Baseball

19 Hit Attack Sends Kean Past FDU-Florham, 13-4

Union, N.J. (4/25/07) - Kean University pounded out 19 hits en route to a 13-4 victory against visiting FDU-Florham Wednesday afternoon at Jim Hynes Stadium.

The win gives Kean an overall record of 26-6 while FDU falls to 18-12.

Both teams tacked on single runs in the first inning before the Cougars broke through with three runs in the bottom of the third to take the lead for good.  Eric Ammirata (Hamilton, N.J.) drove in what would be the winning run with an RBI groundout.  Later in the inning, senior Aaron Richard (Plainfield, N.J.) delivered a two RBI single to rightfield.

The Cougars would go on to plate five runs in the fourth followed by back-to-back two run innings in the sixth and seventh.  

Sophomore Joe Rizzo (Staten Island, N.Y.) picked up his third win of the season.  Rizzo (3-0) allowed two runs, one earned, while scattering six hits in seven innings of work.   

Offensively junior Dan Mattonelli (Hamilton, N.J.) was 3-for-3 with two runs scored while senior Joe D'Andrea (Hamilton, N.J.) was 3-for-4 with three runs scored.   Maikel De La Rosa (Newark, N.J.), Mike Shymanski (Edison, N.J.), Derek Gianakas (Edison, N.J.) and Ammirata all had two RBI in the win.

For the Devils, D.J. Hanna was 3-for-5.

Kean returns to conference action on Thursday, April 26^th when they travel to Mahwah, N.J. to take on Ramapo College, first pitch slated for 3:30 p.m.