Rutgers Baseball Swept By Coastal Carolina, Picks Up Win Against Delaware

The Rutgers baseball team had a rough outing in Conway S.C. last weekend as they got swept by Coastal Carolina. Rutgers has now lost its last two series and sits at 5-7 on the year.

It doesn’t get much worse than the first game of the series for Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights were beaten 10-0 in 7 innings with the game being ended due to a “Run rule,” which means that if a team is winning by 10 or more runs after the 7th inning, they can end the game. Coastal Carolina ran in four in the first inning and did not look back as their bats shelled Rutgers, and the Knights’ bats failed to answer.

The following two games would be a little more competitive, but the Chaunticleers would still beat the Knights 6-5 in game two and 6-1 in game three. Game two would start off in the Knights’ favor as they took a 4-2 lead through the first 4 innings. Rutgers would score again in the top of the seventh to take a 5-2 lead, but they would surrender 2 in the bottom of the seventh. After a scoreless eighth inning and top of the ninth for Rutgers, Coastal Carolina would blast two single home runs in the bottom of the ninth to seal the victory.

In game three, Rutgers would jump out to a 1-0 lead at the end of the first inning. Unfortunately for Rutgers, the bats went quiet after that, unable to get a single run the rest of the game. Coastal Carolina, however, would find major success in the third inning thanks to an infield single, passed ball, wild pitch, and single to left field. They would take a 4-1 lead after three and tack on two insurance runs from there to end the game on a six run streak.

The last week did have one bright spot for Rutgers baseball, and that was their 8-2 win over Delaware on Tuesday.

Jack Kirchner got the start for the second straight game and delivered three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out three. Rutgers would plate three runs in the second. Delaware would respond by plating two runs of their own in the top of the seventh before Rutgers did the same thing in the later half of the inning. Rutgers would plate three more in the eighth, with Mike Timberlake tossing two scoreless innings to finish the game for the Knights.

The Knights will be back in action against Iowa at home on Friday with first pitch at 2 p.m.

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