Alicea Makes Most Of His Debut; To And Rotundo Also Have Big Days For Prince George's Baseball In Win Against CCBC Dundalk

LARGO, Md. – Just like Josh Pietrandrea (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge) in February, Shawn Alicea (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grand Street) had a great debut in a Prince George's Community College uniform. Alicea knocked in five runs and scored four times to power Prince George's Community College past CCBC Dundalk 23-3 in Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference (MD JUCO) baseball action on Monday.

After walking and scoring in both the second and third, Alicea smacked a three-run homer in the fourth and followed the round tripper with a two-run double in the fifth. The freshman went 2-for-3 with five RBIs, four runs scored, a homer and a double.

Bay To (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti) added a 3-for-4 performance with four runs scored and four RBIs including a grand slam. Vinny Rotundo (New York, N.Y./Middletown) went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored for the Owls (9-11, 3-4 MD JUCO) while Dominic Marquez (Long Beach, Calif./Jordan) posted a 3-for-3 day at the plate with four runs scored. Marquez also picked up the win on the mound after going five innings and allowing one run on six hits with two strikeouts.

CCBC Dundalk scored the first run of the game before Prince George's erupted to score the next 23 runs en route to a 23-3 victory.

 Trailing 1-0, Pietrandrea plated To with an RBI single through the right side of the infield in the first.

 A two-run second on ground ball RBIs by Alexander Montero (LaRomana, Dominican Republic/Colegio Nueva) and Tommy Petrosino Jr (Bayonne, N.J./St. Anthony's) handed the Owls a 3-1 lead.

The Largo team continued to add to its advantage with a three-run third. Rotundo brought home Pietrandrea on an RBI groundout and Marquez scored on a wild pitch before Naquan Holden (Brooklyn, N.Y./Perkiomen) plated Alicea on an RBI single to left center for a five-run lead.

Prince George's broke the game open with a six-run fourth to increase the advantage to 12-1. Rotundo started the scoring with a two-run single up the middle before Alicea smoked a three-run homer to right center and Brandon Crosby (Richmond, Va./Atlee, Mechanicsville) followed with a solo jack.

An 11-run fifth handed the Owls a 23-1 lead. After Rotundo started the flood gates with an RBI single to right center, Alicea doubled home a pair of runs and Steven Fondeur (Hollywood, Fla./South Broward) scored another run on an RBI fielder's choice. Alicea touched home on a wild pitch before To cleared the bases with a grand slam to center field for his team-leading fourth homer of the season. Pietrandrea and Rotundo capped the scoring after crossing the plate on wild pitches.

The Lions scored twice in the sixth, but Prince George's came away with a 23-3 seven-inning victory.

Pietrandrea added two hits, two runs scored and an RBI while Petrosino posted a hit, three runs scored and an RBI for the Owls.

Prince George's continues its four-game homestand against Harford on Tuesday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.