Cardinals Advance To The Weekend

On Tuesday May 10, 2022, the CCBC Catonsville Cardinals hosted the College of Southern Maryland Hawks for the tournament play in game. This game was one nine inning game with a possible elimination from the NJCAA Region 20 Tournament. The Cardinals came into this game sitting at 25-23 on the season with a 15-9 conference record. On the other hand, the Hawks came into this game with a 25-21 record on the season with a 15-10 conference record.

Travis Weaver (Richland, PA), pitched a complete game, and was throwing heat all throughout the nine innings. When the ball left Weaver's hand it was coming in hot every time, all the way to the last pitch. Weaver only let up three hits in the entire game, and would get the win this game and this is how.

In the top of the first inning the Hawks put up two runs on the board to make the score 2-0. Nobody would score again until the third inning, and the Hawks would not score again for the rest of the game.

In the third, Orlando Perez Jr (Ocoee, FL), singled to center field and advanced to second base on an error by the center fielder. Two batters later, Angelo Ramirez (Atlanta, GA), reached first on an error by the third basemen, which allowed Perez to score. At the end of the third inning, the score would read 2-1 Hawks.

In the fourth inning, the Hawks would go three up, three down, and now it was the Cardinals turn to capitalize. To lead off the bottom half of the fourth inning, Tony D'Angeli (Columbia, MD), would double to left field. Two batters later Tomas Martinez (West New York, NJ), reached first on an error by the first basemen, allowing D'Angeli to advance to third base. Next batter up Noah Deluca (Odenton, MD), was up to bat when he hit a sacrifice fly to center field, advancing D'Angeli home to tie the game at 2-2.

In the fifth inning, Perez Jr doubled to center field to start off the inning. Next batter up Roman March (Baltimore, MD), grounded out to the pitcher, which advanced Perez Jr to third base. Immediately after that Ramirez hit a sacrifice fly to left field, which scored Perez Jr from third base. The Cardinals would take the lead 3-2 at the end of the fifth.

Nobody scored in the sixth inning, and when the seventh inning came rolling around the Hawks were able to get one runner on base on a single, but then the next three batters were retired one, two, three, and off to the bottom of the seventh inning. The inning started with a single to left field from March, who then stole second. Alex Elliot (Clarksville, MD), then singled to center field, driving in March to make the score 4-2 Cardinals in the lead.

In the top of the eighth inning, Weaver was able to retire the side, with the Hawks batters being set down back to back to back. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Martinez started the inning off with a double to right center field. Deluca was due up next, and he singled to the pitcher advancing Martinez to third base. Two batters later, Perez Jr reached on a fielders' choice, which led to Deluca being out at second base, and resulted in Martinez coming home to score from third, making the game 5-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Hawks would come up empty in the ninth inning, allowing the Cardinals to win, and advance in the tournament this weekend. The Cardinals will host the CCBC Essex Knights at 12:00 PM on Friday.

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