REDLANDS, Calif. (March 16, 2018) – The Rutgers University-Newark baseball team battled an excellent University of Redlands squad Friday but ended up falling short by a 4-1 final.
 
Rutgers-Newark drops to 5-6 on the season, while the nationally-ranked Bulldogs improve to a sterling 16-5. Newark returns to the diamond Saturday at the University of La Verne looking to get back to .500.
 
Scarlet Raider senior starter Mike Zibrin was excellent for Rutgers-Newark, giving up one earned run – two total – in 5.1 innings of work. The veteran struck out four and walked one, scattering four hits.
 
Redlands took a 2-0 lead in the sixth, scoring two runs on two hits and one error. Rutgers-Newark responded with one run in the seventh, getting an RBI double from veteran Ross Halkias after senior Justin Marks singled to lead off the inning.
 
Offensively, that would be it for the Scarlet Raiders, and the Bulldogs were able to tack on two insurance scores in the eighth.
 
Marks and Halkias each had two hits to lead the Rutgers-Newark offense, with Marks scoring one run and Halkias driving in a marker. Junior Dominic Magliaro accounted for the other Rutgers-Newark hit, and junior Ryan Zucker drew an impressive three walks.