Cinnaminson, NJ – After being shutout in its last contest, Montclair State put double digits on the scoreboard as the Red Hawks remained unbeaten in NJAC play with a 10-2 win over Rutgers-Camden at Memorial Park on Friday afternoon.
Senior catcher
JEFF SCHRIBER went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI as the Red Hawks improved to 14-7 overall while staying perfect in conference play at 5-0. MSU, which was blanked at Eastern Connecticut, 5-0 on Tuesday, collected 12 hits and scored 10 runs in a game for the eighth time this season.
SEAN MORRISON was 3-for-4 with an RBI while second baseman
DAVE WURST went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Junior right fielder
CHRIS BARAN also drove in two runs with
CRAIG CONWAY and
SCOTT ALLAN each posting two hits and a run batted in.
Freshman left-hander
JEFF GOGAL earned the win as he upped his record to 4-1. Gogal allowed a run and three hits with eight strikeouts and five walks.
JIM WHALEN,
JON KURTIN and Ric Haas closed out the game for MSU, which scored six times in its final two at-bats to break the game open.
Allan gave the Red Hawks a 1-0 lead in the first inning as he doubled to left-center scoring Conway, who had reached on a one-out walk. The Scarlet Raptors (16-6, 5-2 NJAC) tied the game in the bottom of the second on a Barry Huver RBI single to right field.
MSU went back on top for good in the fourth with three runs. Allan led off with a single and stole second.
JEFF SCHRIBER walked and Morrison followed with a single scoring Allan with the go-ahead run. Montclair then took advantage of Rutgers-Camden wildness as three straight walks produced two more runs and a 4-1 Red Hawk lead.
Gogal kept the game there until his teammates widened the lead with a four-run eighth inning. Wurst singled in the first run with Baran doubling home two more making the score 7-1. Conway delivered Baran with a single for the final run. Schriber capped the scoring for the Red Hawks in the ninth with a two-run home run to left.
Montclair State is back out on the road again on Saturday, April 14 taking on the other Rutgers satellite campus. The Red Hawks face Rutgers-Newark at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium in a doubleheader beginning at noon.
