EWING, N.J.- The No. 21 ranked TCNJ baseball team suffered their fifth loss of the season on Sunday, splitting their two-game set with Rutgers-Camden after a 11-4 loss. The Lions (16-5, 4-2) hung tough throughout the first half of the game, but suffered from some costly errors, resulting in six unearned runs for the Scarlet Raptors (18-6, 5-1).
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Rutgers-Camden got off to an early lead with four runs on five hits in the first inning, including a grand slam.
• The Lions answered with three runs on two hits in the bottom half of the first.
  • After back-to-back walks, Andrew Fernandez opened the scoring for TCNJ with a double to left field, scoring Justin Marcario.
  • Ryan Goodall followed this up with a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Chris Reeder.
  • A Zach Hochheiser single to left drove in Fernandez and brought the Lions back within a run.
• After a scoreless second, a Jack Haynes double to right brought in Chris Reeder to things up at four apiece.
• Over the next six, the Scarlet Raptors held the Lions scoreless and scored seven runs of their own on 11 hits and three errors in the field. TCNJ couldn't find an answer at the plate as Rutgers-Camden's bullpen held the Lions to just three hits over the last six.

 
STANDOUT LIONS:
3B Andrew Fernandez: 2-for-2, 1RBI, 1R, 1BB
 
UP NEXT:

• TCNJ baseball returns back to the diamond on Tuesday, April 9^th for a home out-of-conference matchup with Alvernia University  starting at 3:30 PM.