Cardinals Sweep Number Four Ranked Team in NJCAA

Game 1

On April 24^th, 2022, the CCBC Cardinals whose record was 17-21 hosted the number 4 ranked team in the NJCAA Delaware Technical Community College who sat at 28-4 coming into this game.

During the second inning, Del Tech added one run to their score making it a 1-0 game. In the bottom of the third the Cardinals added their first run of the game, with the score now reading 1-1 after Angelo Ramirez (Atlanta, GA), hit a shot over the wall for a homerun.

In the fourth inning, the momentum started to pick up when Del Tech scored two runs making it 3-1. In the bottom of the fourth, the Cardinals came back even stronger scoring three runs; Alex Elliot (Clarksville, MD) doubled to center field which scored Ramirez and Roman March (Baltimore, MD); Pete Howell (Maitland, FL), hit a double to left field which scored Elliot. This would make the score 4-3 and Del Tech would not score another run this game.

In the sixth inning, the Cardinals strike again when Elliot singled to left field and scored Ramirez. A few batters later, when Elliot was on third, a wild pitch was thrown allowing Elliot to score, making it 6-3 Cardinals, and that would end up being the final score for the first game of the double header.

Game 2

The Cardinals continued to stay hot coming into the second game of the double header. In the first inning, the Cardinals started off when Noah Deluca (Odenton, MD), singled to left field advancing Tomas Martinez (West New York, NJ), and scoring Elliot. The next batter up, Austin Galda (Brooksville, FL), smacked a double to left field which advanced Deluca to third, and scored Martinez. Then, immediately after that, Christian Figueroa (North Arlington, NJ), singled to shortstop which advanced Galda to third, and scored Deluca. The score was 3-0 at the end of the first.

In the third inning, Catonsville was able to add another run to their score when Figueroa hit a sacrifice fly to right field which scored Deluca from third. The score was 4-0 at this point in the game.

In the fourth inning, the Cardinals did not hold back. Right out of the gate Orlando Perez Jr. (Ocoee, FL), hit a shot over the fence for a homerun. A few batters later Ramirez stole second, and March scored on an error by the second basemen for Del Tech. Martinez would then double to left center scoring Ramirez. Deluca reached first on a single, and ended up advancing to second on a wild pitch along with Martinez scoring on that same wild pitch from third base. Later in the inning, Jordan Brock (Clermont, FL), singled to left field, which advanced Figueroa to second, Galda to third, and scored Deluca.

In the fifth inning, Del Tech was able to put up their only run of the game which would make the score 9-1 at the end of the fifth. Nobody would score after that for the next two innings which would result in another sweep for the Cardinals.  

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