JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Senior center fielder MICHAEL PATTERSON (Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway) collected four consecutive singles and swiped four bases, junior designated hitter MATT MATLOSZ (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson) drove in three runs and New Jersey City University took advantage of 11 walks issued by John Jay College's pitching staff as the Gothic Knights cruised past the Bloodhounds, 9-2, in a non-conference baseball game on March 26 at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex.
NJCU improves to 8-5 overall and wins for the fifth time in six games. Five Gothic Knight pitchers limited John Jay (0-1) to one
earned run and three singles. NJCU left 12 men on base, but scored four times in the first inning and two more in the fourth and sixth frames to put the game out of reach. JJC left 11 runners on base.
Patterson, who had hit leadoff in the first 12 games of the season, was 4-for-5 with three runs and his 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th steals of the season in 16 attempts while raising his batting average from .396 to .434. He also extended his hitting streak to eight games and reached base for the 15th consecutive game dating to last season.
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