Mahwah, NJ: The Ramapo College baseball team earned a key non-conference win over New Paltz today at Jeff Maund field, 5-1. The Roadrunners move to 21-7 overall while the Hawks drop to 20-9 on the year.
Ramapo jumped out to a 2-0 lead after three innings of action.
Zach Novakowski plated
Julian Caruso with an RBI ground out in the first innings before Caruso drove in
Melvin Matias with an RBI groundout in the second for the 2-0 score. In the fourth, New Paltz would get on the board with one run to cut the Roadrunner lead in half. Neither team could push a run across until the eighth when Ramapo added three runs.
John Higgins led off with a single and with two outs
Eric Knapp walked to put runners on first and second. Matias then took a 2-2 pitch and belted it into center field for a bases-clearing double, 4-1. Caruso then drove in Matias with an RBI single to left field to add another insurance run, 5-1.
Ramapo relief pitcher
Ryan Lasko, who entered in the eighth, let up a leadoff double in the top of the ninth before getting the next three batters out to wrap up his seventh save of the season.
Jack Martin (4-1) earned the win in relief with four strikeouts in three innings of work as he let up just two hits and no walks.
James Pazdera worked the first four innings for the Roadrunners with six strikeouts, and one walk while he let up one hit and one run. Higgins led the Roadrunners at the plate today, finishing 3-4 with one run scored, while Caruso finished 2-4 with two RBI and one run scored while Ciani also posted two hits in the g
The Roadrunners return to action on Thursday, April 17th when they travel to Kean University in NJAC action at 3:30 pm.
