GALLOWAY, NJ – Rutgers-Newark managed just five hits against Richard Stockton junior Gage Mick to fall 4-0 in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game.

BOX SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY

The Scarlet Raiders (12-10, NJAC 2-2) suffered their second shutout loss of the season while the Opsreys (15-8, NJAC 3-1) completed a sweep of its regular-season series against Rutgers-Newark.

Raider sophomore leftfielder Owen Harshaney belted a ninth-inning double against Mick (3-1) to give him five doubles in five games this spring, but the Osprey right-hander posted a complete game win with nine strikeouts against five hits and just one walk.

Senior centerfielder Chris Ballester, sophomore rightfielder Jimmy Napolitano, sophomore shortstop Kevin Olah and freshman second baseman Andrew Nasti each singled for Rutgers-Newark.

Raider senior starter Connor Medler (3-4) was the loser, giving up three runs on eight hits while walking only one and striking out six in seven full innings of work.  Reliever Anthony Caravano gave up a run on two hits in the eighth.

The Ospreys got all of the runs that they would need in the second, scoring twice on four hits.  Designated hitter Marc Asta singled home what proved to be the winning run before scoring himself on a double by shortstop Shawn Kessler.

Stockton tacked on single runs in the seventh against Medler and eighth against Caravano to take the pressure off of Mick.

Rutgers-Newark visits The College of New Jersey at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for an NJAC doubleheader.