GALLOWAY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | The New Jersey City University baseball team outhit Stockton University, 18-11 and after falling behind 9-5, pulled within one with three runs in the seventh. But the Ospreys overcame six errors, scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh and held off the Gothic Knights, 11-9, in the opener of a two-day New Jersey Athletic Conference home-and-home series on April 23.
 
Stockton (14-13, 6-9 NJAC) kept alive its NJAC Tournament hopes with the win while NJCU (12-19, 4-11 NJAC) dropped its fourth game in a row. Despite owning wins over first-place Rutgers-Camden and second-place Rowan, NJCU was eliminated from NJAC Tournament contention with the loss.
 
The loss spoiled big offensive days for several NJCU players. Freshman center fielder Dmitri Rueger (Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck) was 4-for-6 (run, RBI) in the leadoff spot and senior first baseman Alex Weinstein (Colonia, N.J./JFK-Iselin) went over 50 hits on the season (52 in 31 games) and climbed into eighth place in career hits (149), batting 3-for-5 with a run, RBI and walk.
 
Senior shortstop Michael Martucci (Bayonne, N.J./Saint Peter's Prep) moved even closer to the career program record for hits (196), notching the 188th and 189th of his career, and his 32nd double, going 2-for-5 with two RBIs, while extending his consecutive games on-base streak to 28.

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