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8
Montclair State MSU 16-10, 4-4 NJAC
9
Winner Kean University KEAN 14-15, 5-3 NJAC
Montclair State MSU
16-10, 4-4 NJAC
8
Final
9
Kean University KEAN
14-15, 5-3 NJAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montclair State MSU 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 8 14 2
Kean University KEAN 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 9 15 4

W: Kyle Gaeb (1-0) L: Minton, Austin (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

MSU Beaten Late by Kean, 9-8

Cougars Rally for Two in 9th to Sweep Home-and-Home

Union, NJ – For the second straight day Kean University put together a big rally as the Cougars swept their home-and-home series against Montclair State with 9-8 at Jim Hynes Stadium on Friday afternoon.

On Thursday the Cougars (14-15, 5-3 NJAC) erased a first-inning deficit in a 15-10 victory at Yogi Berra Stadium. Today it was a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth as Frank LoGuidice delivered the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly after the Red Hawks (16-10, 4-4 NJAC) took a one-run lead in the top of the inning.

Trailing by a run and down to their final three outs, Montclair rallied as BRODY LABBE and CHRIS ROTH drew one-out walks. KYLE MISSRY singled to load the bases however Kean recorded a strikeout for the second out. JOE NORTON walked to force home the tying run and NICK MARTINEZ followed with an infield single scoring JUSTIN BATES for an 8-7 advantage.

Montclair got the first out of the inning however Zach Joe walked and Tim Huxen followed with a base hit. Steven Santigate singled to load the bases before Ryan Ruziecki was hit by a pitch knotting the game at 8-8. LoGuidice lifted a ball to right field scoring Huxen with the game-winning run.

The Red Hawks took a 2-0 lead in the first as JUSTIN EPIFANIO scored on an error and Labbe recorded a sacrifice fly. After Kean got a run back in its half, Montclair State extended its lead to 4-1 on RBIs by NICK MARTINEZ in the third and fourth innings. Kean cut the deficit to 4-3 in the fourth but MSU answered with two in the sixth on an RBI doubles by Martinez and ANDREW OLLWERTHER taking a 6-3 lead.

The Cougars countered with a four-run seventh inning to go back on top. Frank Urso's two-run tripled tied the game and Jim Fitzgerald gave Kean a 7-6 lead with a successful squeeze play.

Kyle Gaeb (1-0) got the victory in relief while Montclair's AUSTIN MINTON (0-3) took the loss. Martinez was 3-for-4 with four RBI while Epifanio and Roth had two hits each.
 
The Red Hawks are back on the road for Saturday, April 14 at 17th-ranked The College of New Jersey. MSU and TCNJ will square off in a doubleheader at Ackerman Park beginning at 11:30 am.
 
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