CAMDEN, N.J. (March 3, 2024) – The Rutgers University-Camden baseball team rolled up 27 hits and 23 runs as it swept a doubleheader against Rosemont College here Sunday by scores of 13-0 and 10-2.
 
The two wins lifted the Scarlet Raptors' record to 5-1 and extended their winning streak to four games. Rosemont fell to 0-6.
 
Rutgers-Camden returns to play Tuesday with a 3:30 p.m. game at sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins University.
   
The Scarlet Raptors rode the combined three-hit shutout pitching of three hurlers, while piling up 15 hits in the victory.
 
Senior Chase Cooper raised his record to 2-0 with five shutout innings, allowing three hits and collecting four strikeouts. Senior Dustin Bellis and freshman Cian Phillips both pitched one hitless inning, getting one and two strikeouts, respectively.
 
Offensively, Rutgers-Camden scored the only run Cooper needed in the opening inning when sophomore left fielder Jacob Watson was hit by a pitch, stole two bases and scored on a wild pitch.
 
The Raptors added a pair of runs in the third inning on an RBI single by junior first baseman Diego Salazar and a run-scoring error. They plated another two runs in the fourth on two walks, an infield single by Watson, an error and a pair of hit batsmen, with senior designated hitter Jack Murphy collecting an RBI after being hit with the bases loaded.
 
Rutgers-Camden put the game away in the fifth inning, sending 11 batters to the plate and scoring six runs. The frame included seven hits and one walk, with Watson collecting a two-run single and senior shortstop Billy Richards stroking a two-run double.
 
Three hits and a walk produced the Raptors' final two runs in the sixth inning.
 
Watson finished the game 2-for-4 with three runs, three RBIs and four stolen bases from the leadoff spot. Richards, batting second, went 2-for-3 with one run and two RBIs. Murphy went 2-for-2 with one run and two RBIs and senior second baseman Danny Vazquez went 2-for-2 with one run.
   
The Scarlet Raptors continued their offensive explosion in the second game, collecting 12 hits and five walks. Senior third baseman Ryan Nutley went 3-for-3 with one run, a double and three RBIs, while junior designated hitter Steven Shaffer had a double, and a three-run home run in three at bats. He scored two runs and drove home four, marking his second four-RBI game of the week.
 
The attack was more than enough for junior Ryan Rumsey, who worked five innings of seven-hit ball to even his record at 1-1. He allowed two runs – only one earned – and two walks, while striking out six. Freshmen Danny Torres Jr. and D.J. Juliano both worked one scoreless frame in their collegiate pitching debut.
 
The Scarlet Raptors scored three runs in the opening frame after starting the inning with back-to-back walks to Watson and junior first baseman Andrew Brown. One out later, Shaffer had an RBI double and Nutley hit a two-run single.
 
Nutley hit an RBI double in the third inning and the Raptors batted around in the fourth inning, sending 10 batters to the plate and scoring six times. Brown had a two-run single, Shaffer hit a three-run homer to center field and freshman right fielder Brandon Petrick collected his first collegiate RBI with his first collegiate double. His extra-base hit came one game after notching his first collegiate hit and scoring his first run in the opening game of the twinbill.
 
For the day, nine Raptors notched multiple hits, with Nutley leading the way with three. Murphy, Vazquez, Richards, Shaffer, Petrick, Watson, senior center fielder Auggie Uzdanovics and freshman catcher Julian Gonzalez had two hits apiece. Watson also scored five runs and went 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts, giving him eight steals for the season and tying for second place on the program's career list with 41 steals. Only six games into his sophomore season, he already is just 13 steals shy of tying the program's career stolen base record of 54, held by Josh Kastrava (1997-2000). His four steals in the opening game were only one shy of the single-game program record.