STATEN ISLAND, NY - Sophomore Cory Rodriguez (Bridgewater,
NJ) collected five of Rutgers’ 16 hits as the Scarlet Knights cruised
past Wagner, 13-1, Thursday at Richmond County Stadium, home of the Staten
Island Yankees. The victory, its second in three days over the Seahawks, improves
Rutgers to 24-14 overall. Rodriguez, the starter at third base, went 5-for-6,
with one run and two RBI to guide Rutgers to its 12th-staright win of the season.
Rutgers received the bulk of its runs from Rodriguez, Steve Normane (Pt. Pleasant,
NJ), who went 2-for-3, driving in three runs and Graig Badger (Union, NJ),
who tallied two RBI.
Like the first game the two teams played earlier in the week, RU jumped out
to an early lead and built on its margin. Rutgers capitalized on two Seahawk
errors in the first inning to push through four runs. Following a leadoff walk
to Badger, Matt Wolski (Hamilton, NJ) earned a pass to first base when he was
hit by an offering from Wagner starter Ian Ryan. It marks the eighth time this
season Wolski has reached base after being hit by a pitch. Jeff Frazier (Toms
River, NJ), who had his 15-game hitting streak snapped today, reached on an
error, scoring Badger. Consecutive singles by Rodriguez, Nick Cerulo (Woodbridge,
NJ), who was 3-for-4 on the day, and Johnny Defendis (Staten Island, NY), playing
in his home town, brought home the final three runs of the inning.
Following a scoreless second and third frame, the Scarlet Knights scored four
more runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Normane ripped a double
to left field, scoring Wolski and Frazier. Rodriguez followed Normane with
a single through the left side to bring home Gaynor, who reached base with
a walk, and Normane to make it 8-0.
Rutgers tallied three more runs in the sixth as RU capitalized on another
Seahawk error to score its ninth run of the game and Badger slapped a single
to left field to bring home Cerulo (single) and Defendis (error) and make it
11-0 at the end of six. Pinch hitter Alberto Vasquez’s (Jersey City,
NJ) RBI double to left field and Wolski’s sacrifice fly to right field
pushed through Rutgers’ final two runs of the game in the eighth.
Wagner responded with a run in the bottom half of the eighth, as Chris Dick
knocked a single to right field to score Bryan Distefano, who led off the inning
with a walk.
Freshman Jim Jansen (Hillsdale, NJ) picked up his second collegiate win (2-2),
surrendering no runs and just two hits, while striking out five and walking
five in seven scoreless innings of work. Bobby Acampora (Ocean Twp. NJ) pitched
one inning of relief work in the eighth, allowing one run on one hit and
striking out one, while Sean Atchison (Florham Park, NJ) struck out the side
to close the door on the Seahawks in the ninth.
After a stretch of six games in five days, Rutgers will have a day to rest
on Friday, before traveling to Storrs, CT, for a three-game BIG EAST series
with Connecticut, beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday at noon.
The Automated ScoreBook
Rutgers at Wagner
05/01/03 at Staten Island, NY (Richmond County)
Rutgers 13 (24-14)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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BADGER dh................ 3 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
VASQUEZ ph.............. 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
WOLSKI 2b................ 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0
FRAZIER rf............... 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
ROSARIO rf.............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
GAYNOR c................. 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1
MOSKOWITZ ph/c.......... 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1
NORMANE 1b............... 3 2 2 3 1 0 6 0 0
HOOK ph/1b.............. 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
RODRIGUEZ 3b............. 6 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
CERULO cf................ 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
GROSE ph/cf............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
DEFENDIS lf.............. 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
SHADE lf................ 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
BIONDE ss................ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
GROVER ss............... 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2
JANSEN p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
ACOMPORA p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATCHISON p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 43 13 16 10 9 8 27 8 14
Wagner 1 (9-33)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Bryan Distefano lf....... 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
Kane Furst cf............ 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chris Dick 1b............ 3 0 1 1 1 0 7 1 0
Joe Agnello 3b........... 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2
Nick Papa rf............. 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1
Troy Sogluizzo dh........ 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Dave Corby ph........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joey Malfettano 2b....... 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0
Michael Picrello c....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Joseph Mercurio c....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0
Anthony Gioielli ss...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2
Ian Ryan p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rob Kostic p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Joseph Gorgogline p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Windstein p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 29 1 3 1 6 9 27 11 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Rutgers............. 400 403 020 - 13 16 0
Wagner.............. 000 000 010 - 1 3 5
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E - Furst, K(16); Papa, N(3); Malfettano,(4); Gioielli, A 2(15). DP -
Rutgers 1. LOB - Rutgers 14; Wagner 7. 2B - VASQUEZ(4); NORMANE(10). HBP -
WOLSKI. SF - WOLSKI. SB - BADGER 3; FRAZIER.
Rutgers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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JANSEN.............. 7.0 2 0 0 5 5 22 27
ACOMPORA............ 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 4 5
ATCHISON............ 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3
Wagner IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Ian Ryan............ 2.0 3 4 0 2 0 9 12
Rob Kostic.......... 3.0 8 7 5 6 1 16 22
Joseph Gorgogline... 2.0 4 2 2 1 3 11 12
Mike Windstein...... 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 7 8
Win - JANSEN (2-2). Loss - Ryan, I (0-2). Save - None.
WP - ACOMPORA; Ryan, I(5); Kostic, R(5). HBP - by Ryan, I (WOLSKI).
Umpires -
Start: 3:00 pm Time: 2:59 Attendance: 70
Kostic, R faced 3 batters in the 6th.
Gorgogline, faced 3 batters in the 8th.
Game: WAG42
