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The baseball team lost to Rutgers-Newark, 11-3, on Tuesday afternoon in Flemington, NJ. The Bloodhounds drop to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the CUNY Athletic Conference. The Scarlet Raiders pick up their first win of the season and stand at 1-4. 

Freshman Charles Mendes made his first collegiate start for the Bloodhounds. In the first inning, Mendes escaped an early jam by striking out the Rutgers-Newark's cleanup hitter, picking up his first collegiate strikeout. 

In the bottom of the second with no score, Michael Murray led off with a homerun to right field and the Scarlet Raiders tacked on another run later in the inning. In the following frame, the hosts added another run on a homerun by Jimmy Napolitano to give them a 3-0 lead. 

In the fourth inning, senior Nico Rivera singled through the left side. He stole second but was left stranded, as the Bloodhounds were unable to capitalize.

Rutgers-Newark broke open the game in the bottom half of the inning as the Scarlet Raiders recorded four runs on four hits to increase their lead to seven.

With the Bloodhounds trailing 10-0 in the 8th inning, John Jay finally got on the board. With two outs, senior Corry Harper walked and stole second. Junior Nestor Amarante drove him in on a RBI single to right field. Rivera then belted a two-run homer to left field to cut the deficit to seven.

However, John Jay would not get any other scoring opportunities and would fall, 11-3, in a nonconference game. 

Rivera led the Bloodhounds offensively, going 3-for-4, with two RBI's, two stolen bases, and one run scored. Amarante also recorded an RBI and Harper picked up his first stolen base of the season. 

On the mound, Mendres threw 3.2 innings, allowing nine hits, seven runs and struck out two. Michael Fabre came in in relief and logged two innings, allowing no hits and one run (no earned). 

Rutgers-Newark's Murray finished the day registering three hits and driving in four. Vin Troisi and Kevin Olah had a combined four hits, four runs, and two RBI's. Michael Garcia and Chris Nichols threw a combined seven shutout innings, while only allowing four hits and striking out eight. 

The Bloodhounds will head to US Merchant Marine Academy for a doubleheader on Friday, March 14, at 12:00pm. 


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