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AUBURNDALE, Fla. (March 19, 2014) – Senior righthander Tommy Potts (Bordentown, NJ/Bordentown) fired a four-hit shutout and the Rutgers University-Camden baseball team's 16-hit attack included four from freshman shortstop Tim Holder (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) as the Scarlet Raptors defeated Alfred State (NY), 10-0, in an eight-inning game at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational here Wednesday.

The Scarlet Raptors improve to 4-3 with their second straight win by double digits. They defeated Worcester State University, 13-2, on Tuesday.

The Pioneers fall to 0-12.

Potts allowed only four singles and one walk in collecting his eighth career win and second career shutout. He struck out five, hiking his career total to 127 and moving into 11th place on the program's all-time list. He passed Tom Ford, who had 124 strikeouts between 2003-06. The Scarlet Raptor offense, meanwhile, scored in every inning except the fourth and ended the game with a 10-run win when Holder singled home junior centerfielder Bobby Romano (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Holder went 4-for-5 with one run and two RBIs in the game, while Romano was 3-for-5 with three runs and one RBI. Both players added one of the five stolen bases the Raptors swiped in the game.

The Scarlet Raptors' 16-hit attack also included two hits apiece by freshman catcher Jon Theckston (Gloucester, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) and junior designated hitter Adam Bartholomew (Haddon Heights, NJ/Bishop Eustace Prep).

Rutgers-Camden scored the only run Potts needed in the bottom of the first after sophomore third baseman Brett Tenuto (Audubon, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) drew a leadoff walk, stole second and advanced to third on an infield out. He scored on a sacrifice fly by senior rightfielder Adrian Gonzalez (Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken).

Two runs scored in the second on a RBI single by Holder and a run-scoring double by freshman second baseman Joe Brooks (Blackwood, NJ/Gloucester Catholic). The inning opened with a double by Bartholomew and a single by Romano, who both ended up scoring.

In the third, four hits and an error produced three more runs. Two came home on a single by Theckston, while Romano also singled home a run.

Gonzalez doubled home a run in the fifth, giving him seven RBIs in two days. He had five RBIs, including a grand slam, in the win over Worcester State.

In the sixth, junior first baseman Connor Hall (Delran, NJ/Delran) tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bartholomew. The Raptors added a run in the seventh when Brooks walked, advanced to third on a pair of wild pitches and scored on a ground out by freshman leftfielder Doug Carter (Union, NJ/Union). They ended the contest on Holder's RBI single in the eighth.

Rutgers-Camden returns to action Thursday at 11 a.m. in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational with a game in Winter Haven. The Scarlet Raptors face Washington & Jefferson College of Washington, Pennsylvania.