DAVENPORT, FL -- Senior
Jake Elston recorded his 100th career hit as The University of Scranton baseball team defeated Rutgers-Newark 7-2 to remain unbeaten in Florida.
The Basics
- Final Score: Scranton - 7, Rutgers-Newark - 2
- Records: Scranton (5-4), Rutgers-Newark (6-7)
How it Happened
- Sophomore John DeStefano pitched three scoreless innings to start the game but let up a solo home run in the fourth inning as Rutgers-Newark took a 1-0 lead.Â
- Junior Aidan Casey got the Royals on the board in the fifth inning as he drove in sophomore Jared Cassella to tie the game up at 1-1.Â
- Later in the fifth inning with the bases loaded, junior Vincent Napolitano was hit by a pitch to score sophomore Jimmy Lundari.Â
- Scranton scored its third run of the fifth inning on an RBI single from senior Pat Coyne that scored Casey
- Graduate student Matthew Querey was hit by a pitch later in the fifth inning to score Elston and put the Royals up 4-1.
- In the eighth inning, junior John Heitzman drove in Elston with an RBI single to right field.Â
- Rutgers-Newark added a run in the bottom of the eighth to make it 5-2.Â
- A single to right-center in the ninth inning from freshman Joey Granko allowed sophomore James Nitti to score and advanced sophomore Jake Lopez to third base.Â
- Lopez scored later in the inning on a sacrifice bunt from sophomore Jimmy Lundari to put Scranton up 7-2.
- Sophomore Mason Fischer struck out two batters en route to closing out the win for Scranton in the bottom of the ninth.Â
Top Performers
- Elston went 3-6 with 2 runs scored and reached 100 career hits on a triple to right field in the top of the eighth.
- Fischer earned the win with 5.0 innings pitched and 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- DeStefano threw 4.0Â innings and allowed 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
Up Next
- The baseball team will take on Babson College tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. at Lake Myrtle Park Field 5 in Aubrundale, FL.
