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GIANNETTI GETS 900TH CAREER WIN IN SPLIT WITH GRIFFINS
April 12, 2023

GIANNETTI GETS 900TH CAREER WIN IN SPLIT WITH GRIFFINS

Suffern, N.Y. (4/12/23) Dominican University New York's Head Baseball Coach, Rick Giannetti, earned his 900th career victory this evening as the Chargers split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader with the visiting Griffins of Chestnut Hill College. The Griffins rallied with a six-run top of the eighth inning for the 12-6 win, but the Chargers brought home a 9-7 victory in the nightcap for the milestone win.

Suffern, N.Y. (4/12/23) Dominican University New York's Head Baseball Coach, Rick Giannetti, earned his 900th career victory this evening as the Chargers split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader with the visiting Griffins of Chestnut Hill College. The Griffins rallied with a six-run top of the eighth inning for the 12-6 win, but the Chargers brought home a 9-7 victory in the nightcap for the milestone win.

Following the contests the Chargers are now 5-26 overall and 2-9 in conference play

Game One:  Catcher Benjamin Avila (Walden, N.Y.) got the Chargers on the scoreboard in the first with an RBI double to left field and the team added three more runs in the second as David Knepper (Miami, Fla.) hit a two-run double to right field and later scored on a passed ball for the 4-3 advantage.

Avila increased the lead to 5-3 in the third with a solo blast and in the fifth, Phil Whitney (Newark, N.J.) singled home a run to give Dominican a 6-3 lead.

CHC scored two runs in the sixth and forced extra innings with a run in the top of the seventh for a 6-6 tie.  In their half of the eighth, the Griffins scored six runs on three hits for the 12-6 win.

Avila and Whitney both went 2-4 in the game.

Game Two: Dominican trailed 3-0 after one and a half innings, but scored three runs on four hits in the bottom of the second to re-tie the game.  Whitney had an RBI groundout, while Christian Fils-Aime (North Babylon, N.Y.) and Knepper both had run-scoring singles.

The Chargers added to the lead in the third by scoring five runs on four hits.  Avila got things going as he reached on a fielder's choice that allowed a run to come home and a Griffin error allowed the second run to score.  A two-run double by Whitney gave Dominican a 7-3 lead and Fils-Aime hit a sacrifice fly to increase the advantage to 8-3.

Avila hit his second home run of the day in the Charger half of the fourth to push the lead to 9-4.  CHC would score runs in the fifth and sixth frames for the final 9-7 win.

Starter Matt Sabene (Danbury, Conn.) picked up the win in five innings of work, while Robert Liriano (Haverstraw, N.Y.) earned his first save of the season in two innings of work.

Dominican returns to action tomorrow afternoon as they host Adelphi University in non-conference action.

 

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The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.