Wayne, NJ: The Ramapo College baseball team held off a William Paterson University comeback this afternoon at Jeff Albies Field with a 13-10 road victory. The Roadrunners (22-8 overall, 8-3 NJAC) win their 10th straight game while the Pioneers move to 12-17 overall and 5-6 in the league.
Ramapo scored at least one run in the first five innings of action while holding WPU to just three runs through the first six innings of play.
Nick Pellegrino drove in
Jack Tallent with the team's first run of the game in the first inning before Tallent drove in
Zach Barbash with an RBI single in the second. Tallent later scored on an infield single before
Julian Schultz earned an RBI single as
Zach Novakowski scored, 4-0.
Brandon Tauber plated
Braden Schappert in the third before Tallent lifted a sac fly to right field which allowed Barbash to score, 6-0. WPU got on the board in the bottom of the third with one run before Ramapo added one in the fourth for a 7-1 lead. The Pioneers posted two in the fourth while Pellegrino drove in
Julian Caruso with an RBI triple, 8-3. The Roadrunners posted five runs in the top of the seventh to take a 13-3 lead highlighted by a two RBI double from Tallent. The Pioneers would begin their comeback in the seventh with one run of their own before they added six in the bottom of the eighth.
Cody Quagliato came into the game on the mound for the Roadrunners with two outs and two runners on base for WPU. Quagliato got a strikeout swinging to end the Pioneer threat. WPU recorded a lead-off single in the bottom of the ninth before the Roadrunners got the next three outs to preserve the NJAC road win, 13-10.
Michael Zalinkanskas (7-1) struck out three, walked six and surrendered three hits and three runs (two earned) in five innings of work. Quagliato earned his second save of the season as he worked the final 1.1 innings with one strikeout. Pellegrino finished 5-6 at the plate with three RBI and two runs scored while Tauber finished 3-5 with one run scored and one RBI. Tallent led the team with four RBI as he finished 2-5 at the plate with three runs scored.
Ramapo and William Paterson return to action tomorrow afternoon at Jeff Maund Field to complete the home-and-home NJAC series. First pitch is set for 3:30 PM.
