| Baseball 3/29/08 | ||
| New Jersey City 11, Stockton 8 Stockton 5, New Jersey City 4 (10 innings) | ||
The Stockton baseball team split an NJAC home double-header against New Jersey City. The Ospreys dropped the opener 11-8 but rallied to win the nightcap 5-4 in 10 innings and earn a split of the twinbill. Scott Fisher (Toms River/ TR East) went 5-9 with a double and RBI in the two games. New Jersey City scored five runs in the first inning and increased its lead to 7-1 after an inning-and-a-half in game one. Stockton rallied to within 7-6, but NJCU scored three runs in the top of the sixth for a 10-6 advantage, and the Gothic Knights prevailed 11-8. For Stockton, Joe Sacerdote (Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) went 3-5 with a double and Pat Goodwin (Mays Landing/ Holy Spirit) was 2-3 including a solo home run in the first inning.
In the nightcap, Fisher ripped a walk-off RBI double in the tenth inning to complete Stockton’s comeback for a 5-4 win. Fisher delivered Goodwin with the winning run after Goodwin led off with a walk and stole second base. Earlier, the Ospreys trailed 4-2 before tying the game 4-4 on a two-run single by Fisher in the bottom of the eighth. Fisher finished 3-4 with three RBI and Matt Allen (Salem/Woodstown) was 2-5 at the plate for Stockton. |
