4/21/2018 baseball Edit

Early mistakes cost the Scarlet Knights in today's 12-4 loss

Richie O'Leary • TheKnightReport

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knight baseball team struggled today as they lost in game two of the three game series vs the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

The Cornhuskers took an early lead with a five run first inning and never looked back. As for the Scarlet Knights they only had six hits on the day and only managed to get three runners across the plate as they went on to lose 12-4.

"We came out and they took advantage of Harry really quickly. We didn’t help him on defense either so it wasn’t all Harry. Even at 5-0 I thought we had a chance, plenty of game left. Bottom half of the first two guys on and one in, with one being thrown out at the plate and it snowballed from there."

— Head Coach Joe Litterio

Hitting Stats

Position	Player	At Bats/Hits	Hitting Summary
LF	Mike Nyisztor	1-for-4	Single, double, three RBIs, two strikeouts
CF	Jawuan Harris	1-for-4	Single, walk, stolen base, two strikeouts
DH	Nick Matera	1-for-4	Double, two strikeouts
1B	Chris Folinusz	0-for-3	Two strikeouts
	PH Milo Freeman	0-for-1
3B	Carmen Scalfani	2-for-2	Two singles, walk, RBI
	PH Kyle Walker	0-for-1
SS	Dan DiGeorgio	1-for-3	Single
	PH AJ Gallagher	0-for-1
	Luke Bowerbank	0-for-2	Fielders choice, walk
	PH Kevin Blum	1-for-1	Single
C	Tyler McNamara	1-for-4	Single, strikeout
2B	Kevin Welsh	1-for-3	Single, walk

One of the main issues from today's game for Rutgers was the team inability to pitch. It wasn't the prettiest of performances from freshman starter Harry Rutkowski as he couldn't get out of the first inning and gave up three earned runs and five total runs. After that the rest of the bullpen gave up a total of 16 more hits and seven more runs.

More on the Scarlet Knights pitchers stats below.

Pitching Stats

Position	Player	Pitching Summary
Starter	Harry Rutkowski	(L, 4-3).2IP, three hits, three earned runs (5 total), three walks, one strikeout
Relief Pitcher	Eric Reardon	.1IP
Relief Pitcher	Kyle Gerace	3.2IP, 11 hits, four earned runs, one walk, three strikeouts
Relief Pitcher	Ryan Wares	1.1IP, three hits, two earned runs, two walks, one strikeout
Relief Pitcher	Tevin Murray	3IP, two hits, one earned run, one walk and five strikeouts