ALBANY – The College of Saint Rose baseball team dropped its third straight game this afternoon as visiting Caldwell College took advantage of five errors by the Golden Knights (7-14) to take a 7-1 non-conference decision at Bleecker Stadium. The Cougars (6-11), who had dropped six of their previous seven contests prior to today, pounded out 11 hits and were awarded 10 walks by the Saint Rose pitching staff. 

Caldwell scored a pair of unearned runs in the first after a two-out error brought home junior right fielder Andrew Robertson and a bases loaded walk plated junior Raymond Keelan, who singled to center field four batters earlier.

It turned out to be all the run support Keelan would need to pick up his first win of the year. The right-hander went the distance for the Cougars, scattering six hits and fanning four while surrendering an unearned run in the second inning. He was furthermore 2-for-5 at the plate with two runs, an RBI and a walk.

The Golden Knights cut their deficit in half when sophomore right fielder Garret Keenan singled up the middle and scored on an overthrow two batters later following a ground ball by junior catcher John Cole.

However, Saint Rose was unable to stay within striking distance as Caldwell tacked on a run in the fifth and sixth before breaking things open with three runs in the top of the ninth. Despite stranding 17 runners in the contest, the Cougars plated four unearned runs in large part due to the aforementioned five miscues by the Golden Knights.

Keenan paced the Saint Rose attack by going 1-for-2 with a walk and a run. Freshman Daniel Marshall and sophomore Ryan Burke each added two-out pinch hit singles in the ninth, but to no avail. 

The Golden Knights return to Northeast-10 Conference action tomorrow when Franklin Pierce University arrives in Albany for a 3:30 pm league game. Caldwell returns to its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference slate Friday afternoon when it hosts Philadelphia University at 3:00 pm.

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