EWING, N.J. – The TCNJ baseball team rattled off 18 runs, including back-to-back seven-run frames to defeat Haverford, 18-1, on Friday afternoon at George Ackerman Park. TCNJ starting pitcher Jordan Gray threw a complete game, allowing just a meaningless solo homer when the game was already out of reach. He struck out eight and walked just one batter.
 
The Lions didn't even have a hit on the board until the fifth inning, but patience at the plate had the Lions ahead, 2-0, through four innings without the benefit of a hit. Haverford starting pitcher Mike Rabayda had a '0' in the hits column, but he walked eight guys in his four-plus innings of work. Three of those walks came in the third inning, loading the bases with one out. Chris Reeder cashed in those free passes with a sacrifice fly to center. That scored Mike Lagravenis to make it 1-0 TCNJ.
 
The no-hitter continued in the fourth inning, but TCNJ batters didn't mind. Their patience paid off with a second run thanks to two walks, two stolen bases, a sacrifice bunt from Michael Schumacher, and a wild pitch that allowed Justin Marcario to score. It was 2-0 TCNJ.
 
On the other side, Gray was more efficient, throwing just 47 pitches through his first four innings of work. He gave up three early singles, but Haverford had trouble putting solid contact on him. The two runs turned out to be enough for Gray to work with, but the Lions' offense turned the game into a laugher with 14 runs in the fifth and sixth innings.
 
The first hit on the board belonged to Ryan Goodall leading off the fifth, and he went 2-for-2 in the inning. He scored on the first go-around on a Chris Cote hustle double. Reeder followed with a single to score Cote, and the merry-go-round was rolling. Lagravenis had an RBI single in the inning, and Goodall's second hit of the inning brought home Joey Cruciata. It was 9-0 at the end of the inning.
 
After the Haverford pinprick of a home run in the top of the sixth, the Lions repeated the crooked number in the bottom half. Haverford's defense committed four errors in the frame, but Schumacher and Cote each had RBI base hits. Cote brought home two runs with his single up the middle to make it 13-1. Joe Oczkowski followed later in the inning with another RBI single to make it 15-1.
 
The Lions forced 10 walks and three hit-batsmen while seeing 211 pitches from Haverford. Gray, in comparison, threw 111 pitches and only hit triple digits midway through the ninth inning.
 
Goodall, Cote and Oczkowski all had two hits for TCNJ. Cote, Lagravenis and Marcario all walked twice. Cote drove in three runs while Lagravenis scored three times.
 
Coming off the bench, Jack Felipe doubled and Andrew Fernandez tripled.
 
TCNJ returns to George Ackerman Park on Saturday morning for a non-conference doubleheader with Dickinson. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.