Box Score

(Atlantic City, NJ) – Richard Stockton (19-10, 7-6) opened up a 10-2 lead and held on to upset seventh-ranked College of New Jersey (23-6, 9-4 NJAC) 10-9 in an NJAC baseball game today. Jeff Lundell (Henderson, NV/Kentridge (WA)) went 3-4 with a double and two RBI while Scott Fisher (Toms River, NJ/TR East) was 3-4 with two runs and two RBI for the Ospreys. Stockton completed a sweep of the two-game season series that included a 6-3 win on April 7.

Winning pitcher Joe Mihalyi (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham) improved to 5-0 on the season, allowing six runs (three unearned) on eight hits with three strikeouts in 6.1 innings pitched. Jeff Toth (Parlin, NJ/War Memorial) went 4-5 including a two-run home run and Matt Barrett (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) was 2-4 with a two-run homer for College of New Jersey. Chris Esperon (Union, NJ/Union Catholic) also blasted a three-run home run for TCNJ.

Stockton scored three runs in the first inning, including a two-run double by Lundell, and the Ospreys added a two-run single by Fisher in the second frame for a 5-0 lead. TCNJ got on the board when Barrett hit a two-run homer to left field in the top of the third for a 5-2 score. Joe Sacerdote (Deptford, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) ripped a three-RBI double to cap a five-run outburst in the fourth inning that increased Stockton's lead to 10-2.

TCNJ roared back with seven runs, five unearned due to two Stockton errors, in the seventh frame to pull within 10-9. Toth slammed a two-run homer and Esperon slugged a three-run blast off the scoreboard in the inning. Stockton closer John O'Hara (Clayton, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) then pitched 2.1 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit to preserve the one-run lead and collect his school-record fifth save of the season in the 10-9 Stockton triumph.

Richard Stockton will travel to Montclair State for an NJAC doubleheader tomorrow at noon. The College of New Jersey will visit William Paterson tomorrow for an NJAC twinbill at noon.