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Senior Chase Geisler struck out nine batters in the win against Ripon.
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Ripon RIPON 2-4
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Winner William Paterson WP 8-3
Ripon RIPON
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Final
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William Paterson WP
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ripon RIPON 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 9 2
William Paterson WP 0 3 0 1 2 5 0 1 X 12 11 0

W: Geisler, Chase (3-0) L: Mellema, Ada (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Rolls to 12-6 Win Against Ripon in Sunshine State

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The William Paterson baseball team (8-3) opened the RussMatt Invitational with a 12-6 victory against Ripon (2-4) March 15.  

HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The Pioneers struck first with three runs in the bottom of the second. WP had runners on first and second when junior Jordan Brown (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) ripped an RBI double into the gap in right center before senior Connor Luckie (Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton High West) drove in two runs with a two-bagger of his own.
  • In the fourth, junior Dylan Santos (Nutley, N.J./Nutley) launched a ball over the fence for his second home run of the season, extending the WP advantage to four (4-0).
  • A costly fielding error by Ripon allowed a run to cross in the fifth for the Pioneers before Santos drove in another with a double down the right field line to make it a six-run game (6-0).
  • Ripon trimmed the deficit in half (6-3) with three runs in the sixth inning.
  • WP responded with a five-run bottom half of the frame to push the advantage to eight (11-3). With one out and the bases loaded, senior Braden Ramirez (Middlesex, N.J./Union Catholic) drove in two runs with a single to left. A sacrifice fly by sophomore Ty Kobylakiewicz (Woodbridge, N.J./Woodbridge) allowed another run to cross. Two batters later, senior Eliot Germanson (New York, N.Y./LaGuardia) came in to pinch hit and ripped a two-RBI base hit to right.
  • The Red Hawks plated three runs in the eighth to make it a five-run game (11-6).
  • WP tacked on one final run in the eighth off a throwing error by the Ripon infield before securing the 12-6 win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
  • Junior Chase Geisler (Lodi, N.J./Lodi) improved to 3-0 after allowing just three earned runs in 7.0 innings of work with a career-high nine strikeouts.
  • Santos batted 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two RBI and a run scored.
  • Brown went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double, an RBI and a run scored.
  • Daproza logged two hits and crossed home once.
  • Germanson, Luckie and Ramirez each drove in a pair of runs.
UP NEXT:
  • The Pioneers will take on Framingham State Sunday, March 16, at 3:00 p.m. in Auburndale, Fla.
 
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