AUBURNDALE, FL (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Junior right-hander KEVIN DEMAURO (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) needed five pitches to record four outs with a little help from his defense in the final 1.1 innings of relief as New Jersey City University opened its 2014 spring baseball trip with a 6-5 decision over Juniata College on March 8.
DeMauro earned his first save of the season and third of his career to preserve the first career victory for junior left-hander DELIO COUTINHO (Colonia, NJ/Colonia), who struck out eight batters in 5.2 innings in his second start of the season (1-0).
NJCU scored four times in the third and twice in the seventh and overcame two runs in the sixth and two in the eighth by the Eagles.
Each team collected 10 hits. Six of NJCU's 10 hits came from three players. Freshman left fielderERIC GIORDANO (Metuchen, NJ/JFK-Iselin) was 2-for-5 with two RBIs in the sixth slot while sophomore catcher ANDREW NIECH (Avenel, NJ/Colonia) batted 2-for-4 with a run scored, RBI and walk in the cleanup hole.
Junior center fielder/pitcher MICHAEL MARTUCCI (Bayonne, NJ/Saint Peter's Prep) batted 2-for-4 with a run and walk in the leadoff slot—the 98th and 99th of his 76-game Gothic Knight career. Martucci also struck out two batters in the bottom of the seventh in his only inning of relief.
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