WEEK 8 STATS: 4 starts, .500 BA (8-for-16), 3 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 12 RBI, 7 runs
Ciliento accounted for 12 runs batted in during Bryant’s NEC series victory over LIU Brooklyn. The second-year Bulldog recorded at least one RBI and one run scored in each of the four road games. For the series, the Garden State product hit .500 (8-for-16) with three doubles, two home runs, three walks, 12 RBI and seven runs scored. He struck out only once over 21 plate appearances and slugged 1.063. He exploded for a six-RBI performance in the finale of the four-game set. Powering Bryant to a 20-2 series-clinching victory, Ciliento went 4-for-5 with two home runs, two walks and three runs scored. He wasted little time in setting of the fireworks display, launching a two-run bomb over the right-field fence two batters into the contest. Ciliento reached base safely three times in the series opener on Friday, an 11-1 triumph for the Bulldogs. He recorded an RBI single and later came around to score during Bryant’s four-run second inning that broke a scoreless tie. He gave Bryant some breathing room in the seventh inning of Game 2, connecting on a two-run double to bump the lead to 5-2. Ciliento walked, scored and drove in one run during the series’ third game, a 7-6 setback.