JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Senior first baseman Alex Weinstein (Colonia, NJ/JFK-Iselin) was 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBIs and two doubles while sophomore second baseman Nick Ruscingno (Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck) got the bat going with three RBIs and 23 players contributed to another win as the New Jersey City University baseball team did all of its damage in the first five innings in a 14-6 triumph over Drew University on April 1.
 
NJCU won for back-to-back days to improve to 5-7, generating two runs in the second, and four more in the third, before a two-run fourth inning and a six-run spot in the fifth closed the door on Drew (6-12). The Rangers scored just three times in the first seven innings and had only one earned run in the game. The game at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex took more than three and a half hours to complete.

NJCU has scored in double figures in all five wins this season—a combined 73 runs in its wins. Meanwhile the Gothic Knights totaled only 23 runs in their seven losses.
 
Weinstein, who was also involved in a unique 3-9 putout during a defensive shift in the game, posted his ninth and 10th doubles of the season and boosted his career hits to 116 while Ruscingno broke out of a slump with a 2-for-3 effort reaching base three times.
 
Meanwhile, senior Michael Martucci (Bayonne, NJ/Saint Peter's Prep), who played third, short and center field, scored three times and was 2-for-4 to increase his career hits mark to 161 in 122 games to move into sole possession of fourth place in program history. He has hit safely in nine straight games.
 
Sophomore right fielder Eric Giordano (Metuchen, NJ/JFK-Iselin) extended his hitting streak to 10 straight games while reaching base safely for the 26th consecutive game. He has hit safely in 11 of 12 games this season after having a 15-game hitting streak snapped in the second game of the season. He was 1-for-2 with three runs, two walks and one RBI in the win and had two putouts at first base as a right fielder in a defensive shift.
 
Also for NJCU, freshman Chris Stevenson (Belmar, NJ/Red Bank Regional), making his second career start—in consecutive days—was 2-for-5 and is batting 4-for-8 as a starter. Sophomore Zach Buchholz (Colonia, NJ/JFK-Iselin) had two RBIs and reached base twice.

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