CAMDEN, N.J. (March 10, 2026) – The Rutgers University-Camden baseball team had a banner day at the plate here Tuesday, and nobody had a better day than junior center fielder Jacob Watson.
 
Watson went 4-for-4 while hitting for the cycle in the first five innings as the Scarlet Raptors crushed Centenary College, 14-6. Rutgers-Camden ripped 18 hits, including four by Watson and sophomore shortstop Chris Smith, as it raised its record to 3-4. Watson went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs, while Smith went 4-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
 
Centenary falls to 1-6.
 
Watson tripled and scored a run in a three-run first inning, singled and scored in a six-run second inning and hit his first career home run to right field leading off the third inning. That shot gave Rutgers-Camden a 10-0 lead and the only suspense left was waiting on a potential cycle. The speedy leadoff man accomplished that feat in his next at bat, ripping a one-out double to right field in the fifth inning. It was the first cycle at Rutgers-Camden since Tyler Inkster accomplished the feat on April 16, 2003, against the school that was known as Richard Stockton College (now Stockton University) at the time.
 
Watson wasn't the only offensive force for the Scarlet Raptors. In the three-run first inning, junior second baseman Austin Dubler plated Watson with a single to put the Raptors on the board. Later that inning, sophomore third baseman Will Gural had a two-run double.
 
Rutgers-Camden's six-run second inning featured six hits, a hit batsman and two Cyclone errors. Smith had a two-run single in the frame
 
Rutgers-Camden added its final four runs in the sixth inning on two hit batsmen, a walk and two hits, including a two-run single by sophomore right fielder Gavin McCaffrey. McCaffrey finished the day 3-for-4 with one run and three RBIs.
 
All that offense was more than enough for freshman pitcher Anthony Alessandroni, who earned the win in his first collegiate appearance. Alessandroni worked the first six innings, allowing six hits and four runs (three earned), while walking one and striking out two.
 
In addition to Watson, Smith and McCaffrey, Dubler went 2-for-5 with one run and one RBI, while sophomore designated hitter Jake Slusarski went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. Dubler and Slusarski both extended their season-opening hitting streaks to seven games.
 
Rutgers-Camden returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Widener University at 6 p.m.