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Published May 24, 2018

Quick look at how the Rutgers Baseball team fared this season

Richie O'Leary • TheKnightReport

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Now that the Rutgers baseball season is over, The Knight Report decided to take a quick look at how the Scarlet Knights fared this season.

The baseball teams season ended on Saturday as the team suffered a series loss vs. the No. 11 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers. The team only played two games due to a rain out for the third game that was supposed to take place on Saturday afternoon.

Despite a couple of tough series losses, the Scarlet Knights also had some bright spots this season snagging some solid wins against big time programs.

Programs that Rutgers won the series versus this season:

- Army (Sweep)

- #27 Florida Gulf Coast

- La Salle

- Michigan State

- Nebraska

- Old Dominion (Sweep)

- Penn State

Hitting stats from the nine starters this season:

Season Batting Stats

Year	Position	Name	Average/HRs/RBIS

JR	Catcher	Nick Matera	303avg, 5HRs, 35RBIs
R-SR	First baseman	Chris Folinusz	.284avg, 3HRs, 34RBIs
SO	Second baseman	Kevin Welsh	.243avg, 21RBIs
R-FR	Shortstop	Dan DiGeorgio	.277avg, 1HR, 25RBIs
JR	Third Baseman	Carmen Sclafani	.287avg, 3HRs, 19RBIs
FR	Left Fielder	Mike Nyisztor	.249avg, 31RBIs
JR	Center Fielder	Jawuan Harris	.246avg, 2HRs, 28RBIs
JR	Right Fielder	Luke Bowerbank	.303avg, 26RBIs
SR	Designated Hitter	Kyle Walker	.286avg, 2HRs, 14RBIs

Pitching stats from the top five starters this season:

Season Pitching Stats

Year	Name	Pitching Stats

SR	John O'Reilly	(5W--4L) 86.1IP, 43SO, 5.32 ERA
FR	Harry Rutkowski	(4W--6L) 64.0IP, 54SO, 5.34 ERA
SO	Eric Reardon	(4W--2L) 33.0IP, 23SO, 5.25 ERA
SR	Karl Blum	(0W--5L) 37.1IP, 25SO, 6.27 ERA
SO	Eric Heatter	(1W--2L) 30.2IP, 26SO, 4.27 ERA

The Scarlet Knights will be adding ten prospects to the team next season. Seven players from New Jersey, one from New York, one from Illinois, and one from Florida. More on those prospects here.