Rutgers
2-2
Grand Canyon
3-2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Grand Canyon | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Baseball Drops Opener at Grand Canyon
Feb 21 | Baseball
PHOENIX – Rutgers baseball dropped a tight 7-6 contest to Grand Canyon on Friday night in the series opener. The Scarlet Knights (2-2) rallied from multiple three-run deficits to tie the game in the eighth, but the Lopes (3-2) scored the decisive run in the bottom of the eighth to win the game.
Trevor Cohen got things going in the top of the first with a leadoff walk and quickly stole second. Ty Doucette later singled up the middle to bring home Cohen and make it 1-0 early.
GCU answered back in the second when a two-out error got through the infield to bring in a run. In the third, the Lopes hit a solo home run and a two-run single to take a 4-1 lead.
JT Thompson helped the Scarlet Knights chip away with an RBI double in the fourth and an RBI groundout in the sixth to bring it to 4-3. A two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the sixth gave GCU a 6-3 lead.
After entering the game as a defensive replacement earlier in the night, Nick Tomasetto launched a bases-loaded double in the top of the eighth to score three runs and tie the game at 6-6.
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, the Lopes scored on a bang-bang play at home plate to take a 7-6 advantage. The RU bats went down in order in the ninth to end the contest.
Rutgers and Grand Canyon continue their series with a doubleheader on Saturday, with game one set for 3 p.m. ET and seven innings. Game two will be nine innings and start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Quinn, Walter (1-0)
L: Berglin, Quinn (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Doucette, Ty 1 ; Santos, Pablo 1 ; Thompson, JT 1 ; Tomasetto, Nick 1 ; Chatelle, Matt 1
RBI: Doucette, Ty 1 ; Thompson, JT 2 ; Tomasetto, Nick 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Cohen, Trevor 1 ; Doucette, Ty 1 ; Bonds, Peyton 1 ; Santos, Pablo 2 ; Thompson, JT 1
SB: Cohen, Trevor 1 ; Bonds, Peyton 2
HBP: Bonds, Peyton 1 ; Santos, Pablo 1
Batting:
HR: Barreras, Emilio 1
RBI: Barreras, Emilio 3 ; Paton, Eli 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Barreras, Emilio 1 ; Pelc, Eddy 1 ; Yorke, Zach 1 ; Peery, Cannon 1 ; Boever, Cael 1 ; Diaz, Michael 1 ; Galvan, Marcus 1
SB: Sanders, Troy 1
HBP: Pelc, Eddy 1
