GALLOWAY, N.J.- The TCNJ baseball team went on the road and beat top-seeded Stockton in the first round of the NJAC tournament on Tuesday afternoon by a score of 7-5. The Lions (22-15) went down three runs early but clawed back and came up with some big hits to take down the Ospreys (22-16).
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Stockton got out to an early lead in the first inning with three straight two-out hits to take a 3-0 advantage.
• In the top of the third, Ryan Goodall crushed his fourth homer of the season over the left field fence after a Chris Reeder walk to cut the Stockton lead to a run.
• The Ospreys brought their lead out to two in the bottom of the fourth on two hits to bring the score to 4-2 after four innings.
• TCNJ tied it up in the top of the fifth with two runs on two hits.
  • After back-to-back walks, Justin Marcario singled to left field, driving in Mike LaGravenis.
  • With runners on first and third with two outs, Jack O'Donnell shot a single through the right side to score Andrew Fernandez and tie the game at four apiece.
• After five innings of work, SP Jordan Gray handed it over to the bullpen to keep the game tied at 4-4.
  • Gray finished his day allowing four runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
• In the bottom of the sixth, freshman reliever Jack O'Shea got himself out of a bases-loaded one-out jam with consecutive strikeouts to bring TCNJ back in to hit.
• The Lions took their first lead in the top of the seventh on a Michael Schumacher single through the left side to bring in Goodall to bring the score to 5-4 in favor of TCNJ.
• Stockton evened the score in the home half of the seventh on a bases-loaded wild pitch.
• After a scoreless eighth, TCNJ rallied for two runs in the top half of the ninth inning to take a 7-5 lead.
  • After an error in the field to lead off the inning, O'Donnell moved Goodall over to second with a sac-bunt. Schumacher hit the go-ahead single in the next at-bat with another line-drive to left field.
  • Freshman Andrew Woodward came up with a big two-out single down the right field line to score Schumacher and put the Lions up two.
• Joe Ferreri was terrific in his two innings of work, earning the win after allowing no runs on one hit, no walks, and a strikeout to push the Lions forward to Friday with a win.

STANDOUT LIONS:

• 1B Ryan Goodall: 2-for-5, 2RBI, 3R, 1HR
• CF Michael Schumacher: 2-for-5, 2RBI, 1R
• RP Joe Ferreri (3-2): W, 2.0 IP, 0R, 1H, 0BB, 1K

UP NEXT:

• The TCNJ baseball team will take on fourth-seeded Rutgers Camden in the second round of the NJAC tournament on Friday afternoon in Camden starting at 3:30 PM.