Clippers take Cougars down in game 2 and a half
The Clippers headed back to Caldwell College today to finish out the second game of the double header from April 11th.
To recap what happened in the beginning of the second game,
Tommy Paradise was on the 
mound as the Clippers were up 2-1 over the Cougars. A single
from David Perlleshi in the top of the first inning scored John
Pliego to take the lead 1-0. The Cougars then came back in
the bottom of the inning to tie the game. The Clippers then
struck in the top of the fifth as Difre Reyes hit a single to left
field to score Perlleshi for the Clippers to take a 2-1 lead.
In the bottom of the sixth inning the Clippers had two outs on the
Cougars as the Cougars had a runner on second and the batter had
one strike on him before the lights went out for the game to be
halted.
Just like the 2008 MLB World Series Champions the game was picked up where it left off. The Clippers put Tommy Paradise back on the mound to finish what he started. Paradise was able to strike the batter out that was at the plate at the start.
The Cougars then tied the game up in the bottom of the
seventh. With the top of the eighth in play the Clippers as
Greg Conway was hit by a pitch to start off the inning. A
sacrifice bunt by Difre Reyes moved Conway up to second. Luis
Gonzalez hit a single up the middle to score Conway and the
Clippers reclaimed the lead. A single back to the pitcher put
Anthony Carnacchio on board. Billy O'Connell was then walked
with two outs to load the bases. Gonzalez scored as Donnie
Roth was walked aboard and the Clippers took a 4-2 lead.
Difre Reyes started the ninth inning off with a double do
wn the left field line with two outs. A double to center
field by Luis Gonzalez scored Reyes for the Clippers to add another
run to their total.
Tommy Paradise continued to pitch well as he was able to finish out the ninth inning even though the Cougars got one run. Paradise pitched the complete game (over the two different days) as he struck out 12 batters to claim another win.
The Clippers will head to Bloomfield College for a non-conference game tomorrow at 7:00pm.
