WAYNE, N.J. – The William Paterson baseball team (2-6) posted a season-high mark in hits and runs scored during a 14-2 home triumph over SUNY Cobleskill (2-8) March 11 in a non-conference game at Jeff Albies Field.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Fighting Tigers took a 1-0 advantage in the first inning after a two-out double down the right field line allowed a run to cross.
- William Paterson evened the score in the bottom half of the opening frame once junior Giovanni Aresta launched a ball over the fence in right field for his first career home run.
- The Pioneers grabbed their first lead of the game after plating three runs in the fourth. Senior Noah Cabassa and junior Connor Luckie reached on back-to-back one-out singles before Cabassa came in to score on a successful suicide squeeze by junior Austin Jack.
- Sophomore Dylan Santos then drove in two runs on a double to the gap in left center to extend the advantage to three (4-1).
- William Paterson opened the fifth inning with a pair of singles from senior Jake Lutz and freshman Ty Kobylakiewicz. Lutz crossed home on a groundout to the left side of the infield and a Cabassa base knock drove in Kobylakiewicz to make it 6-1 game.
- The Pioneers were not finished at the plate in the frame as a Luckie RBI double down the left field line and a Jack triple to center pushed the WP advantage to eight (9-1).
- The Pioneers tacked on two runs in the seventh to extend their lead to double figures (11-1) after Lutz hit a leadoff triple and scored on a two-run home run to left center by Kobylakiewicz.
- In the bottom of the eighth, the Pioneers had runners on first and second with two outs before Jack recorded an RBI single. Sophomore Will Pitt followed with an RBI double to right before a bases-loaded walk allowed the third run of the inning to cross to make it a 12-run game (14-2).
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Freshman Robert Nathan made his first collegiate start and earned the win after allowing just one run on five hits with eight strikeouts in six innings of action.
- Cabassa finished with a three-hit game to go with two runs scored and an RBI.
- Lutz went 2-for-5 with a triple and two runs scored.
- Kobylakiewicz recorded his first collegiate homer as part of a two-hit day with two RBI and two runs scored.
- Luckie logged two hits with a double, two runs scored and an RBI.
- Jack crossed home three times and drove in three runs with a triple during a two-hit game.
- Five Pioneers posted multi-hit performances.
- Seven of the 16 WP hits were extra-base hits.
UP NEXT:
- The Pioneers head to Purchase, N.Y., Wednesday, March 13, for a 3:30 p.m. game at Manhattanville.
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