4/8/2018 baseball Edit

Rutgers takes down LaSalle, 11-3 to secure series win

Richie O'Leary • TheKnightReport

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The Scarlet Knights bounced back today after suffering a tough 0-1 loss in Saturday's game vs. LaSalle. Today Rutgers played a little bit of comeback ball to win in Game 3 of the weekend and were able to secure the series with LaSalle University, 11-3.

"I think hitting is contagious, we were pressing a little bit after yesterday’s game & came out the same today. You have to give credit to their starter, he did a nice job. I think once we were able to get in a couple runs, it just relaxed everyone & we were able to put up some big numbers."

— Head Coach Joe Litterio

Table Name

Position	Player	At Bats/Hits	Summary
SS	Dan Digeorgio	1-for-6	Double, strikeout, Fielders Choice, RBI
LF	Mike Nyisztor	3-for-5	Two singles, triple, walk, RBI, strikeout
C	Nick Matera	1-for-5	Home Run, walk, two RBIs, two strikeouts
1B	Chirs Folinusz	3-for-5	Two singles, double, RBI, one strikeout
CF	Jawuan Harris	2-for-3	Single, triple, walk, stolen base, RBI
DH	Kyle Walker	0-for-2	Two walks, three stolen bases
	PH: Milo Freeman	0-for-1	One strikeout
3B	Carmen Scalfani	2-for-4	Two singles, stolen base, HBP, one strikeout
RF	Luke Bowerbank	2-for-4	Two singles, three stolen bases, one walk, RBI
2B	Kevin Welsh	0-for-2	Three walks, one stolen base

*Starters are listed in bold

The starting pitcher Eric Reardon struggled early on, but gained his composure to pitch five solid innings and only gave up 2 runs and two hits in the process. The bullpen came in the sixth inning and held the Explorers to just one run over the next four innings to close out the game.

Table Name

Position	Player	Pitching Summary
Starter	Eric Reardon	(W, 1-1) 5IP, 1ER (2Runs), 5BBs & 5Ks
Relief Pitcher	Kyle Gerace	2IP, 2BBs, & 3Ks
Relief Pitcher	Karl Blum	.1IP, (1Run) 1K
Relief Pitcher	Ryan Wares	1.2IP, BB

Next up....

The Scarlet Knights are set to welcome the (12-18) Lafayette Leopards to town on Wednesday at 3:30pm EST. After that the team will travel out to (19-8) Illinois to take on the Fighting Illini for a three game series starting next Friday at 7pm EST.