Rutgers University
28-25, 6-18
Ohio State
28-24, 12-12
Baseball Beats Ohio State 12-1 on Senior Day
May 18 | Baseball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers baseball earned a run-rule victory on Senior Day, beating Ohio State by a score of 12-1 on Saturday at Bainton Field.
The Scarlet Knights (28-25, 6-18) scored seven runs in the second and only allowed one hit to cruise against the Buckeyes (28-24, 12-12) and end the season on a high note.
Donovan Zsak started on the mound for RU and delivered another stellar outing. He tied his career high – set last week at Penn State – pitching six quality innings. He gave up just one run on one hit, a solo home run, and struck out a career-high seven batters with three walks.
After a scoreless first from both teams, senior Pete Durocher gave Rutgers an early lead with a solo home run. Jackson Natili followed with an RBI single and two wild pitches scored two more runs to make it 4-0. Tony Santa Maria put an exclamation point on the inning with a booming three-run home run – his team-best 14th of the season – to make it 7-1.
A solo homer put one on the board for OSU in the top of the third, but the Scarlet Knights responded with three more in the bottom half on a three-run home run from Johnny Volpe.
Two bases-loaded walks in the bottom of the sixth gave Rutgers a 12-1 advantage.
In his final appearance for Rutgers, Ben Gorski struck out two batters in a 1-2-3 seventh to close out the run-rule victory.
Rutgers caps off the year with a 28-25 record to secure its third straight winning season under head coach Steve Owens.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Zsak, Donovan (3-1)
L: Eckhardt, Justin (0-3)
Batting:
HR: Graveline, Matthew 1
RBI: Graveline, Matthew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Graveline, Matthew 1
HBP: Okuley, Mitchell 1 ; Giamarusti, Nick 1
Batting:
HR: Volpe, Johnny 1 ; Santa Maria, Tony 1 ; Durocher, Pete 1
RBI: Volpe, Johnny 3 ; Santa Maria, Tony 4 ; Durocher, Pete 2 ; Natili, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Volpe, Johnny 2 ; Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1 ; Doucette, Ty 1 ; Santa Maria, Tony 1 ; Durocher, Pete 1 ; Young, Scotty 1 ; Love, Cameron 1 ; Santos, Pablo 1 ; Natili, Jackson 3
SB: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1
HBP: Natili, Jackson 1
