Rutgers
6-7
Georgia Southern (DH)
7-8
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
Baseball Clinches Series at Georgia Southern with 19-6 Win
Mar 11 | Baseball
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The Scarlet Knights struck early and often, putting up runs in each of the first five innings and in eight innings total.Ā
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Ryan Lasko started the game off by getting to second on a two-base error. He went to third on an infield single and scored on a wild pitch to make it 1-0.
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While GS evened the game in the first, RU struck back in the second. Josh Kuroda-Grauer led off the frame with a single and quickly advanced to third on a stolen base and wild throw. Jordan Sweeney then drove him in with a sac fly to right.
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The Scarlet Knights broke the game open in the third on a no-doubt grand slam from Kuroda-Grauer, his first home run of the season. Jordan Sweeney followed with a solo shot to make it back-to-back home runs and an 8-2 lead for Rutgers.
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After RU added 2 more runs in the fifth, Evan Sleight and Andy Axelson hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh to push the score to 13-3.
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While the Eagles hit a pair of home runs to make is to make it 13-6 in the seventh, the Scarlet Knights added 3 more in both the eighth and ninth innings to push the score to 19-6.
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True freshman Christian Coppola got the start for Rutgers and picked up the first win of his career. He went 5.0 innings, allowing just 1 run on four hits, while striking out five and walking none. Sam Portnoy finished off the victory, throwing 2.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts.
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Rutgers will go for the sweep in game two of the doubleheader at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Coppola, Christian (1-1)
L: Johnson, Ben (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Sleight, Evan 1
HR: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1 ; Sweeney, Jordan 1 ; Sleight, Evan 1 ; Axelson, Andy 1
RBI: Lasko, Ryan 1 ; Love, Cameron 2 ; Cohen, Trevor 1 ; Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 4 ; Sweeney, Jordan 2 ; Pinkney, Hugh 2 ; Sleight, Evan 1 ; Axelson, Andy 5
SF: Sweeney, Jordan 1 ; Pinkney, Hugh 1 ; Axelson, Andy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lasko, Ryan 3 ; Love, Cameron 1 ; Cohen, Trevor 2 ; Brito, Chris 1 ; Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 4 ; Sweeney, Jordan 4 ; Pinkney, Hugh 1 ; Sleight, Evan 1 ; Axelson, Andy 2
SB: Lasko, Ryan 1 ; Love, Cameron 2 ; Cohen, Trevor 1 ; Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1
HBP: Axelson, Andy 1
Batting:
2B: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Tighe, JP 1
HR: Blancato, Sam 1 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Dowdell, Corey 1
RBI: Brown, Jarrett 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Kaiser, JD 1 ; Dowdell, Corey 2
SF: Brown, Jarrett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Brown, Jarrett 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Jaime, Jonathan 1 ; Dowdell, Corey 1
HBP: Brown, Jarrett 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1 ; Kaiser, JD 1
