Mahwah, NJ: The Ramapo College baseball team split with NJAC rival Rutgers-Camden University today at Jeff Maund Field. The Scarlet Raptors won game one 6-3 before the Roadrunners took game two 2-1. Ramapo improves to 23-2-1 overall, 7-1 in the NJAC while the Scarlet Raptors now stand at 17-9 overall, 5-5 in the conference.

Game one:  The Scarlet Raptors got on the board in the top of the fourth inning when Andujar Cedeno hit a solo home run over the left field wall for a 1-0 lead. Ray Taylor then drove home Jon Theckston with a single down the left field line to take a 2-0 lead. Rutgers-Camden extended their lead with two more runs in the fifth and eighth innings. In the fifth Brett Tenuto walked and stole second before coming home on Doug Carter's RBI single to right field. Theckston then drove home Carter with a single to left field. In the eighth, Rutgers-Camden added two more runs to take a 6-1 lead.
 
Ramapo got on the board in the fifth inning when Brandon Martinez ripped a home run, his team leading fourth of the season, over the left field wall. Ramapo added two runs in the bottom of the eighth to come within three 6-3. The bases were loaded with two outs when Connor Walsh laced a single to left field allowing Bobby Shannon and Rob DeAngelis to score. Ramapo didn't go quietly in the bottom of the ninth. Scott Paulus led off with a double down the right field line before being lifted for a pinch runner. Ryan Rinsky walked to bring the game-tying run to the plate. Rutgers-Camden relief pitcher Kyle Gaff induced a 4-6-3 double play to get the first two outs of the inning before a ground out ended the Ramapo threat.
 
Billy Jackson (5-2) struck out nine, walked four and scattered five hits in the win for Rutgers-Camden over 7.2 innings of work. Kyle Gaff earned his third save of the season, striking out one and walking two.
 
Nick Recarte (1-1) took the loss in game one working the first 4.2 innings for the Roadrunners. He struck out three, walked four and scattered four hits.
 
Game two: Ramapo came back to win game two 2-1. Eli Garcia (2-0) struck out five, walked two and scattered six hits over 7.1 innings of work to earn the win on the mound for the Roadrunners. Jerry D'Andrea recorded his sixth save of the season getting the final five outs of the game.
 
Ramapo's Jared Ensmenger led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a solo home run to over the left field wall, his first of his career, to take a 1-0 lead.
 
The Scarlet Raptors tied the game in the top of the sixth with an unearned run 1-1 before Ramapo came back to take the lead 2-1 in the bottom half of the inning. Joe Venturino led off with a single to left field before he moved to second on an error. Connor Walsh then laced a single into the left-center field gap allowing Venturino to score the eventual game-winning run.  Ramapo held Rutgers-Camden the rest of the game to earn their 23rd win of the season.
 
Venturino led the team going 3-4 at the plate with one run scored while Chemis finished 2-3 in the game.
 
Ramapo returns to action tomorrow afternoon when they travel to Stockton University for a NJAC conference double header beginning at 11:30am.