Box Score

Purchase, NY (Mar. 23, 2015) - The Purchase baseball team took on the Rutgers-Newark in a non-conference road game Monday evening and walked away with a 6-3 victory.

With the win, the Panthers advance their record to 3-1 overall while the Scarlet Raiders drop to 4-7. 

After Purchase scored an insurance run in the top of the ninth off relief pitcher Dominick Fazio, the Scarlet Raiders scored again in the ninth, but couldn't get any closer. Freshman centerfielder Anthony Perconte  walked and came around to score on an error.

The Panthers led the home team in hits, 13-7, and did not trail the Scarlet Raiders once in the nine inning game.  Purchase also had four RBIs including two from center fielder Chris Triano (JR/Greenwich, CT). 
 
Triano led the way for the Panthers with three hits on five at bats. His RBI count brought in the first two Purchase runs as the Panthers cruised to victory, never giving up the lead for the remainder of the game. 

Miguel Reyes (SO/Bronx, NY) went 7.1 innings on the mound for Purchase, earning his first win of the season.  Reyes gave up six hits and two runs while striking out five before Andrew Fingerhut (SO/Smithtown, NY) capped off the final 1.2, earning the team's first save of the season.

The Panthers return home on Wednesday for a non-conference game against FDU-Florham starting at 6 p.m.