San Antonio, Texas (3/6/26) – The #7 Kean University baseball team broke out early and hung on to top #1 Trinity University in game one of a three-game set on Friday evening by a 6-5 final.
The Cougars (6-2-1) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second as Jude Clough, Tyler Stone and John Chiusano loaded the bases with no outs on a walk and two hit batsmen. Santino Czarecki lofted a sac fly to get the scoring going and Stone later scored on a stolen base. Mike Colonnello rounded out the scoring with an RBI sac.
Trinity (5-4) got within one with four singles in the third inning.
The score would remain that way until the seventh when the Cougars plated three more. Stone registered an RBI groundout while pinch-hitter Michael Simone collected an RBI single. Simone later swiped home as Kean led, 6-2.
The Tigers again got within one with a single swing in the eighth inning as John Ramsey lined a three-run homer to left.
Noah Rivera nailed down the save striking out the side in the ninth.
Anthony Marano earned his first win of the season after tossing five innings allowing two runs on nine hits. He walked two and struck out three.
The two teams will square off again on Saturday at 2 p.m. local time.
