CAMDEN, N.J. (April 13, 2023) – Senior righthander Mike Schiattarella hurled six innings to lead the Stockton University baseball team past Rutgers University-Camden, 6-1, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game here Thursday.
 
The victory lifted Stockton to 16-11 overall and 4-3 in the NJAC, while Rutgers-Camden fell to 17-10 and 3-4.
 
Rutgers-Camden and Stockton complete their home-and-home NJAC series on Friday in Galloway, beginning at 3:30 p.m.
 
Schiattarella, the first of four Stockton pitchers, worked six innings of five-hit ball, allowing six walks and one earned run. He struck out three and raised his record to 5-2.
 
The Ospreys scored all the runs he needed in a two-run second inning after freshman right fielder Antonio Gatti kept the inning alive by barely beating out a two-out high chopper to third base. Freshman first baseman Nick Avagnano followed with the first of his two triples on the day, driving home Gatti. Sophomore second baseman Robbie Ford tacked on an RBI single against Scarlet Raptor senior starter John Kasper.
 
The Ospreys added another run in the top of the fourth when Gatti had another two-out single and scored on Avagnano's triple to center field.
 
Rutgers-Camden plated its only run in the bottom of the fourth after a leadoff walk to sophomore third baseman Andrew Brown. With one out, junior center fielder Auggie Uzdanovics singled Brown to second and they both advanced on a wild pitch. Sophomore first baseman Diego Salazar placed Brown with a sacrifice fly to center.
 
Stockton finished its scoring in a five-hit, three-run fifth inning, which featured RBI singles by freshman catcher Cooper Fiore, sophomore designated hitter Max Kaplan and Gatti.
 
Kasper (0-3) took the loss, working seven innings and allowing 10 hits and six earned runs. He struck out two. Junior Chase Cooper worked 1.2 scoreless innings in relief, allowing two hits and one walk, while striking out two. Junior Dustin Bellis retired the only batter he faced in the top of the ninth inning on a ground out.
 
Gatti went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI to lead the 12-hit Stockton attack.
 
Freshman right fielder Jacob Watson went 2-for-2 with three walks for the Scarlet Raptors, hiking his team-leading walk total to 23. Brown, who scored the lone Raptor run, walked twice to increase his season total to 22.