J.) was 2-for-2 for the Cougars
in the loss (15-5, 0-1 NJAC).
Senior Lou Politan (Livingston,
N.J.) had three hits as Montclair State (1-0
NJAC) moved to 6-7 on the season.
Montclair State took a 2-0 lead in the second as Stephen
Piscitello (Hauppague, N.Y.) reached on an error to start the
inning and Jeff Miller (Wyckoff, N.J.) followed with
another base hit before Rob Clark (Livingston, N.J.) hit a
single into left field scoring Piscitello with the game's first
run. After a flyout, Andrew Himmelfarb
(Nyack, N.Y.) singled to
center bringing home Miller for the two-run MSU advantage.
The Red Hawks broke the game open in the sixth as the first six
batters all reached on hits. In the inning Montclair built a
seven-run cushion.
KU broke up the shutout in the top of the ninth as senior
Derek Gianakas
(Edison,
N.J.) led off the inning with a
double. After advancing to third on a wild pitch,
pinch-hitter Jared Orgel (East
Hanover,
N.J.) grounded out to bring
across Kean's only run.
With the win, Dalton moved to 3-0 this season. He gave up seven
hits, struck out five and walked just one. Senior righthander
Colin Feneis
(Spotswood,
N.J.) took the loss for the
Cougars as he surrendered five runs (three earned) and 10 hits in
five innings. Feneis (1-2) fanned three and issued one walk.
Kean will return to conference action on Friday, March
28th at 3 p.m. as they travel to take on Rutgers-Newark.
