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CLAREMONT, CA – Junior third baseman Nick Gencarelli's 3-run homer in the top of the seventh lifted Rutgers University-Newark to an 8-6 win over Wesleyan University on the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball field after the Cardinals took a darkness-delayed 6-5 win in the 12th inning to open the day.

Gencarelli's 2-out home run to left field staked the Scarlet Raiders (2-6) to a 7-5 lead and made a winner of senior righthander Jonathan Dominguez (1-0) who struck out two and walked no one while yielding four earned runs over six full innings of starting duty.

Junior designated hitter Michael Murray drove in three runs with a 2-run double to cap a 3-run Raider outburst in the third and a sacrifice fly in the fifth.

Senior shortstop Kevin Olah and sophomore leftfielder Cameron Dias each went two for four with an RBI and a run scored in the Raiders' 10-hit attack.  Senior first baseman Vin Troisi ignited the third inning rally with a 1-out double and scored his second run of the game after drawing a lead-off walk in the fifth.

After Wesleyan (5-3) sliced the Raider lead to a run on an RBI single by junior first baseman Sam Goodwin-Boyd against reliever Billy Taylor in the bottom of the seventh, junior Andrew Nasti came on to get a strikeout and a fly ball to right field to end the threat.

Rookie lefthander Rafael Totesautt retired the last six Cardinal batters in order – striking out four to nail down his first career save.

Senior rightfielder Jimmy Napolitano added an insurance run for the Raiders in the ninth by doubling to right center field before scoring on a 2-out single by Dias.

Sophomore shortstop Guy Davidson keyed Wesleyan's attack with a 2-run double in the 3-run fourth and an RBI single in the sixth.  Junior second baseman Andrew Yin, freshman rightfielder Ellis Schaefer and junior leftfielder Jonathan Dennett had two hits apiece for the Cardinals.

The Raider win came after back-to-back 1-run losses in the 2-day series.

IN THE FIRST DECISION of the day, the Raiders stranded the tying run at third base after 2-out solo home run by Dennett proved to be the game-winning hit in the 12-inning marathon which stretched across two days and two ball fields.

The teams played to a 5-5 tie through 10 innings on Saturday on Pomona-Pitzer's ball field before the game was suspended because of darkness.  Play resumed at noon at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.

Wesleyan sophomore righthander Gavin Pittore worked both Sunday innings to get the win, but not without some sweat.

In the bottom of the 12th, Olah and Napolitano gave the Raiders runners on the corners with back-to-back singles before Pittore struck out pinch hitter Chris Schultz to end the game.

Napolitano was the hard-luck loser, yielding only Dennett's home run over the final three innings while striking out one and walking two.

Napolitano and Olah each collected three hits with a double and a run scored in the marathon to lead the Raiders' 11-hit attack.  Napolitano drove in three runs with an RBI single in the seventh inning and a 2-run double in the eighth on Saturday to force extra innings.

Rutgers-Newark takes a break from competition on Monday before visiting University of Redlands (8-14) on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. (PDT) for a single game.