Rutgers University
11-15, 0
Washington
12-15, 0
Baseball Drops Series Opener to Washington
Mar 28 | Baseball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers baseball dropped Friday's series opener to Washington by a score of 3-1 at Bainton Field.
The Scarlet Knights (11-15, 2-5) were shut down at the plate by a strong pitching effort from the Huskies (12-15, 5-2), whose two runs in the first innings were enough to secure the victory.
Justin Shadek had a strong outing on the mound, tying his career high with five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and four walks, striking out four.
UW scored a pair in the first on a balk and wild pitch to take a 2-0 lead. The Huskies added an insurance run in the seventh on a sac fly to make it 3-0.
Dillon Ryan provided three strong innings of relief, giving up one run on two hits and two walks, striking out two.
Quinn Berglin pitched a clean ninth inning, with Trevor Cohen hitting his first home run of the season in the ninth to make it 3-1. With a hit-by-pitch after, the tying run came to the plate twice, but a pair of strikeouts ended the game.
Notes
- Trevor Cohen recorded his 10th multi-hit game of the season and his fifth multi-hit game in just seven Big Ten contests.
- The Rutgers defense has not committed an error in 14 consecutive games, raising its Big Ten-best fielding percentage to .986.
Career Highs
- Justin Shadek: Innings Pitched (5.0 - tie)
Game two between Rutgers and Washington is set for 4 p.m. on Saturday and will air live on the Big Ten Network.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Banks,Max (2-2)
L: Shadek, Justin (0-3)
S: Yeager,Isaac (1)
Batting:
2B: DeCarlo,Sam 1
RBI: Bower,Colton 1
SF: Bower,Colton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Guerrero,AJ 1 ; Bower,Colton 1 ; Knight,Malakhi 1
SB: Taggart,Casen 1 ; Knight,Malakhi 1 ; DeCarlo,Sam 1 ; Whitton,Cooper 1 ; Wilson,Blake 1
HBP: Terry,Braeden 1
Batting:
HR: Cohen, Trevor 1
RBI: Cohen, Trevor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cohen, Trevor 1
HBP: Hyde, Brennan 1
