Rutgers baseball earned a 5-1 victory over Stony Brook in its midweek home opener. The Scarlet Knights’ home opener was originally scheduled for last Tuesday, March 3rd, against Georgetown, but that game was canceled due to inclement weather, leading to the athletic department adding this game instead and using it as the home opener.
The game would be a low-scoring affair throughout, as the pitchers on both sides put on good performances. However, it would be Rutgers’ bats that would break through in the end,
as they tallied four runs in the eighth inning to secure the Knights’ victory.
The seawolves only run of the day came in the third inning, meaning that Rutgers pitchers tallied eight scoreless innings in total and pitched six straight to seal the game. Henry Radbill started off the game on the mound for the Knights, pitching two scoreless innings before Jordan Saviñon pitched two scoreless innings of his own in the fourth and fifth. Andrew Rondini would close it out on the mound, pitching four scoreless innings to seal the win.
On the batting side of things, Charlie Meglio would score the game’s first run off a sacrifice fly to give the Knights an early one-run lead in the first inning. Stony Brook would tie up the score in the third, before the go-ahead run was scored off a balk in the eighth inning, and Trey Wells hit a deep fly ball to right field that dropped for a two-run triple. It was 5-1 after Yomar Carreras hit an RBI single. The Knights’ bats finished the game with seven hits total, compared to Stony Brook’s five.
Up next, the Knights are scheduled to have their first home series of the year, as they will welcome the Bryant Bulldogs to Piscataway. Game one of that series will be this Friday at 4 pm. Liver coverage for the game will be available on Big Ten Plus
