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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (March 11, 2018) – The Rutgers University-Newark baseball team improved to 4-3 on the 2018 season with a thrilling 6-4 10-inning win Saturday at Occidental College in Los Angeles.
 
Senior Adam Tricarico singled with one out in the 10th, moved to second on a groundout and came around to score on a big-time double off the bat of senior Anthony Perconte with two outs. Junior Luke Magliaro followed with a double of his own to plate Perconte for some insurance, and sophomore hurler Michael Katims struck out two in a perfect final inning of work to lock up the victory.
 
The hosts scored the first three runs of the game, plating a pair in the first and one more in the second. Rutgers-Newark broke through in the top half of the third inning when senior Brian Boulineau belted a two-run home run with one out. Junior Ryan Zucker – who was hit by a pitch earlier in the inning – crossed home on the Boulineau bomb which was his first of the season.
 
Scarlet Raider starter Jason Palmeri settled down after a rocky start to go five innings. Palmeri struck out five and walked three. Reliever Casey Hanley followed with two innings of work, giving up one run and one hit.
 
Rutgers-Newark tied the game in the top half of the fifth when sophomore Connor Clare singled in Zucker who had reached on an error earlier in the inning.
 
The Scarlet Raiders pulled in front in the eighth inning. Tricarico set the table with a leadoff double, and an infield single from Dominic Magliaro put runners at the corners. Perconte came through with an RBI fielder's choice, giving Rutgers-Newark a 4-3 lead. However, Newark's lead was short lived as the Tigers pulled even with a run in the bottom of the eighth, setting the stage for extras.
 
Rutgers-Newark racked up 11 hits in the game, getting two apiece from Dominic Magliaro, Luke Magliaro and Tricarico. Boulineau drove in two with his two-run shot in the third, and Perconte went 1-for-5 with two RBI, one run and one stolen base.
 
Katims did sterling work on the hill after Hanley, going the final three innings. He struck out four and allowed nary a run or a hit to pick up his first win of the season.

Rutgers-Newark returns to the diamond Monday at 2:30 p.m. (Pacific) at Cal-Lutheran.