GLASSBORO, NJ -
Drew Ryback threw seven scoreless innings and
Alex Kokos drove in four runs to lead #20 Rowan (6-2) to a 15-0 win over New Jersey City (3-11 1-4), in NJAC action at the Rowan Baseball Field. It was the Profs' fourth straight victory as they improve to 4-0 in league play.
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Ryback struck out six to improve his record to 3-0 on the year, while Kokos went 2-for-4 with two doubles and drove in two more runs with a pair of sacrifices. Catcher
Jared Marks knocked in three runs, with a double and two sacrifices and designated hitter
Michael Manganella was 2-for-4 with three runs scored.
Ryan McIsaac scored three runs and
Victor Cruz went 2-for-4 and scored a run.
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Rowan jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first on a ground-rule double RBI from Kokos, and runs driven in by Manganella with a single, and by
Trip McCaffrey with a double.
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After four innings, Rowan led 6-0, and by the end of the fifth, it was 8-0. The Profs batted around in the seventh and scored six runs to go up, 14-0, highlighted by a triple from pinch hitter
Ryan Mostrangeli, who scored on a throwing error. Marks added an RBI single, Kokos drove in one run with a double and
Ryan Murphy hit a two-run single.
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Rowan closed out the scoring with a sacrifice fly RBI in the eighth, which allowed
Ryan McIsaac to cross the plate.
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The shutout was preserved by an inning in relief apiece from
Mike Shannon and
Jean Sapini.
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It was Rowan's second straight game with double-digit runs as the Profs defeated NJCU the previous day, 13-3.
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The Profs will host Rutgers-Newark in a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11:30 a.m.
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