MCLA - Box Score
Westfield - Box Score
LONGWOOD, FL – The Rowan University baseball team started its Florida trip with wins over Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 17-8 and Westfield State College (MA), 5-4 on Saturday.
Left hander Ryan Kulik (sr. Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) was the winning pitcher against Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. It was predetermined that Kulik would only throw four innings. He only allowed three hits and one earned run. Kulik struck out five batters for his third victory of the season.
Third baseman Tom Ready (jr. Blenheim, NJ/Triton Reg.) went four for six with a home run and two RBIs. Ready had a solo shot in the second inning that put the Profs on the scoreboard. Second baseman Tim Barnshaw (jr. Dayton, NJ/South Brunswick) contributed with three hits (three at bats), a double, two RBIs and two runs scored. Designated hitter Matt Johanson (so. Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) added four hits in seven trips to the plate, a double and two RBIs. Catcher Paul Urbanovich (sr. Rutherford, NJ/St. Peter’s Prep) went two for three with a double and one RBI. Left fielder Frank Hasenhauer (sr. Iselin, NJ/John F. Kennedy) recorded four RBIs and shortstop Roland Rodriguez (so. Miami, FL/Miami Killian) had a solo home run.
Against Westfield State, Kevin O’Hara (jr. Clayton, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) was the winning pitcher in relief. O’Hara (2-1) only gave up two hits in the last 1.2 innings. Joe Cichy (sr. Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) was the starter and he went 6.1 innings. Ready was two for five with a double, two RBIs and one run scored. Catcher Dan Krause (sr. Northfield, NJ/Mainland Reg.) recorded a solo home run.
The Profs won the game with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. With one out and the bases loaded, Ready doubled to center field and scored Hasenauer and Rodriguez. They both reached base with a walk and advanced on second baseman Joe Franceschini’s (sr. Toms River, NJ/Toms River E.) sacrifice bunt.
Westfield State got on the scoreboard first with three runs in the fourth. Rowan had one run in the bottom half on Krause’s homer to right field. The Profs scored one run in the fifth when Franceschini crossed home plate on a wild pitch. The Owls led 4-2 after one run in the seventh inning. Rowan added a run in the bottom of the seventh. Right fielder John McMullin (jr. Woodbury, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) singled in Ready.
Rowan’s next game is against North Central College (IL) on Sunday at 1 p.m.
