Box Score AUBURNDALE, FL – The Rowan University baseball team used an offensive outburst to top Centenary University, 17-1 on Thursday.
The Profs up their record to 9-3 while the Cyclones fell to 1-6.
Designated hitter
Frank Rose (fr. Bayville, NJ/Central Reg.) went three-for-four with a double, five RBIs and one run scored. First baseman
Joe Sadler (jr. Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) was three-for-four with a double, two RBIs and four runs scored. Left fielder
Jason Clapper (sr. Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) totaled three hits (three at bats) and two RBIs and scored twice. Center fielder
Frankie Aiello (fr. Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) drove in three runs.
Center fielder
Shane Brown (sr. Annandale, NJ/North Hunterdon), second baseman
Matt Jolly (sr. Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) and shortstop
Matt Edwards (so. Manasquan, NJ/Manasquan) each knocked in a run. Edwards blasted a solo home run, the first of his career, while catcher
Steven Hewa (so. Galloway, NJ/Absegami), Aiello, Jolly and Clapper each hit a double.
Centenary shortstop John Tierney (jr. West Milford, NJ/West Milford) tallied four hits (four at bats) and a double. He scored the Cyclones' lone run on a wild pitch. First baseman Tim Maxwell (jr. Glen Head, NY/North Shore) was two-for-two with a double.
Right-hander
Rob Grilli (sr. Middletown, NJ/Middletown S.) threw five innings to earn the victory (2-1). He gave up a run on six hits and struck out four. Righty JT Valley (so. North Plainfield, NJ/North Plainfield) took the loss (0-3).
Rowan battles the College of St. Scholastica in a doubleheader on Friday, March 17 at 9:15 a.m.
