JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Montclair State University scored seven unearned runs after three errors were committed with two outs in the top of the first inning and theNew Jersey City University baseball team could never recover, falling 14-5 to the Red Hawks in the opening game of a New Jersey Athletic Conference home-and-home series on April 16 at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex.
 
Montclair State (11-14, 5-6 NJAC) added two runs in the second and three more in the third for a 13-0 lead that was insurmountable. NJCU dropped to 11-14 (3-8 NJAC). Each team committed three errors in the contest. NJCU pitching walked 10 Red Hawk batters in the game and only seven of the 14 runs were earned.
 
Sophomore right fielder Eric Giordano (Metuchen, NJ/JFK-Iselin) was 0-for-4 and did not walk or get hit by a pitch, thus ending his two-year consecutive games on-base streak at 38 straight games, including the first 24 this season, after the run began on April 17, 2014. It was the second longest streak in NJCU's baseball annals and fifth longest in NJAC history.
 
Senior third baseman/shortstop Michael Martucci (Bayonne, NJ/Saint Peter's Prep) had an RBI double in the eighth inning for the 178th hit of his career to move into sole possession of second place in program history in career hits. He is also second all-time with 30 doubles, passing the previous record holder in the loss.
 
Montclair senior left/center fielder Mike Tolerico (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) drove in four runs and reached base three times, batting 1-for-3 with two runs and two walks.

MSU senior first baseman Christopher Reynolds (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) reached base four times (2-for-4, 2 walks) and scored three times and sophomore center fielder Philip Scott (Paulsboro, NJ/Paulsboro) walked and scored twice (1-for-3, RBI).

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