Camden, N.J. (5/3/24) – The Kean University baseball team advanced in the NJAC Tournament, defeating #1 Stockton University, 4-2 on Friday afternoon at Rutgers-Camden.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Both teams exchanged single runs in the first inning as Tony Gatti led off the game with a triple. He would later score on a groundout from Jordan Nitti.
Kean evened things up as Christian Pellone launched his third homerun of the season.
In the back-and-forth affair, the Ospreys went up 2-1 in the third as Cooper Fiore knocked in Russell Halvorsen with an RBI single.
Pellone started off the bottom of the same inning with a double and Tyler Stone traded places with him to even the score at two-all.
The Cougars took their first lead of the day in the sixth as Justin Teixeira led off with a single and moved to third on a single from Gianni Marano. Caleb Rodriguez recorded a sacrifice and put Kean ahead, 3-2.
Kean added to their lead in the seventh as Pellone registered a leadoff single and scored two batters later on a double from Phil Marcantonio.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
Rob Salvatore tossed a complete game improving to 6-1 on the season. He allowed eight hits, no walks and struck out three.
Offensively Pellone was 3-for-4 with three runs scored, a double, homer and an RBI.
Teixeira and Marano each had two hits.
For the Ospreys, Gatti collected three hits from the leadoff position.
UP NEXT:
Kean waits to find out their opponent and game time for Saturday's matchup dependent on game five of the tournament.
Stockton is eliminated from the tournament with two losses.
