Camden, NJ – Stockton University (16-11, 4-3 NJAC), got back in the win column with a 6-1 victory over Rutgers-Camden (17-10, 3-4 NJAC) on Thursday afternoon. Antonio Gatti (Howell/Howell) led the 12-hit attack with three hits and two runs scored on the day.
 
Stockton scored all the runs they would need in the second inning with two outs. Gatti singled and scored on the first of two triples on the day for Nick Avagnano (Paramus/Paramus). Robbie Ford (Green Twp./Newton) scored Avagnano for the 2-0 lead.
 
In the third, it was another Gatti single and Avagnano triple pushing the lead to 3-0. The Scarlet Raptors scored their only run of the game in the bottom half of the inning before the Ospreys broke the game open with three more markers in the fifth frame.
 
Michael Antonucci (Manasquan/Manasquan) and Jordan Nitti (Hamilton/Steinert) singled. Consecutive RBI singles by Cooper Fiore (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove), Max Kaplan (Wall/Wall) and Gatti made it 6-1 in favor of the visitors.
 
That would be all the scoring, as Mike Schiattarella (Manahawkin/Southern Regional) tossed 6 innings, scattering five hits, and allowed one run while striking out six in earning his fifth win of the season.
 
Dylan Sakele (Rumson/Rumson-Fair Haven), Kyle Cipolla (Westwood/Westwood) and Reece Miller (Toms River/Toms River East) finished up tossing the final three scoreless innings allowing just one hit.
 
Kaplan and Avagnano added two hits each with Avagnano driving in a pair of runs, with Fiore extending his on-base streak to 16 straight games.
 
Jacob Watson had two of the six hits for Rutgers-Camden in the game.
 
Stockton will return home to play against the Scarlet Raptors tomorrow afternoon, to finish the home-and-home series. Game time is scheduled for 3:30 pm.