Bartlinski, Cougars Power Past #9 Eastern
Connecticut, 9-2
Piscataway, N.J. (3/3/08) - Sophomore righty Joe
Bartlinski (South Amboy, N.J.) fanned 13 over seven
innings to pick up his first win of the season as #3 Kean
University defeated #9 Eastern Connecticut State University, 9-2,
Monday afternoon at Bainton Field at Rutgers University.
The Cougars improved to 2-2 with the win while the Warriors
(0-1) picked up the loss in their first game of the 2008 season.
Kean got things started in their first at-bat as senior
Maikel De La Rosa (Newark, N.J.) tripled to
leftfield and scored soon thereafter. After trading runs in
the second inning, the Cougars opened things up by plating three
runs in the bottom of the fourth. Senior catcher
Kevin O'Neill (Union, N.J.) drove in sophomore
Nick Nolan (Linden, N.J.) as he bunted for a
single near the third base hole. De La Rosa then recorded his
second triple of the game to bring home O'Neill, followed by an RBI
single by senior Eric Ammirata (Hamilton, N.J.).
KU sealed the game in the eighth as senior Bryan Burke
(Lindenhurst, N.Y.) picked up a triple of his own to lead
off the inning. Senior Ryan Clark (Livingston,
N.J.) registered an RBI single followed by successful
small ball to record the game's last run.
On the mound, Bartlinski (1-0) notched a career-high 13 strikeouts
in his first win of the year. He also allowed two runs and
five hits. Junior Brandon Aich (Sayreville,
N.J.) (pictured left) earned his first save of the season
after tossing two scoreless innings, fanning three.
Offensively, Ammirata was 3-for-5 with two RBI while De La Rosa
was 2-for-4 with two triples, two runs scored and two RBI.
For the Warriors, shortstop Melvin Castillo (Danbury,
Conn.) finished the day with a 3-for-3 performance.
Stay turned to the Cougars website for updates regarding the
schedule for later in the week.
