BOX SCORE
GAME PROGRAM/NOTES
JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Senior right fielder JORGE GUTIERREZ (Sewaren, NJ/Hudson Catholic), sophomore first baseman THOMAS LACIK (Edison, NJ/Bishop George Ahr) and sophomore left fielder ANDREW RIVERA (Edison, NJ/Edison) combined for 10 RBIs as the sixth, eighth and ninth batters in the lineup and New Jersey City University scored six runs in the first and third innings and opened a 16-2 margin before defeating Drew University, 16-5, in a non-conference game on Thursday at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex. The game was played on a cold, windy day with a light rain falling during periods of the contest.
NJCU (4-12) wins its first home game of the season while pounding out 18 hits, including 16 singles, without committing an error. Drew falls to 5-12-1. Seven different Gothic Knights had multiple hits in the win and NJCU utilized 17 players in the win.
Gutierrez was the high run–producer, batting 2-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs. Lacik was 3-for-4 with three RBIs, two runs and his first double of the season while Rivera, making only his third start of the year, provided three RBIs on a 2-for-5 showing.
Junior second baseman ROB GONZALEZ (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) collected two runs and two steals and batted 2-for-4 in a leadoff role, increasing his career hits total to 143—tying Sean Costello (1984-87) for eighth place in school history. Additionally, the two runs gives him 97 in his career, tying current head coach JONATHAN THOMAS (2001-04) for fourth place on the all-time charts.
Senior center fielder KEN WITTE (Wantage, NJ/High Point Regional) was 2-for-4 with two runs, two steals and two RBIs and sophomore third baseman BRIAN BUSTILLO (Jersey City, NJ/Hudson Catholic) added two runs and an RBI in a 3-for-5 performance.
Also for NJCU, junior catcher FRANCISCO RAMIREZ (Jersey City, NJ/Hudson Catholic) reached base all four times he made a plate appearance. He scored three times and was 2-for-2 with an RBI while walking twice.
On the mound, freshman right-hander #T.J. JANHO# (Somerset, NJ/Timothy Christian) was sharp and earned his first career win (1-1) by tossing a five-inning two-hitter. He allowed two runs and struck out two against four walks.
Senior righty WESTLEY LOPEZ (West New York, NJ/Memorial) pitched two solid innings in relief, allowing one run and two hits with two strikeouts and one walk. Rookie righty MATT DELBERT (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne) tossed the final two frames, striking out three while walking one, allowing two runs and three hits.
Drew had seven hits in the game—all singles. Freshman shortstop Pat Lydon (Cumberland, RI) was the only player with multiple hits, going 2-for-4 with two runs. Senior center/left fielder Coury Napier (Chester, CT) scored twice and walked three times in a leadoff role.
Senior left-hander Ben Lynch (Paramus, NJ/Paramus) took the loss (0-1) for the Rangers. He was knocked out of the game after being hit in the leg by a line drive after just two-thirds of an inning. In the first inning he allowed five runs and three hits with one strikeout and two walks. Drew used four pitchers in the game. Only senior righty Dan Blum (Cambridge, MA) pitched well, allowing just four hits with three Ks and one walk in 3.2 innings.
After Drew scored two quick runs following back-to-back walks to open the game, NJCU bounced back with six runs in the bottom of the first inning as 11 men came to the plate and the Knights pieced together a six-hit inning. Gonzalez walked, stole second and third and Ramirez doubled to drive in a run. A two-run single to left center by Gutierrez scored Fiorentino who had walked and Ramirez for a 3-2 lead. Gutierrez later scored on an error. Bustillo singled and scored on a bloop double by Lacik, before he came around with the sixth run on a Rivera RBI single up the middle.
NJCU added one run in the second inning when Witte led off with a four-pitch walk, stole second and third, and scored on an RBI groundout by Gutierrez.
In the third inning, NJCU cranked out six more runs for a 13-2 lead as 11 men batted again, and the Knights compiled six hits. Lacik and Gonzalez singled and Fiorentino walked to load the bases. Gonzalez scored on a balk before Witte singled home two more runs for a 9-2 margin. Gutierrez had an RBI single before Lacik capped the inning with a two-run single to right to score Gutierrez and Ramirez, who had walked.
NJCU tacked on three more runs in the fifth inning. Ramirez singled, moved to second on a walk and scored on an RBI single by Bustillo. Rivera slapped a two-RBI single to right center for the 15th and 16th runs of the game. Drew scored once in the seventh before bringing home a pair of runs in the ninth inning.
NJCU returns to the diamond for the beginning of New Jersey Athletic Conference competition on Saturday, April 2 at 11:30 a.m. against Rutgers-Newark in Jersey City. Drew hosts Juniata College that day at 1 p.m. in a Landmark Conference twinbill.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 | Jersey City, NJ
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Drew University (5-12-1)
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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2
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5
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7
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1
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New Jersey City University (4-12)
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6
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1
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6
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0
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3
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0
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0
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0
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X
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16
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18
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0
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