Gavin Cunard returns to the Scarlet Raptors after missing the 2025 season. Cunard has compiled a 7-3 record and five saves during his two seasons with the Rutgers-Camden baseball program. He is tied for fifth place on the program’s career list for saves.
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Cunard has worked 42 innings in his Scarlet Raptor career, posting a 3.43 ERA and holding opponents to a .229 batting average. He has walked 18 and struck out 41 in 27 career relief appearances.
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Baseball 2025: Did not play.
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Baseball 2024: Made 12 relief appearances and pitched 15 innings…Allowed 12 hits, six earned runs and seven walks, while striking out 13…Posted a 2-1 record and a team-leading three saves…Posted his first win of the season with two innings during a 3-2 victory over Ripon (March 10), allowing one hit and one earned run, while striking out two…Registered a save in 2-1/3 innings of a 5-4 win over New Jersey City (March 30), allowing one hit, three walks and one earned run, while notching three strikeouts…Earned the win in a 6-5 victory over Kean (April 6), pitching two scoreless innings, while allowing one hit and one walk and striking out one…Took the loss in a 4-3 defeat against Ramapo (April 20), allowing one hit and one earned run in one inning, while fanning one…Saved the Raptors’ 3-2 win over Wilson (April 22) with one scoreless inning, allowing one hit and striking out one…Also saved a 3-2 victory over Montclair State (April 25), working one inning and allowing one hit and one earned run…Hurled shutout ball in six of his 12 appearances and never allowed more than one run.
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Baseball 2023: New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie Pitcher of the Week March 6,  April 3 and April 10…Named Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week on April 10…Pitched in 15 games out of the bullpen, earning two saves and sporting a 5-2 record in 27 innings…Posted a 3.33 ERA and had 11 walks and 28 strikeouts…Held opponents to a .223 batting average, including a .200 average (18-for-90) for right-handed hitters…Made an impressive collegiate debut with a scoreless inning against Delaware Valley (Feb. 23), allowing just one hit while striking out the side…In his second outing, against FDU-Florham (March 4), hurled two shutout, no-hit innings, while striking out three…Suffered his first loss at Susquehanna, working 2-1/3 innings and allowing three hits, four walks and two runs (one earned), while fanning four…Earned his first collegiate win with a stellar 3-2/3 one-hit shutout innings, walking two and striking out three, as the Raptors rallied for a 5-3 win over Swarthmore (March 21)…He helped his own cause in the game with a ninth-inning pickoff…Beat Kean (April 1, Game One) with 3-1/3 shutout innings in relief, allowing two hits and striking out three…Earned a win over Keystone (April 4), allowing one hit and one earned run in two innings, while fanning two…Raised his record to 4-1 with two shutout innings against Rutgers-Newark (April 7), allowing two hits and striking out one, while adding his season high of three assists…Notched his first save with two shutout innings at Ramapo (April 8, Game Two), striking out one and allowing two hits and one walk in a 3-1 victory…Notched his second save with one shutout inning, walking one and striking out two, in an 8-5 victory over New Jersey City (April 16, Game Two)…Earned a win over nationally-ranked Rowan (April 21) with two shutout innings, allowing only one hit…Took the loss against William Paterson (April 22, Game Two) by allowing two hits, three walks and five runs (only three earned) in one inning, while adding one strikeout…Made his final appearance against Montclair State (May 2, Game One), hurling 2-2/3 shutout innings, allowing one hit and collecting three strikeouts.
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High School: Baseball letterman at Clearview Regional High School…Graduated in 2022.
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Personal: Born February 11, 2004…Hobbies include studying war history and watching war documentaries…History major at Rutgers-Camden…Gavin is the son of Gene and Linda Cunard of Mullica Hill.
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