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Thursday, April 29, 2010

BASEBALL:DeRogatis nearly perfect in Queen of Peace win

Chris DeRogatis struck out 16 of the 24 hitters he faced and finished with a one-hitter as Queen of Peace shutout Westwood, 5-0, on Wednesday afternoon.

By Cory K. Doviak
NJS.com Editorial Director

WESTWOOD -- The pure definition of throwing a perfect game is that a pitcher retires every batter that he faces. But even if Queen of Peace's Chris DeRogatis had done that in Wednesday's BCSL-American Division game at Westwood, it might not even have been as impressive as what his final line showed. DeRogatis faced just three batters over the minimum, did not allow as much as a hard hit ball over the first five innings and gave up just one hit while striking out 16 and walking just two in a complete game win and complete game domination. Using not much more than his fastball, DeRogatis struck out the side in the third, fourth and fifth innings, allowed just four base runners in the game and did not allow a hit until Westwood’s Donnie Cimino singled to left field with two outs in the sixth inning before getting caught trying to steal second base. MORE...

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