STOCKTON DOMINATES RUTGERS-CAMDEN 14-5

Shawn Kessler

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Richard Stockton (17-13, 5-6 NJAC) scored at least three runs in an inning three times and pulled away from Rutgers-Camden (12-19, 3-8) for a 14-5 NJAC victory.

Shawn Kessler (Bayville/Central Regional) led Stockton with three hits, including a double, and three RBI.

Justin Gordon (Brick/Brick Memorial) went 2-3 with a double, two runs and two RBI while Travis Marra (Toms River/TR East) was 2-4 with a double, run and an RBI. Marra extended his current hitting streak to nine games.

Dan McGuckin (Sicklerville/Winslow Twp.) contributed two hits, two stolen bases and three runs. Barry Larro (Cedarville/Cumberland) also knocked two of Stockton’s 15 hits.

Rutgers-Camden took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Albert Rivera led off with a single then scored on an error. Bruce Monro added an RBI single for the Scarlet Raptors.

Stockton seized control of the game with six runs on six hits and two errors in the bottom of the first. Marra, Gordon, Kessler and Mike Wasco (Riverside/Riverside) all stroked RBI singles during the scoring spree. The Ospreys increased the lead to 7-2 on an RBI single by Marc Asta (Jackson/Jackson Memorial) in the second inning.

Stockton put the game out of reach with three runs in the fourth frame as Gordon doubled in a run and then Kessler doubled in two more for a 10-2 advantage. Rutgers-Camden closed the gap to 10-5 on a two-run double by C.J. Mooney in the sixth inning and a groundout by Rivera that produced an RBI in the seventh.

The Ospreys capped the 14-5 win with four runs in the bottom of the eighth. Chris Wedding (Toms River/TR East) started the outburst with an RBI single. A pinch-hit single by Mike Ficarro (Elmira, NY/ Elmira) drove in two runs and Larro ended the four-run inning with a sacrifice fly to set the final score.

Stockton lefty Bryan Frank (Toms River/TR East) allowed five runs (one unearned) on nine hits with three strikeouts in six innings of work to improve to 4-2. For Rutgers-Camden, Mooney went 2-4 with a double and two RBI, Rivera was 2-4 with a run and an RBI, Joe Merlino notched two hits and two runs, and Jon Siswo tallied two hits. Siswo boosted his hitting streak to 10 games.