Rutgers Baseball 13, FGCU 9 - FINAL

[RUtrumpet92]

Rutgers takes the series opener tonight! FGCU made it interesting, loading the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the ninth before Brito got a strikeout and a 4-6-3 double play to secure the victory.

Great job, guys! Now go get another one tomorrow!

 

[biazza38]

Cannot understate how big this win is. This is their last Florida trip and they won their first two verse FIU and FGCU. This team can score runs. They were down 6-2 and O’Reilly settled down. We exploded for 6 in the seventh and got another in the 8th. No clue how conference play will go, but we should score runs

 

[zappaa]

Yes........
All without the best MLB prospect in the B1G

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Congrats Rutgers Baseball !!!

 

[bigmatt718]

Off to it's best start in 17 years.

 

[RUTrack94]

RU can have nice things!!!!!

 

[RU96inNC]

Yes........
All without the best MLB prospect in the B1G

Who is that Zap?

 

[bigmatt718]

Who is that Zap?

He's referring to Harris.

 

[80RU]

The eight and nine slots in the batting order reached base 10 out of 10 times. That’s encouraging.

 

[zappaa]

The eight and nine slots in the batting order reached base 10 out of 10 times. That’s encouraging.

I’d say the team that allowed that would lose 99.9 percent of the time.

 

[80RU]

I’d say the team that allowed that would lose 99.9 percent of the time.

The pitching staff has to also be encouraged that they could allow 20+ baserunners and still win with a few runs to spare.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

BOOM!

 

[RUBigFrank]

Best March start in a long time for RU Baseball

 

[RUBigFrank]

Usually expect this team to have a losing record coming north. Great start!

 

[biazza38]

They wised up and lightened up the schedule a bit. Last year we played 3 verse Miami, UVA, ODU, and I think FGCU. That’s brutal

 

[Scarlet Knut]

Love this start. Have to keep it up in B1G play.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Funny how certain posters have zero to say when we win :eyes::chairshot:[cheers]

 

[rudad02]

Yes........
All without the best MLB prospect in the B1G

And all without a homer, if I'm not mistaken. Only 1 stolen base. Don't seem to be running that much.

 

[Abro1975]

Today, Saturday- RU up 2-0 bottom 5th. Freshman Rutkowski pitching a gem so far, 5 shutout innings, 6 K's, 2 hits, 2 walks.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

Up 6-1 now. Team is on a roll.

 

[Abro1975]

6-3 now, top of the 9th.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

We won again! 6-3

 

[zappaa]

Hell yea
6-3 final

 

[Abro1975]

RU wins 6-3. Rutkowski now 2-0. Brito gets the save. Seems Brito now the closer. Sclafani and Nysztor with 2 RBIs each.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

GET THE SWEEP - of the TRIP!!

 

[Abro1975]

Blum goes 3-3 and now hitting .519 for the season ! Heck of a 9 hole hitter, lol.

 

[80RU]

Blum goes 3-3 and now hitting .519 for the season ! Heck of a 9 hole hitter, lol.

He has reached base all nine at bats in this series. Pretty good job filling in for Harris.

 

[zappaa]

Blum goes 3-3 and now hitting .519 for the season ! Heck of a 9 hole hitter, lol.

Please don’t move him:D

 

[zappaa]

Hung a crooked number on them in the top of the 7th
3 runs.

 

[bigmatt718]

FGCU is ranked and has an RPI of 20. Finish off the sweep and maybe RU Baseball starts getting votes.

 

[80RU]

I hope that there is a substantial turn out next weekend. I will definitely try to catch at least one of the games.

 

[biazza38]

Does anyone know if Heater is pitching tomorrow? I noticed he didn’t pitch last weekend

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Blum goes 3-3 and now hitting .519 for the season ! Heck of a 9 hole hitter, lol.

Is that John Blum’s Kid?

 

[RUtrumpet92]

Wow, this is a fantastic start to the season, the best I can remember in a long time.

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Nuts,there is a big weekend series in Florida between Mud Swamp Junior College and Daytime Biter Mosquitoes Junior College.Hopefully the Rutgers staff is recruiting from both teams since we all know there aren't any good players from New Jersey.