JERSEY CITY, N.J. (April 16, 2022) – The Rutgers University-Camden baseball team watched New Jersey City University scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the second game of a doubleheader into extra innings and then force home the winning run with a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning here Saturday.
 
That frustrating ending left the Scarlet Raptors with a split of their New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader. Rutgers-Camden won the opener, 8-6, before losing the 10-inning nightcap, 6-5.
 
The split leaves the Raptors with a 17-13 record overall and a 4-6 NJAC mark. NJCU is 9-20 overall and 1-9 in the conference.
 
The Scarlet Raptors play a non-conference game at Arcadia University Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
   
Trailing, 5-4, the Scarlet Raptors scored four runs in the seventh inning and hung on for the win in the opener. That big inning featured two hits, two errors and a hit batsman. Junior second baseman Danny Vazquez started the rally with a leadoff single and advanced to second on a throwing error by the NJCU catcher. One out later, he scored when freshman right fielder Frankie Romond reached on an error. Romond stole second and junior first baseman Jack Murphy was hit by a pitch. Both runners rode home on a three-run home run from junior catcher Jake Guglielmi.
 
Romond and Guglielmi both went 2-for-4 in the game, with Guglielmi scoring twice and driving home three runs. Sophomore left fielder Dustin Bellis went 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
 
Senior Ethan Pritchett hiked his record to 3-0 with 4.1 strong relief innings. He allowed three hits and one run, while striking out 10 batters.
   
The Scarlet Raptors held a 5-3 lead going to the bottom of the ninth inning and were one out away from the sweep after turning a double play. A single and a walk extended the inning before sophomore shortstop Justin Moreno tied the game with a two-run triple to right center.
 
In the bottom of the 10th, a single, a wild pitch, an intentional walk and an infield single loaded the bases with no outs. Following a shallow fly to right field, freshman catcher/right fielder Nick Vaughn drew a walk to plate the winning run.
 
Romond and Murphy had two hits apiece for the Scarlet Raptors. Romond finished his red-hot week going 14-for-24 (.583).
 
Sophomore center fielder Auggie Uzdanovics collected one hit in each game to extend his current hitting streak to 10 games.