Mahwah, NJ: The Ramapo College baseball team swept the Scarlet Raiders of Rutgers Newark today as Cory Heitler fired a no-hitter in game one to lead Ramapo to a 2-0 victory, and Jon Brignoni collected a win from the mound in game two as Ramapo earned a 3-2 victory. The Roadrunners improve to 23-11 overall and 8-5 in NJAC Conference play.
Game 1: Heitler fired the no-hitter and shut out the Scarlet Raiders of Rutgers Newark, 2-0 today in the opening game of the conference double-header match-up. Heitler struck out 11 as he improved to 7-1 on the year.
The game remained scoreless until the Roadrunners got on the board in the 6th inning as Austin Unglaub crossed the plate on a wild pitch and Joe Maugeri stole home to give Ramapo a 2-0 lead.
Unglaub led on offense as he hit 2-4 with one run scored and Liam Duffy collected a hit in the game as well. Luis Rojas pitched the entire game for Rutgers Newark as he falls to 1-4 on the year. He struck out seven and walked three in the loss.
Game 2: The Roadrunners earned the double-header sweep behind a win from the mound from Brignoni. Brignoni struck out five in 6.2 innings pitched. Anthony Kuzmenko hit 2-4 with one run scored and Vincenzo Sita scored a run of his own. Ryan MacNaughton tacked one on hitting 1-4 on the day. Matt Chemis drove in one run and Maugeri hit a perfect 2-2 at bat.
The Roadrunners got on the board first in the bottom of the 4th inning as MacNaughton doubled to center field to drive home Sita and MacNaughton later came home on a single from Chemis.
In the 5th, Adam Tricarico singled to bring home Ryan Zucker and JC Ball but it wasn't enough as Ramapo walked away with the 3-2 victory.
Kevin Foulds closed out the final inning striking out one.
Casey Hanley gets the loss in six innings as he struck out one. Zucker scored a run and Tricarico hit a perfect 3-3 with two RBIs.
The Roadrunners return to action on Wednesday, April 25th when they host Stevens at 3:30pm at Jeff Maund Field on the Mahwah campus.
April 21, 2018
RAMAPO SWEEPS RUTGERS NEWARK AS HEITLER FIRES A NO HITTER
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Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Rutgers-Newark (9-23, 1-13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Ramapo (23-11, 8-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 9 | 0 |