JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University and Rutgers University-Camden played two New Jersey Athletic Conference baseball games on Saturday with two very different results. In game one, NJCU scored 10 runs in the fifth inning and posted its largest margin of victory in a conference game in 21 years, obliterating the Scarlet Raptors, 18-0 as the Gothic Knights collected 18 hits and junior right-hander WENDELL RODRIGUEZ (Ponce, Puerto Rico/County Prep) tossed his first career complete-game shutout. But as often happens after a lopsided win, NJCU used all of its offense in the opening game and was limited to just three hits in the nightcap as Camden bounced back with a 9-1 win. Both nine inning games were played on Saturday at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex.
 
In game one, NJCU (10-14, 1-5 NJAC), scored the most runs in a conference game since defeating Richard Stockton College, 18-2, in 1995, and Kean University, 19-11, in 1994. The 18-run margin of victory matches a 19-1 win over Rutgers-Camden in 1991 for second largest margin of victory in school history during league competition. In 1984, NJCU defeated Rutgers-Newark, 23-4, in a game that holds the record for most runs (23) and largest margin of victory (19) in NJAC action.
 
Rodriguez (3-3) scattered 10 hits (nine singles) in a 130-pitch, complete-game shutout effort, striking out two and walking two. It was his third complete game of the season. Meanwhile, Rodriguez earned his ninth career win, moving into a five-way tie for ninth place in career victories, and his eighth career complete game—now tied for eighth in school history.
 
Junior left fielder ANDREW RIVERA (Edison, NJ/Edison) had a combined five hits and four runs in the doubleheader, including a four-RBI, 3-for-6, three-run showing in game one and junior second baseman PETE SENYSZYN (Carteret, NJ/Carteret) was 3-for-3 with three runs, three RBIs and two walks in the opening game, finishing with four hits on the day. NJCU matched a season high with the 18 hits in game one and although Camden committed six errors, 13 of the 18 runs were earned. The 18 runs were a season high and the sixth double-digit run production game of the season.
 
In game two, sophomore right-hander Tommy Potts (Bordentown, NJ/Bordentown Regional) was the one throwing a gem for the guests, as he scattered three singles and allowed one earned run with six strikeouts and one walk in 7.1 innings over 83 pitches, improving to 2-2. Sophomore righty Jim Turner (Medford, NJ/Holy Cross) and sophomore righty Dan Snyder (Glassboro, NJ/Glassboro) each had one strikeout while combining to retire the final five batters of the game in order.

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