Box Score CAMDEN, N.J. – The Rutgers University-Camden baseball team rallied from an early two-run deficit and went on to hand junior southpaw Ron Reagan (Blackwood, NJ/Highland Regional) his first win in a Scarlet Raptor uniform with a 5-2 non-conference win over Widener University here Wednesday.
Rutgers-Camden improves to 2-0, while Widener falls to 6-3.

Reagan, in his first year with the Rutgers-Camden program, worked four scoreless innings of two-hit ball in relief of sophomore starter Chris Scarlett (Galloway, NJ/Holy Spirit). Reagan walked one and struck out three after Scarlett departed with a 2-0 deficit despite allowing no earned runs in his five innings of work. He surrendered two hits and four walks, while striking out eight.

Widener scored its only runs in the second inning after senior first baseman Michael Riverso (Philadelphia, PA/Neumann-Goretti) reached on a leadoff error. With two outs, junior catcher Paul Shepherd (Secane, PA/Misericordia University) and freshman second baseman Justin Healey (Ocean City, NJ/West Chester University) drew back-to-back walks to load the bases. Senior centerfielder Sam Christie (Upper Darby, PA/Monsignor Bonner) grounded a single up the middle that was knocked down behind the bag by Raptor freshman shortstop Tim Holder (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic). Healy beat an attempted force at second, however, as two runs scored.

Those two runs held up for six innings behind the solid work of Pride starter Joe Santone (Blackwood, NJ/Gloucester Catholic). The sophomore righty worked 5.2 innings of four-hit shutout ball, striking out three and walking three.
In the seventh, however, the Scarlet Raptors broke through against senior Glenn Stanners (Brookhaven, PA/DelCo CC), the first of four Widener relievers. Holder opened the frame with a walk and scored on a double to right by freshman catcher Jon Theckston (Gloucester, NJ/Gloucester Catholic). After a walk to freshman third baseman Joe Brooks (Blackwood, NJ/Gloucester Catholic), Widener relieved Stanners with senior Colin Weiss (Red Hill, PA/Upper Perkiomen). Weiss immediately threw wild on a pickoff throw, advancing Brooks to second and scoring Theckston with the tying run. Sophomore second baseman Brett Tenuto (Audubon, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) followed with a single to center, scoring Brooks with the go-ahead run.

Rutgers-Camden ended up loading the bases on a hit batsman and a walk before the third Pride pitcher of the inning, sophomore Kevin Scisorek (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) limited the damage by working out of the jam on a fielder's choice and a strikeout.
The Scarlet Raptors tacked on two more runs in the eighth following a leadoff single by Holder. Theckston reached base on an error in right field and, one out later, Tenuto was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Freshman leftfielder Doug Carter (Union, NJ/Union) also was hit by a pitch, forcing in a run. The final run scored on a bases-loaded walk to senior rightfielder Adrian Gonzalez (Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken).

Seven different Raptors had one hit apiece, while Holder and Theckston both scored two runs.

Stanners (1-1) took the loss, working one-third of an inning and allowing one hit, two walks and three earned runs. He struck out one.

The Scarlet Raptors travel to the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational for spring break. Their first game will be Sunday at 1:30 in Auburndale, Florida, facing Amherst College.