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Reading, Pa. (April 16, 2013) - Leon Stimpson (Philadelphia, Pa./Malvern Prep.) and Chris Gehris (Sinking Spring, Pa./Holy Name) were both 3-for-3 with two walks as Alvernia (23-8) defeated visiting Rutgers-Newark (7-23) by a score of 11-8 Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action.  Alvernia threw five pitchers on the afternoon with Matt Osgoodby (Manasquan, NJ/Wall) earning the win and Kevin Becker-Menditto (Frederick, Md./Walkersville) earning his eighth save of the season.

The Crusaders went up 4-0 after the first inning thanks to three singles, a Rutgers error and a sacrifice fly.  Rutgers got one back in the second with a single and a double, but Alvernia answered with another four-run inning in the bottom of the third.  Matt Patterson (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham) led off the inning with a triple, and after a walk from Gehris and another Rutgers error, Alvernia plated two runs.  Two more came across on a single to left field from Stimpson to put Alvernia up 8-1.

Rutgers kept it somewhat close with a three-run homerun in the top of the fourth inning to make it 8-4 for Alvernia, but the Crusaders added one more in the bottom of the fifth to make it 9-4 with another RBI-single from Stimpson.  A two-RBI single from Dustin Arnold (Annville, Pa./Lebanon Catholic made it 11-4 in the bottom of the sixth.

Rutgers managed three more runs on the day, but Becker-Menditto shut them down to end the game.

Alvernia is back in action on Wed. April 17th when they travel to Rowan University for a non-conference game beginning at 3:30pm.

Alvernia 11, Rutgers-Newark 8