Box Score

CAMDEN, N.J. (April 5, 2018) – Rutgers University-Camden junior righty Ian Scheidemann (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) turned in another outstanding pitching performance here Thursday as he hurled a five-hitter at nationally-ranked The College of New Jersey, striking out 11, to lead the Scarlet Raptors to a 3-1 victory in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game.
 
Rutgers-Camden improved to 11-5 overall and 3-0 in the NJAC with its seventh straight win. TCNJ, which is ranked No. 10 in the ABCA/Collegiate Baseball Top 30 and No. 14 in the NCBWA/D3baseball.com division III poll, saw its 11-game winning streak come to an end. The Lions are 12-3 overall and 2-1 in the NJAC.
 
The teams will complete their home-and-home NJAC series Friday with a 3:30 p.m. game at TCNJ.
 
Scheidemann, who was named the NJAC's Pitcher of the Week on Monday, nearly recorded his second straight NJAC shutout. He entered the ninth inning with a 3-0 lead, while working on a three-hitter, before the Lions loaded the bases on an infield single, a walk and a hard smash that took a horrible hop off first baseman John DeSantis (Southampton, NJ/Seneca) for an infield single. Scheidemann nearly wiggled out of the jam, getting a strikeout and a shallow fly to right field, before he walked Lions first baseman Tommy McCarthy to force home a run. He ended the TCNJ threat, and the game, with a fly to center.
 
Scheidemann (4-0), pictured above during Thursday's gem, finished with a five-hitter, allowing one earned run and two walks. He recorded his second straight 11-strikeout game against a NJAC opponent. The first came on Saturday in a two-hit shutout over William Paterson University, 2-0.
 
Rutgers-Camden, meanwhile, collected 12 hits off TCNJ sophomore Michael Walley, who also hurled a complete game, walking three and striking out four. Walley's record dropped to 2-1 as he allowed three earned runs and worked out of several jams to strand nine runners on base.
 
After escaping from a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning when McCarthy's stellar diving catch at first base robbed junior second baseman Chris Jones (Washington Township, NJ/Bishop Eustace Prep) of a hit and turned it into an inning-ending double play, Walley surrendered a run in the second inning. Raptor sophomore shortstop Nolan Gerold (Merchantville, NJ/Camden Catholic) opened the frame with a double to right field. Senior right fielder Brandon Cornelius (Sicklerville, NJ/Timber Creek) followed with a bunt single, placing runners at the corners. Sophomore designated hitter Matt Yanick (Palmyra, NJ/Palmyra) started his big day at the plate with a sacrifice fly to center field.
 
The Raptors added another run in the sixth, sparked by a leadoff single from Gerold. He advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on Yanick's single to left center.
 
Yanick struck again for the Raptors' final run in the eighth inning. Cornelius hit a two-out single, stole second and scored on Yanick's single to left field. For the game, Yanick went 3-for-3 with three RBIs.
 
Freshman first baseman R.J. Concepcion (Audubon, NJ/Audubon) also had three hits for the Raptors, going 3-for-4, including a double. Gerold and Cornelius both went 2-for-4, with Gerold scoring two runs and Cornelius scoring once.
 
Sophomore catcher Tyler Travis (Berlin, NJ/Eastern Regional) went 0-for-2 with two walks, snapping his season-opening 15-game hitting streak.