Friday, February 21
Jacksonville, Fla.
6:00 PM
Rutgers University
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North Florida
Photo by: Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics
Baseball Returns to Sunshine State to Face North Florida
Feb 20 | Baseball
Scarlet Knights set to take on Ospreys in Jacksonville
| Rutgers (0-3) at North Florida (2-1) – Jacksonville, Fla. | |
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| Game 4 | Feb. 21 - 6 p.m. ET |
| Probable Pitching Matchup | Rutgers - LHP Harry Rutkowski (0-1, 3.60) North Florida - RHP Logan Clayton (0-0, 5.06) |
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| Game 5 | Feb. 22 - 2 p.m. ET |
| Probable Pitching Matchup | Rutgers - RHP Tommy Genuario (0-1, 6.75) North Florida - RHP Brandon Reitz (1-0, 1.50) |
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| Game 6 | Feb. 23 - 1 p.m. ET |
| Probable Pitching Matchup | Rutgers - LHP Tevin Murray (0-1, 27.00) North Florida - TBD |
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers baseball heads back to Florida, this time 350 miles further north, to meet North Florida in a three-game series starting Friday at Harmon Stadium in Jacksonville. The Scarlet Knights opened the season last weekend against now-No. 1 Miami in Coral Gables.
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Most Recently: The Scarlet Knights began the season at Miami for the sixth-straight year and for the 11th time in 12 years. The Hurricanes, who were ranked No. 3 preseason by D1Baseball.com and moved up to No. 1 on Monday, won by scores of 2-1, 8-2 and 13-6. Sophomore Chris Brito hit a solo homer to centerfield in the series opener to make it a 2-1 game in the eighth, and RU put the tying run in scoring position, but UM closer Daniel Federman recorded a four-out save. The Saturday game was played in the rain and entered the seventh inning 3-2 in favor of the home team before Miami hit a grand slam. The contest was halted that inning and finished the next day. The Hurricanes ran out to a 7-0 lead after three innings and held on in the weekend finale.
Hitting: Brito added another long ball to the opposite field on Sunday to take the early Big Ten lead with two homers during the first weekend of action. Sophomore Peter Serruto posted a 3-for-4 performance Sunday, which included his first collegiate homer, to set a new career high for hits in a game. The catcher also threw out two runners attempting to steal in the series. Junior Mike Nyisztor added a team-high four RBIs on the weekend.
Out of the bullpen, redshirt junior Kyle Muller was first up in relief Friday night and worked 2.1 scoreless frames. Senior Eric Reardon followed up with a pair of strikeouts to strand an inherited runner and fanned his first two faced in another appearance on Sunday. Sophomore Jared Bellissimo contributed two scoreless innings Saturday, with sophomore Parker Scott dealing a career-high 3.2 innings Sunday.
| COVERAGE |
Listen: A free radio call will be available at ScarletKnights.com or through the Scarlet Knights App.
Live Stats: Sidearm Sports
| SCOUTING RUTGERS |
Hitting: Brito added another long ball to the opposite field on Sunday to take the early Big Ten lead with two homers during the first weekend of action. Sophomore Peter Serruto posted a 3-for-4 performance Sunday, which included his first collegiate homer, to set a new career high for hits in a game. The catcher also threw out two runners attempting to steal in the series. Junior Mike Nyisztor added a team-high four RBIs on the weekend.
Pitching: RU will stick with the same rotation as week one: junior Harry Rutkowski, fifth-year senior Tommy Genuario and senior Tevin Murray. Rutkowski went five innings on Opening Day with five strikeouts and two runs allowed. The left-hander walked only one. Genuario pitched four innings with five strikeouts, while Murray will look to bounce back his second time out.Watch: Chris Brito is the early Big Ten leader with two homers opening weekend. The sophomore first baseman went off the batter's eye Friday and to the opposite field Sunday at No. 3 Miami.#RBaseball #TCD pic.twitter.com/zhrI9tkICq
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Out of the bullpen, redshirt junior Kyle Muller was first up in relief Friday night and worked 2.1 scoreless frames. Senior Eric Reardon followed up with a pair of strikeouts to strand an inherited runner and fanned his first two faced in another appearance on Sunday. Sophomore Jared Bellissimo contributed two scoreless innings Saturday, with sophomore Parker Scott dealing a career-high 3.2 innings Sunday.
| NOTES |
- Rutgers caught five Miami runners stealing in the series. Rutkowski sat down two on moves to first and Murray had one in that manner as well. Serruto snagged two trying to swipe second.
- Freshmen Matt Ciccone, Jacob Newman (redshirt), Josh Rodriguez, Grant Shulman and Jordan Sweeney all made their collegiate debuts last weekend, while transfers Sam Owens (Bryant) and Richie Schiekofer (Maryland) saw their first action for the Scarlet Knights.
| SCOUTING NORTH FLORIDA |
UNF went 32-25 last season with a 12-11 mark in the Atlantic Sun. The team returns 16 letterwinners and welcomes 15 newcomers to the roster. Head coach Tim Parenton is in his third season.
| SERIES HISTORY |
At North Florida: Tied, 2-2
Last Game: Rutgers 12, North Florida 4 (March 12, 2017 at Harmon Stadium)
The only series between the programs ended as a split in 2017. UNF won the first two games by scores of 15-1 and 13-2 before RU responded to win 2-1 and 12-4.
Rutgers had 18 hits in the finale, with Mike Carter driving in a career-high five runs. Both Carter and Chris Folinusz collected seven hits over the weekend. Tom Marcinczyk added a four-hit game, while Jawuan Harris stole four bases during the series.
Gaby Rosa pitched seven innings with one run allowed and Max Herrmann logged two scoreless innings for the save in a one-run win in the second game of a Saturday doubleheader. Christian Campbell also picked up a victory after tossing five innings Sunday.
Current Scarlet Knights to appear in that series include Genuario, Muller, Murray, Reardon and Kevin Welsh.
| UP NEXT |
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