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NEWARK, NJ – Rutgers-Newark could not silence Richard Stockton's bats in a New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader in Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, falling 6-3 and 16-7.

IN GAME TWO, the Scarlet Raiders (8-26, NJAC 3-11) led 6-3 after a four-run explosion in the fifth highlighted by a two-run double by senior first baseman Ryan Maloney and an RBI double by sophomore catcher Dan Lopez. But the Ospreys (20-14, NJAC 8-6) scored in each their last five innings while piling up 21 hits against five Rutgers-Newark pitchers.

Losing pitcher Matt Larangera (1-2), junior rightfielder Jimmy Napolitano and freshman leftfielder Michael Murray notched two hits apiece to pace a 12-hit attack.

Nine Stockton players had multiple hits led by sophomore shortstop Mark Jankowski and senior leftfielder Barry Larro with three apiece.  The Ospreys piled up seven extra-base hits with five doubles, a triple by senior first baseman Shawn Kessler and a solo home run by sophomore catcher Andy Oliver.

IN THE OPENER, a four-run third outburst against Raider junior starter Michael Garcia (2-6) proved fatal.  The runs boosted the Ospreys into a 6-1 lead before senior relievers Tyler Kwiatek and Ryan Staub blanked the visitors on just five hits the rest of the way.

Murray hammered lead-off homer over the right field wall in the fourth inning, but Rutgers-Newark would not get on the board again after trimmed its deficit to three.

Junior catcher Steve Tamayo singled home a run in the second for the Raiders.  Singles by Napolitano and sophomore designated hitter Graham Commesso produced a run in the bottom of the third.

Junior righthander Brendan Stout (6-2) throttled the Raiders on seven hits while striking out seven and walking just one over eight innings before turning the game over to junior closer Brandon Trainer who earned his second save of the season with a shutout ninth inning.

Rutgers-Newark slipped into the NJAC cellar with the losses while Stockton kept alive its hopes of gaining one of the six conference championship playoff spots entering the final week of the regular season.

Rutgers-Newark visits Misericordia on Tuesday for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference clash before closing out its season with four NJAC games.

The Raiders play at Rutgers-Camden on Wednessday at 6 p.m. before hosting the Scarlet Raptors on Senior Night at the stadium at 6 p.m. on Friday. A doubleheader at William Paterson on Saturday completes the regular season.