Box Score

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – William Paterson (13-7-1, 3-1 NJAC) stormed out to a 6-1 lead en route to an 8-4 baseball victory at New Jersey City (4-17, 0-4 NJAC) April 8. The win allowed the Pioneers to sweep the season series against the Gothic Knights, thanks to a 4-3 home win April 7.

The Pioneers wasted no time, scoring twice during their first at-bat. An A.J. Flores (West Orange, N.J./West Orange) leadoff walk and an Adam Derner (River Edge, N.J./River Dell Regional) triple pushed across the first run, and designated hitter Rob Doughty (Jersey City, N.J./Hudson Catholic) followed with a sacrifice fly.

Senior left fielder Mike Moran (Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Twp.) ignited a two-out rally with his fourth-inning triple. Catcher Blake Crouch (River Edge, N.J./River Dell Regional) doubled Moran in, and freshman Scott Ptaszynski (Wharton, N.J./Morris Hills) made it a 4-0 score with his RBI-single to right-center field.

Ken Witte put a run up for NJCU with a solo shot during the home half of the fourth, but WP answered with two more scores in the fifth. Doughty hit a two-out single and picked up an extra base on an error by the left fielder. Junior outfielder Rob Somers (West Long Branch, N.J./Shore Regional) drew a base on balls, and both runners moved up on a wild pitch before junior Jack Montanile (Weehawken, N.J./Hudson Catholic) ripped a double down the left-field line to clear the bases and hand William Paterson a 6-1 edge.

Jorge Guitierrez hit a bases-loaded sac fly to pull New Jersey City within four at 6-2 in the sixth. Each team struck once in the seventh, the Pioneers using a Montanile run-scoring single and the Gothic Knights taking advantage of an Andrew Rivera RBI-triple.

With the bases loaded in the top of the eighth, junior shortstop Anthony Dorio (Lyndhurst, N.J./Lyndhurst) walked to force across Crouch and make it an 8-3 game. NJCU finished the scoring with a single run during the bottom of the ninth, using a walk, double and groundout to first base.

Derner was 3-for-4 with a double, triple, RBI and run scored. Crouch finished 3-for-5, scored twice and contributed a run-batted-in. Montanile was 2-for-5, hit a double and drove in three runs, and Ptaszynski went 2-for-4 with a RBI.

Senior Kevin Wieme (Bayville, N.J./Paramus) improved to 2-1, giving up three runs on four hits, three walks and four strikeouts. Freshman Eric Villegas (Newark, N.J./Elizabeth) tossed the final 2.0 innings and allowed one run on one hit.

Rob Roman accounted for two of NJCU's five hits. T.J. Janho (1-2) gave up six runs and eight hits in 5.0 innings. Zack Markle allowed one unearned run and three hits in 2.0 innings, and Pedro Garcia finished things up with one run and three hits in 2.0 innings.

The Pioneers will host Richard Stockton Saturday, April 9, for a doubleheader set to begin at 11:30 a.m.