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Bearcats come one game short of repeat By Timothy Petropoulos Sports Editor Published: Monday, May 10, 2010


After making a remarkable ninth inning comeback to force a game seven in the CUNY Athletic Conference tournament, 10-8, Baruch fell just one game short of repeating as champions when they lost to the College of Staten Island, 14-8, on April 30th at MCU Park in Coney Island.


After losing the first game of the CUNYAC tournament to the Dolphins, the Bearcats fought back by beating City College and John Jay to advance to the finals were CSI, who had beaten the Bearcats four consecutive times this season, were waiting yet again.


“It was tough to lose four games in a row to them, it was really tough, our egos were definitely bruised,” said sophomore David Gega.


With the Bearcats down 8-5 in the bottom of the ninth, it looked like the Dolphins were headed for their fifth straight victory when the Bearcats came roaring back.


Sophomore Aldo Altamirano was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, followed by singles by junior Ben RioFrio and senior David Chestnut to load the bases. After strikeouts by sophomore Thomas Daly and junior Richard Melendez, CUNYAC Co-Rookie of the Year freshman Peter Dinolfo hit a base-clearing triple to tie the game.


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The Bearcats clinched back-to-back playoff berths, but couldn’t secure a second straight championship.


“We never thought we were out of the game, we always felt like that game was ours,” said Chestnut. “We had two outs and we kept fighting and then Peter Dinolfo hit a triple to tie the game and that was huge.”


With the momentum in their favor, junior John Avona hit an RBI single to take the lead and stole second, third, and came home on a wild pitch to put the Bearcats up two runs and junior Kellin Bliss shut the door for the save and to force a seventh and deciding game later that day.


“That might have been the best game I have ever been a part of [...] you can ask anybody in the stands or even on the other team,” said Chestnut. “That was probably the greatest comeback they have ever seen.”


With a Bearcats on a high from their win and their veteran leader Chestnut taking the mound, dreams of back-to-back titles crept into the players’ heads, but CSI had other plans.


The Dolphins struck early and often, scoring eleven runs in the first two innings to take a 11-3 lead to start the game. ”I got hit hard and I gave up five early runs,” said Chestnut. Baruch still put up a fight, cutting the lead to 11-8, but for every Bearcat comeback there was an answer by CSI.


“Those little knick-knack runs they tacked on at the end hurt,” said Chestnut. “If we could have stopped the bleeding it would have been a whole different game.”


Although the season ended in heartbreak, there were many individual accomplishments by the Bearcats that were recognized by CUNYAC.


Melendez took home CUNYAC first-team all-star honors. The shortstop, who was filling the shoes of last year’s CUNYAC MVP Jorge Rasado, hit .345 and stole 23 bases.


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