Mark Leiter, Jr pitched his second career 1-hitter to lead NJIT 2-1 in Saturday's first game at Northern Colorado.
Leiter (4-5) posted his second career one-hitter, allowing just a single to Northern Colorado's Nick Miller leading off the second inning. Miller, the UNC right fielder, eventually came around to score his team's only run. Indeed, Leiter, who won a 1-0 nine-inning one-hitter over NYIT on May 17, 2012, faced just one batter more than the minimum in stifling the Bears, including retiring each of the last 15 UNC batters in a row on Saturday. Leiter struck out eight and did not allow a base runner, aside from Miller.
Leiter's accomplishment in his near-total shutdown of the Bears was made all the more impressive by the fact that the home team erupted for 17 hits and 16 runs in the game that followed the NJIT senior's one-hit gem.
