Monroe College Scores Four in Ninth to Trip Cougars

MANCHESTER – (May 1, 2008) Visiting Monroe College scored four times in the ninth inning to beat MCC 8-6 at McCormick Complex Thursday afternoon. MCC starter Mike Quagliaroli of Windsor Locks struck out eight and left with a 6-4 lead after seven innings. MCC held a 5-0 lead after five innings.

Vernon’s Kevin Clements was 2 for 5 including a double, a run scored and an RBI. South Windsor’s James McGowan had two singles and two runs scored in four at-bats.

Quagliaroli threw 102 pitches and allowed two hits over the first five innings, retiring eight straight after a one-out walk in the first inning. Steve Simon (Middlefield) pitched a perfect eighth inning for the Cougars.

Derek Grundmann (Colchester) had two hits and an RBI and Pedro Acevedo (New Britain) had a RBI triple in the fourth and scored on Aaron Guilbeault’s (Lebanon) double.

Monroe College 8 Manchester Community College 6

at Manchester, CT

Monroe College 000 002 204 – 8 12 1
Manchester CC 110 210 100 – 6 8 0
MON: Pedro Perez, Jose Eusebio (6), Jonathan Gonzalez (8), Joel Sanchez (9) and Luis Caceres MCC: Mike Quagliaroli, Steve Simon (8), Kevin Garrison (9) and James McGowan.
WP: Gonzalez LP: Garrison SV: Sanchez HR: MON – Benny Negron Records: MON: 21-10, MCC: 25-9-2