Kean Blasts Past Montclair,
13-1
Little Falls, N.J. (4/9/09) - Freshman southpaw
Ryan Zamorsky (Branchburg, N.J.) scattered seven
hits in eight solid innings while Lee Cavico (North
Brunswick, N.J.) (pictured right) belted a grand slam as
#5/12 Kean scored in all but one inning in a 13-1 victory
over Montclair State at Yogi Berra Stadium on Thursday
afternoon.
Junior second baseman Mike Moceri (Yardville,
N.J.) was 2-for-4 with a triple, homerun, three runs
scored and two RBI as Kean (22-6, 7-2 NJAC) posted its fifth
straight win and swept the season set from Montclair. The Cougars
recorded a 5-4 win in Union on March 26.
Sophomore catcher Kevin Bond (Cedar Grove, N.J.) belted
a solo home run for Montclair State, which fell back to the .500
mark at 11-11 overall, 4-3 in the NJAC.
The Cougars wasted little time getting on the board as
Mike Diaz
(Westfield,
N.J.) doubled down the right
field line with one out and scored as Moceri blasted a triple to
right center for the game's first run. Dylan Laguna
(Edison,
N.J.) followed with a base hit to
centerfield as Kean led 2-0 before the Red Hawks came to bat.
KU added a run in the third to push the lead to 3-0. Mike
Manganiello (Berkeley
Heights,
N.J.) drew a one-out walk and
went to third as Kyle Walker
(Piscataway,
N.J.) (pictured left) doubled
down the left field line. Sophomore Mike Mattonelli
(Hamilton,
N.J.) plated the run with an RBI
groundout.
The Cougars then busted the game wide open with a five-run third
inning, capped off by a grand slam from Cavico, who connected for
his fourth round-tripper of the year. Nick Ramagli
(Emerson,
N.J.) also had an RBI as he
walked with the bases loaded.
Montclair would get on the board in the third as Bond hit his
fifth home run of the year, a solo shot to right center.
Cavico would account for the ninth Kean run as he reached on an
error and went to second on a base hit by Walker. The two
would execute a double steal and Cavico scored as the throw to
third base skipped into left field.
Moceri connected for his second home run of the year in the sixth
and Vinny Galya (Old
Bridge,
N.J.) added an RBI single in the
seventh. Gabe Ramirez (North
Bergen, N.J.) and Diaz had RBIs
in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, to account for the
final two Cougar runs.
Walker had three hits for Kean, which pounded out 18 in the
contest. Manganiello, Diaz and Laguna each had two hits.
Zamorsky (pictured right) improved to 5-1 with the win. He
also struck out three in the contest. Senior Nick Recchia
(Randolph, N.J.) took the
loss for the Red Hawks to fall to 1-1.
Both teams are in action tomorrow afternoon. Kean hosts
William Paterson at Jim Hynes Stadium at 1:00 p.m. Montclair
State is at Riverfront Stadium to take on Rutgers-Newark at 3:30
p.m.
