Camden, NJ – Stockton University (7-22, 3-8 NJAC) returned to NJAC play but fell to Rutgers-Camden (15-16, 7-4 NJAC) by a score of 19-9 on Thursday afternoon.
 
For Stockton:
Freshman Jimmy Casey (Newtown, PA/Archbishop Wood) continued his outstanding rookie season with three hits and four RBI. He extended his hitting streak to seven straight games.
 
Dom Vizzoni (Trenton/Notre Dame) had two hits, two runs scored and three RBI.
 
Colin McGeehan (Matawan/Matawan), the fourth pitched of the day, tossed 1.2 scoreless innings.
 
How it Happened:
The Scarlet Raptors scored the first two runs of the game, before Stockton responded with a pair in the top of the third inning. Russell Halvorsen (Howell/Howell) doubled and was sacrificed to third. Vizzoni knocked him in to make it 2-1.
 
After a sacrifice moved Vizzoni into scoring position, Casey picked up his first RBI of the day to knot the game at 2-2.
 
Rutgers-Camden then reeled off the next 17 runs to take a commanding 19-2 lead heading to the final frame.
 
The Ospreys showed some fight as they tallied seven runs on just three hits in the stanza. Matthew McCloskey (Cinnaminson/Cinnaminson) hit a sacrifice fly to plate one run, Logan Madison (Warminster, PA/Warminster) walked to drive in the second run, then Vizzoni singled for two more RBI.
 
With the bases loaded, Casey cleared the deck with a double, but that was all for the Ospreys in the 19-9 loss.
 
For Rutgers-Camden:
Jacob Watson, Ryan Joseph, and Michael McGinley all had three hits each in the 18-hit attack. Watson also had three RBI in the contest.
 
Austin Wokock earned his fifth win of the season, pitching 7.0 innings with five strikeouts.
 
Next Game:
Stockton will play the second game of the home-and-home with Rutgers-Camden tomorrow afternoon in Galloway. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 pm.