GLASSBORO, NJ - Hunter Wroniuk went 3-for-4 and scored two runs while Ryan Mostrangeli hit a two-run home run as #7 Rowan defeated Rutgers-Camden, 10-2, in NJAC baseball action. The Profs improve to 24-6 and 9-2 in the league.
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Starter Jason O'Neill upped his record to 6-1 going 6.2 innings, and allowing just four hits, while striking out two. Mike Shannon finished out the game, striking out three and not allowing any hits in 2.1 innings.Â
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Wroniuk hit two doubles on the day while Mostrangeli went 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI and Patrick Defeciani went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI to lead the Profs. Rowan pounded out 11 hits and took advantage of four errors by Rutgers.
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The Profs didn't waste any time jumping to the lead as Defeciani doubled in the first inning to score Ryan Murphy. Mostrangeli followed with a two-run home run, his seventh of the season, to put the Profs up 3-0. Trip McCaffrey closed out the inning, as his single brought home Dylan Maria.
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Rowan got four more in the fourth inning, helped by a Rutgers error, on RBI singles from Chris Curcio, Mostrangeli and Anthony Schooley, to take an 8-0 lead.Â
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It took Rutgers-Camden (17-16; 4-8) until the sixth inning to get on the board off O'Neill, on a ground out by Andrew Brown that scored Auggie Uzdonavics. The Scarlet Raptors stranded one on base as O'Neill closed out the inning with his second strikeout of the game.Â
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The visitors added one more in the seventh off O'Neill when Danny Vazquez' fielder's choice brought a run home.Â
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Rowan countered with two more in the bottom of the seventh when Marco Mannino had a bunt single and Wroniuk eventually scored on an error. Defeciani drove in one more as his fielder's choice scored Trip McCaffrey.Â
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Rowan closes out its stretch of five games in four days on Saturday with a doubleheader at Rutgers-Newark.Â
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