Rutgers Baseball wins series vs. Ohio State

Rutgers was able to win the series against Ohio State over the weekend at Bainton Field in Piscataway.

The Scarlet Knights dropped the first game of the series before winning the last two to end it. Rutgers is now 22-22 overall and 9-12 in Big Ten play.

Game One

It was a difficult start to the weekend offensively on Friday as Rutgers was shutdown by Gavin Kuzniewski of the Buckeyes.

The Scarlet Knights were held to just four hits during an 8-0 loss to open action. It was a scoreless tie heading into the fifth inning before Ohio State got the Zack Konstantinovsky for three runs. This was more than enough but Ohio State would score two of the next two innings to close it out.

Yomas Carreras finished 2-for-4 for Rutgers. Trey Wells was on base twice with two walks.

Game Two

Rutgers did not break out offensively on Saturday but the pitching staff was able to keep Ohio State off the board in a 3-0 win.

Vincent Borghese earned the win with five shutout innings allowing four hits with six strikeouts and no walks. Jordan Savinon and Joe Mazza each allowed a hit as they combined for the final three innings.

After three scoreless innings, Wells got the scoring started with an RBI single in the fourth. Charlie Meglio added a sac fly before Tristan Salinas hit his fifth home run of the year to put the finishing touches on the win.

Game Three

Rutgers needed the bats to wake up and it came in the rubber game of the series.

The Scarlet Knights scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to spark an 11-5 win to take the series from the Buckeyes.

With the game tied at 2-2, Gabriel Rivera delivered a two-run home run to put Rutgers ahead. After an Ohio State error led to a run, Chase Krewson delivered the big blow with a three-run homer to right field. Salinas would drive in two with a double to get to eight runs in the sixth inning.

Chris Sand delivered five strong innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits with one strikeout and no walks.