Stockton BASEBALL TEAM PLAYS FOUR ONE-RUN GAMES
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Media Release April 23, 2008
(April 17) The Stockton
baseball team fell to Ramapo 11-10 in an NJAC game at Bernie Robbins Stadium in
Atlantic City. The Ospreys squandered an early 7-0 lead and yielded a run in the
ninth inning that snapped a 10-10 tie. Matt Hunt (Marlton/St. Joseph)
went 2-4 with three RBI and Chris Discher (Cherry Hill/CH West) was 2-4
with three runs. Matt Allen (Salem/Woodstown) also stroked two hits in
the game. Stockton was hampered by five errors that resulted in a total of four
unearned runs.
Hunt ripped an RBI single in the first inning and added
a two-run single in the second frame to help Stockton build a 7-0 lead. Ramapo
began chipping away at its deficit with two runs apiece in the third, fourth and
fifth innings, but Stockton increased its lead to 9-6 on RBI singles by Allen
and Nick Corrado (West Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) in the bottom of the
fifth.
Ramapo then plated four runs in the top of the sixth inning to pull
ahead 10-9. Stockton tied the game at 10-10 on an RBI triple by Pat Goodwin
(Mays Landing/Holy Spirit) that brought home Discher in the bottom of
the sixth, but Ramapo prevailed by scoring an unearned run in the top of the
ninth to defeat the Ospreys 11-10.
(April 18) Stockton opened up a 10-2 lead
and held on to upset seventh-ranked College of New Jersey 10-9 in an NJAC game
at Bernie Robbins Stadium. Jeff Lundell (Henderson, NV/Kentridge (WA))
went 3-4 with a double and two RBI while Scott Fisher (Toms River/TR
East) was 3-4 with two runs and two RBI for the Ospreys. Stockton completed
a sweep of the two-game season series that also included a 6-3 win on April
7.
Joe Mihalyi (Hamilton/Nottingham) improved to 5-0 on the season,
allowing six runs (three unearned) on eight hits with three strikeouts in 6.1
innings pitched. Stockton scored three runs in the first inning, including a
two-run double by Lundell, and the Ospreys added a two-run single by
Fisher in the second frame for a 5-0 lead. TCNJ got on the board with a
two-run homer to left field in the top of the third for a 5-2 score.
Joe
Sacerdote (Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) ripped a three-RBI double to cap a
five-run outburst in the fourth inning that increased Stockton’s lead to 10-2.
TCNJ roared back with seven runs, five unearned due to two Stockton errors, in
the seventh frame to pull within 10-9. Closer John O’Hara (Clayton/Gloucester
Catholic) then pitched 2.1 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit to
preserve the one-run lead and collect his school-record fifth save of the season
in the 10-9 Stockton triumph.
(April 19) Stockton suffered a pair of
difficult one-run losses to Montclair State, 6-5 and 9-8 in an NJAC
doubleheader. Chris Discher went 3-5 with a run and an RBI while Jeff
Lundell was 3-4 with two runs in the opener. Scott Fisher struck out
eight batters and scattered nine hits in eight innings but was not involved in
the pitching decision.
Stockton snapped a 3-3 tie with RBI singles by Matt
Hunt in the eighth inning and Discher in the ninth inning for a 5-3
lead. The Ospreys were just three outs from victory, but Montclair State rallied
with three runs on two hits and two errors in the bottom of the ninth to steal
the game from Stockton 6-5.
A.J. Senerchia (Lincroft/Middletown South)
went 2-4 with a double and two runs while Matt Allen was 2-3 with a
double and two runs in the nightcap. Discher also stroked two hits and
scored a run for the Ospreys. Stockton trailed 8-0 after six innings and began
its comeback effort with five runs in the seventh as Fisher capped the
inning with a two-run double.
Montclair scored one run in the bottom of the
seventh for a 9-5 advantage, but Pat Goodwin (Mays Landing/Holy Spirit)
sparked a three-run eighth inning with a single that produced two RBI and pulled
the Ospreys within 9-8. Stockton then stranded four runners on base in the final
two innings as the rally stalled in the 9-8 defeat.
WEEKLY HONOR
ROLL
BASEBALL: Jeff Lundell (Henderson, NV/Kentridge (WA)) went
8-17 (.421) at the plate in four games last week, including two three-hit games.
Lundell extended his hitting streak to six games.
LACROSSE: Keith
Bologno (Glen Gardner/Voorhees) scored nine goals and dished five assists
for 14 points in two Stockton games last week.
SOFTBALL: Samantha Horner
(Newfield/Buena) went 8-21 (.381) with three doubles and three stolen bases
while also breaking Stockton’s school record for runs scored in a season (now
has 30, old record was 29).
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Meredith
Malloy (Hamilton/Hamilton West) won the 10,000-meter run by nearly three
minutes (37:44) at the CTC Championships last week.
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK &
FIELD: Jim Karwacki (Florence/Florence) won the 2000-meter racewalk at
the CTC Championships (17:59) on Saturday.