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May 7, 2002

Rutgers Defeats FDU Baseball, 14-4
Cicarini, Geroni and Munda collect two hits each.

Box Score

PISCATAWAY, NJ (May 7, 2002) – Junior Leon Shade (Montclair, NJ) smacked a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning to spark an eight run rally and propel Rutgers to a 14-4 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson this afternoon at the Class of ’53 Baseball Complex. Senior Jeff Pierce (Brick, NJ) picked up his second win of the season for the Scarlet Knights, who move to 30-18 on the season with the win. The Knights (7-34) collected 12 hits on the day, getting two each from Rob Cicarini (Dumont, N.J.), Pat Geroni (Pt. Pleasant, N.J.) and Joe Munda (Glen Head, N.Y.)

After walks to Mike Popowski (Sayerville, NJ) and Ryan Lillis (Fair Haven, NJ) in the fourth, Shade drilled a pitch over the left field wall for his second home run of the season. Nick Cerulo (Woodbridge, NJ) followed with a single, and after a walk to Val Majewski (Freehold, NJ), eff Frazier (Toms River, NJ) doubled down the left field line, scoring Cerulo. Steve Normane (West Orange, NJ) brought Majewski home with a single to center, and shortstop Tom Sweeney (Sparta, NJ) followed with a double of his own, scoring Normane. Sweeney later scored on a wild pitch, and after a walk to Lillis, Shade notched his fourth RBI of the inning with a single to center to score Lillis.

Rutgers opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning when Steve Normane (West Orange, NJ) reached base on an error. After stealing second, Normane advanced to third on a Cory Rodriguez (Bridgewater, NJ) pop out and later scored on a Mike Popowski (Sayerville, NJ) groundout. FDU scored two runs in the top of the third, but Frazier blasted a two-run home run in the bottom of the frame, his team-leading 11^th of the season, to put the Scarlet Knights back in front 3-2.

The Knights got one back in the fourth to knot the game at 3-3, before Rutgers put up eight in the fourth and tacked on three more runs in the sixth inning.

Freshman Brian Bunyan (Belle Harbor, N.Y.) pitched well in relief for the Knights, going the final 2.2 innings without allowing a hit and striking out three.

The Knights return to action on Wednesday at Iona with a 3:30 p.m. start.

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