EWING, N.J. – The No. 11 TCNJ baseball team broke open a close game with an eight-run fifth inning to defeat Farmingdale State, 10-1, Tuesday afternoon at George Ackerman Park in non-conference action. Danny Borup went 4-for-5, and Jacob Simon recorded his 1ooth career hit. The loss for Farmingdale State snapped its 13-game winning streak.
 
Simon scored in the first inning on Tommy McCarthy's fielder's choice, and McCarthy doubled home David Cardona III in the third inning to make it 2-0 TCNJ. Both McCarthy and Cardona finished with three hits each. McCarthy drove home three runs.
 
After a leadoff double for Farmingdale State (20-6) in the top of the fourth, the Rams had a chance to score with two outs until Matt Giacose made a great diving catch on a sinking liner to center, snatching the ball just inches from the grass. That held starter Tom Kelly's shutout intact. Kelly pitched six innings, allowing just three hits while fanning seven.
 
TCNJ (18-3) broke the game wide open in the bottom of the fifth. The first five batters of the inning recorded hits. Simon's 100^th career hit came in that span, doubling to right to score Borup to make it 3-0. McCarthy had an RBI single to make it 4-0, Cameron Cane singled home Cardona to make it 5-0, and McCarthy scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-0.
 
Borup came up again in the inning with the bases loaded, and he singled to score Giacose and Gary Otten to make it 8-0. A fielding error one hitter later allowed two unearned runs to score to cap the inning with TCNJ leading, 10-0.
 
Simon becomes the third TCNJ player this season to reach 100 career hits, joining Borup and McCarthy. He's a career .305 hitter as a junior in 91 games played.
 
Farmingdale State entered the game receiving votes in the latest D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 poll, and the Rams were also ranked 10^th in the nation in team ERA.
 
TCNJ returns to conference action on Thursday at home against Stockton. That game will begin at 3:30 p.m.