Wayne, NJ: The William Paterson University baseball team came back to defeat Ramapo College this afternoon, 10-9, in NJAC action. The Pioneers move to 24-12 overall and 10-5 in the NJAC while the Roadrunners now stand at 14-20-1 overall and 5-10 in the conference.
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Ramapo got on the board with three runs in the first inning as
Matt Lalomia plated
Christian Alonso with the game's first run on a sac fly, 1-0.
Sean Donaghue then drove home two runs with a two-RBI double to center field for the 3-0 lead.
Joe Wisniewski hit a solo home run in the fourth inning to extend the lead to 4-0 before WPU got on the board with a run in the fifth. Matt Carvovillano hit a solo home run in the sixth inning as Ramapo led 5-1. WPU scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to come within two, 3-5, before the Roadrunners tacked on one run in the seventh as Lalomia drove home
Tyler Guadagno with an RBI double down the left field line for a 6-3 lead.
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WPU would come within one in the seventh inning scoring two runs before they tied the game in the eighth inning, 6-6. Ramapo would take the lead in the top of the ninth. Lalomia laced a triple down the right field line scoring
Tyler Guadagno and
Brian Baranok before Lalomia later scored on a wild pitch for a 9-6 lead. WPU would come back in the bottom of the ninth as the bases were loaded for Dan Carter. Carter belted a grand slam over the right-center field wall to propel the Pioneers to a 10-9 win.
Dominick Ciani started on the mound for the Roadrunners working six innings with eight strikeouts, three walks while he scattered eight hits and three runs.
Nick Danbrowney (3-5) took the tough loss in relief. Lalomia finished with 3-4 at the plate with four RBI and one run scored while Guadagno finished 3-5 with two runs scored.
Ramapo and WPU will return to action tomorrow afternoon at Jeff Maund Field in Mahwah to complete the home-and-home NJAC series. The game is slated to begin at 3:30pm.
