SEWELL, N.J. – One tough inning marred an otherwise strong performance by the Widener University baseball team as the Pride fell to the Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptors 12-6 in non-conference action on Tuesday afternoon.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Nick D'Alessandro led the Pride with two hits and two runs scored.
• Matt Samson doubled and drove in two runs, also extending his hitting streak to 10 games.
• Greg Elfreth cracked his first homer of the season.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Trailing 2-0 heading into the third, the Pride got on the board as D'Alessandro tripled to lead off the inning and came in to score on a sac fly from Samson.
• A big third inning allowed the Scarlet Raptors to take an eight-run lead. Widener battled right back in the top of the fourth as walks to Ryan Bennett and Elfreth sandwiched a fielder's choice to load the bases. Tommy McParland got the first run home with a sac fly before a groundout by D'Alessandro plated a second run. Samson followed with a double, bringing in D'Alessandro to cut the lead to 9-4.
• The game remained that way until the seventh when RUC tallied its final runs of the game.
• WU inched closer in the eighth as with Brennan Taylor on first after being hit by a pitch, Elfreth delivered his first homer of the year, capping the scoring.

 
UP NEXT
Widener returns to action on Friday when it hosts Lebanon Valley in a MAC Commonwealth battle. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.