Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
6-6
Rutgers
7-6
Strong Start Lifts Rutgers Over Army in Game Two
March 10, 2018 | Baseball
The Scarlet Knights scored six runs in the second inning and added four more in the third to get out to an early 10-run edge. Senior right-hander Matt Ball saw his scoreless innings streak halted at 14 after setting down the side in order in the top of the first, including a pair of strikeouts. A 3-run home run by Carmen Sclafani pushed the designated "visitors" lead to 13 in the fifth before the Black Knights got on the board.
Army's bats came alive in the bottom half of the inning with all the damage coming with two outs. Jacob Hurtubise kick-started the offense with a walk before four-straight hits by Drake Titus, Jon Rosoff, John McKenna and Anthony Giachin.
Titus' double drove in Hurtubise prior to Rosoff trading places with him with a two-bagger down the left field line. McKenna pulled a 2-2 pitch through the left side to drive his catcher in for the third run. The final run of the inning came on a bases-loaded walk by Matt Hudgins that plated McKenna.
The two sides traded runs in the following frame as well, with Army's coming off a Titus sacrifice fly to right. He scored Hurtubise who smacked a one-out triple to center field.
After a quiet seventh and eighth, the Scarlet Knights stretched their lead back to double-digits at 15-5 on a wild pitch in the last inning.
Army did not go out without a fight, however, as the top of the order provided some excitement once again in the ninth. Giachin drove in the first run of the rally with a single down the line in right field after walks from Hurtubise and McKenna. McKenna scored during the next at-bat on a wild pitch before a Rob Regine walk. That would be the final base-runner for the Black Knights, however, as a pop out in foul territory ended the contest.
Seven of the Cadets' eight hits came from the top half of their starting lineup, combining to go 7-for-18 (.389 avg.). McKenna and Giachin led that effort with a pair of hits out of the four and five holes.
FACTS & FIGURES
- Army legged out a season-high four extra-base hits for the second time this year, having also done so against Michigan in the 2018 opener.
- Rosoff has reached base in all 12 of Army's games.
- Giachin posted his third-straight multi-hit game and extended his hitting streak to six contests.
- He slugged his first-career extra-base hit in the game with a double.
- Hurtubise earned a hit in 10 of the team's 12 games this year.
- He has now reached base in 10 straight games.
- Ball's scoreless innings streak ended at 14.
UP NEXT
- The Black Knights close out the series against Rutgers tomorrow at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Genuario, Tommy (1-0)
L: Ball, Matt (2-1)
Batting:
3B: Freeman, Milo 1
HR: Sclafani, Carmen 1
RBI: DiGeorgio, Dan 2 ; Nyisztor, Mike 4 ; Sclafani, Carmen 3 ; Bowerbank, Luke 3 ; Blum, Kevin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DiGeorgio, Dan 1 ; Matera, Nick 1 ; Freeman, Milo 1 ; Folinusz, Chris 2 ; Walker, Kyle 2 ; Sclafani, Carmen 1 ; Welsh, Kevin 1 ; McNamara, Tyler 3 ; Bowerbank, Luke 2 ; Blum, Kevin 1
SB: DiGeorgio, Dan 1 ; Nyisztor, Mike 1 ; Walker, Kyle 1 ; Bowerbank, Luke 1
HBP: DiGeorgio, Dan 1 ; Freeman, Milo 1 ; DeRosa, Anthony 1 ; McNamara, Tyler 1
Batting:
2B: Titus, Drake 1 ; Rosoff, Jon 1 ; Giachin, Anthony 1
3B: Hurtubise, Jacob 1
RBI: Titus, Drake 2 ; Rosoff, Jon 1 ; McKenna, John 1 ; Giachin, Anthony 1 ; Hudgins, Matt 1
SF: Titus, Drake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hurtubise, Jacob 3 ; Titus, Drake 1 ; Rosoff, Jon 1 ; McKenna, John 2
HBP: White, Josh 1
