MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (March 16, 2017) – Sophomore Anthony Rosoline threw a complete-game to lead the Rutgers University-Newark baseball team to its third-straight win Thursday as the Scarlet Raiders defeated Wells College, 8-2.
 
Rutgers-Newark improves to 6-3 overall and 3-1 on its Spring Break trip. R-N will play a pair of doubleheaders Friday and Saturday against Alfred State College before returning to New Jersey. Friday's twinbill is slated for a 3 p.m. start, and the two teams will start play at 9 a.m. Saturday. Live stats will be available via links at www.rutgersnewarkathletics.com for each contest. Wells drops to 0-3 on the season.
 
Rosoline went the distance, allowing just two earned runs. He scattered six hits and struck out four, hitting two batters but walking none. The second-year Raider is now 2-0 on the season with a 2.42 earned-run average.
 
"Anthony Continues to pitch very well," said Head Coach Mark Rizzi. "He threw just 85 pitches and didn't walk a batter. When he is on the mound, the team is very confident we will win."
 
Rosline retired the first six batters he faced, and induced a double-play grounders in the third and fourth frames to keep the Express scoreless.
 
Junior Brian Boulineau scored the first Scarlet Raider run of the game in the third, crossing the plate on a run-scoring groundout freshman JC Ball.
 
Two more runs in the fourth – one coming on a wild pitch and the other thanks to a single from junior Justin Marks – had the Raiders off to a 3-0 advantage, and three more tallies in the fifth broke the game open. Junior Anthony Perconte delivered the big blow in the form of a three-run double, driving in sophomore Ryan Zucker (1B), senior Josh Cote (1B) and junior Ross Halkias (BB).
 
Boulineau tripled in junior Adam Tricarico who led off the inning sixth inning with a single, and Cote came through with a two-out hit to bring around Boulineau, closing out the scoring for Rutgers-Newark.
 
After giving up two runs in the seventh, Rosoline sent down the side in order in the eighth and worked around a one-out single in the ninth to clinch the triumph.
 
The Rutgers-Newark offense pounded out 10 hits in the game. Cote went 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored, and Zucker was 2-for-5 with a run. Perconte was 1-for-2 with three RBI and a walk, while Boulineau was 1-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a walk. Tricarico, Marks and Ball all had a hit and a run batted in.
 
"We have been getting contributions from a lot of players," added Rizzi. "Our lineup, regardless of who is in it, is very balanced. Our defense over the past few days has improved tremendously as well. We have a tough two days left on the trip with two doubleheaders, and you can sense the excitement and focus to finish the week strong."
 
Notes:
-With the three hits Thursday, Josh Cote is now hitting .438 this season.
-The Rutgers-Newark pitching staff has a 3.79 combined earned-run average.
-The Scarlet Raider offense has scored eight runs or more in five games this season – 55 percent.