CAMDEN, N.J. (April 29, 2022) – The College of New Jersey baseball team showed off a powerful offense in a win over Rutgers University-Camden Thursday in Ewing.
 
The Lions kept on hitting Friday, but pitchers Jackson Malouf and Michael Silver also combined on a two-hit shutout as TCNJ completed its home-and-home New Jersey Athletic Conference sweep with a 7-0 victory in Camden.
 
TCNJ improved to 18-15 overall and evened its conference record at 8-8. Rutgers-Camden fell to 17-21 with is ninth straight loss. The Scarlet Raptors fell to 4-12 in NJAC play.
 
One day after collecting 25 hits in a 28-6 victory over the Scarlet Raptors, the Lions notched seven runs off of 10 hits, including a few infield hits. It was the pitching of Malouf, however, that was the story as the freshman southpaw allowed only a pair of singles by Raptor freshman right fielder Francisco Andino, one in the third inning and one in the sixth. The only other Raptors to reach base did so on the three walks he allowed over seven innings. Malouf (3-2) walked junior catcher Jake Guglielmi in both the second and seventh innings and issued a base on balls to sophomore center fielder Auggie Uzdanovics in the third. He struck out five.
 
Silver hurled the last two innings, allowing only a ninth-inning walk to freshman third baseman Andrew Brown.
 
Rutgers-Camden sophomore starter Nick Diaz (1-3) also pitched well, but allowed an unearned run in the third inning and four unearned runs in the sixth. The only earned runs off Diaz came in the fifth on three hits, including a two-run single by senior right fielder Joey Cruciata. In the sixth, a two-out infield error opened the door for the four unearned runs. Diaz finished working seven innings, allowing eight hits and striking out three. Five of his seven runs were unearned.
 
Cruciata collected three of the Lions' 10 hits.
 
Rutgers-Camden closes its season Saturday, hosting a NJAC doubleheader against Montclair State University, beginning at 2 p.m. Between games the Scarlet Raptors will celebrate Senior Day for Stephen Brady, Nick Listro, Ethan Pritchett and Garrett Warner.