Baseball Sweeps Stockton, 21-2
& 8-4
Union, N.J. (4/4/09) - The Kean University
baseball team scored a combined 29 runs and 30 hits to earn a sweep
of visiting Richard Stockton, 21-2 and 8-4, Saturday afternoon at
Jim Hynes Stadium.
Junior Mike Moceri (Yardville, N.J.) was
5-for-7 with seven RBI and five runs scored to go along with two
doubles and a triple on the afternoon in the win.
Game
One
The Cougars (19-6, 5-2 NJAC) got things going from their first
at-bat, plating six runs in the bottom of the first. Moceri
got started with an RBI double followed by a two RBI single off the
bat of Dylan Laguna (Edison, N.J.).
KU then put the game away with a ten run sixth inning. Senior
Mike Manganiello (Berkeley Heights, N.J.)
(pictured left) recorded a two run homerun while pinch-hitter
Dave Zavistoski (Edison, N.J.) had a two RBI
single to left center. The Cougars recorded four ground-rule
doubles in the inning.
Offensively Gabe Ramirez (North Bergen, N.J.)
was 3-for-3 with two RBI while Moceri was 3-for-4 with three RBI
and three runs scored. Laguna finished game one with a
4-for-4 performance and three RBI and freshman Ryan Gibbons
(Glen Rock, N.J.) was 3-for-5 with two runs scored.
Junior Joe Bartlinski (South Amboy, N.J.)
picked up the win. Bartlinski (4-1) tossed six innings
allowed just three hits. He walked one and struck out
two. Senior Joe Rizzo (Staten Island, N.Y.)
earned the three inning save. Rizzo allowed two runs and
three hits.
Junior Jay Wilson (Brick, N.J.) suffered the loss for
the Ospreys. Wilson allowed eight runs, five earned, in four
innings of work. He fanned three and walked two.
Game
Two
After recording a combined 30 hits in game one, game two only saw
13.
The Cougars jumped on board with a single run in the first as
Moceri grounded out to score Mike Diaz (Westfield,
N.J.) who reached on catchers interference. The
Ospreys (12-8, 1-5 NJAC) tied things right up as Matt Allen
(Salem, N.J.) scored on a Cougar miscue, after reaching on a
single.
Stockton took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth as junior
Matt Hunt (Medford, N.J.) hit a two-out ground-rule
double. He and Scott Fisher (Toms River, N.J.) would
later score on a two RBI single by Allen.
Kean took the lead for good in the bottom of the same inning as
freshman D.J. Breckenridge (Fair Haven, N.J.) hit
a two RBI double to left center. Moceri later drove him
home with an RBI single.
Moceri was 2-for-3 with four RBI while Breckenridge (pictured
right) was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.
For the Ospreys, Allen was 2-for-5 with two RBI.
Senior Pedro Rivera (Elizabeth, N.J.) earned
the win for the Cougars. Rivera (3-0) (pictured left) allowed
three runs, two earned, in six and two thirds innings of
work. He struck out eight and walked three. Senior
Brandon Aich (Sayreville, N.J.) earned his eighth
save of the season after entering the game in the top of the ninth
with the bases loaded and the tying run at the plate, forcing a
groundout to end the game.
Hunt suffered the loss in game two. Hunt (1-2) tossed six
innings allowing seven runs, six earned, and five hits. He
walked five and struck out one.
