Mahwah, NJ: The Ramapo College baseball team swept NJAC rival New Jersey City University today at Jeff Maund Field. Ramapo won game one, 4-3, and game two, 11-3. The Roadrunners move to 20-13 overall and 7-7 in the NJAC while the Gothic Knights now stand at 11-23 overall and 1-13 in the conference. This is the 26th time in program history the Roadrunners have recorded 20 wins in a single season.
Game One
Ramapo scored one run each in the first and second inning for an early 2-0 lead. In the first,
Brian Baranok drove in Dominic Ciani with a deep sac fly to center field before
Jason Cuba drove in
Matt Carovillano with an RBI single. NJCU scored one in the fourth before Ramapo got the run back in the bottom of the fourth. Ciani singled through the right side of the infield to bring home Carovillano once again, 3-1. In the sixth, NJCU put their second run on the board before Ciani drove in what proved to be the game-winning run with a hard hit single up the middle which plated
Justin Garthaffner, 4-2. The Gothic Knights pushed one run across in the ninth before Ramapo reliever
Will Paoli closed the door for the one run Ramapo victory, 4-3.
Nick Danbrowney (6-2) earned the win on the mound for the Roadrunners as he struck out seven, walked three and let up eight hits and three runs (one earned) in eight complete innings of work. Paoli earned his team leading fifth save of the season with two strikeouts in the ninth.
Game Two
NJCU scored three runs in the top of the third inning before Ramapo got on the board with one run in the bottom of the fourth.
Will Egner singled home
Matt Lalomia to put the Roadrunners on the board. In the sixth, Lalomia singled home
Tyler Guadagno before Egner lifted a sac fly to plate Baranok with the game-tying run, 3-3. Lalomia later scored on a NJCU error to take a 4-3 lead before Cuba drilled a two-RBI triple to center field for a 6-3 lead. Ciani then plated Cuba with an RBI single to push the score, 7-3. In the seventh, Egner drove in two with a single through the infield as Baranok and Lalomia scored before Garthaffner scored on a Carovillano sac fly, 10-3. In the eighth, Baranok laced a double to the left-center field gap as Guadagno scored for the 11-3 lead.
James Paszera (1-1) struck out six, walked three and scattered five hits and three runs in six innings of work for the Roadrunners to earn the win.
Will Kennedy worked the seventh and eighth as he struck out three, walked two and did not give up a hit.
Garrett Van Alstyne worked the final inning on the mound for the Roadrunners, facing the minimum of three batters to close out the game for Ramapo.
Baranok, Lalomia, Cuba each collected three hits in the game while Egner added two hits and a team high four RBI.
Ramapo returns to action on Tuesday, April, 25th when they host New Paltz in non-conference action at 3:30pm.
