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Franzoni vs. Longwood 2020
Franzoni hit a home run in each game on Friday.
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NJIT NJIT 2-9, 1-4 AE
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Winner Hartford HARTFORD 4-1, 4-1 AE
NJIT NJIT
2-9, 1-4 AE
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Final
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Hartford HARTFORD
4-1, 4-1 AE
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
NJIT NJIT 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 5 3
Hartford HARTFORD 0 3 1 1 0 3 X 8 11 1

W: Nicholas Dombkowski (2-0) L: Vurpillat , Grant (0-2)

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Winner NJIT NJIT 3-9, 2-4 AE
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Hartford HARTFORD 4-2, 4-2 AE
Winner
NJIT NJIT
3-9, 2-4 AE
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Final
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Hartford HARTFORD
4-2, 4-2 AE
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NJIT NJIT 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 2
Hartford HARTFORD 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 8 1

W: Fischer, Ryan (1-0) L: Ryan Dee (0-1) S: Rappaport, Jake (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Franzoni, Fischer Lead NJIT to America East Doubleheader Split at Hartford

Highlanders and Hawks Wrap Up Four-Game Series with Another Doubleheader on Saturday

WEST HARTFORD, CT - The NJIT baseball team took the second game of an America East doubleheader at Hartford on Friday to earn a split at Fiondella Field.

Hartford (4-2, 4-2 America East) won the opener 8-4, before NJIT (3-9, 2-4 America East) bounced back to win game two 5-4.

Game One
Hartford scored three runs in the bottom of the second and added another an inning later to go ahead 4-0 early and never looked back en route to the 8-4 game one victory.

The Hawks increased their lead to 8-1 after six innings, but the Highlanders didn't go down without a fight, scoring three runs in their final at bat. 

All four NJIT runs came via the long ball as Paul Franzoni went deep with a solo shot in the fourth inning and Cole Fleming and Luke Longo each added home runs in the seventh. Fleming's home run was the first of his career and came in a pinch hit role. 

Grant Vurpillat started on the mound for the Highlanders and gave up two earned runs in 3.1 innings of work, while striking out five and walking just one. In his last two starts, Vurpillat has struck out 13 and walked two.

Game Two
Franzoni hit his second home run of the day in the top of the first to put the Highlanders ahead 3-0 early.

Ryan Fischer started his fourth game of the season on the mound was once again effective. The sophomore tossed seven innings and struck out a career-high eight hitters, while not walking a batter allowing just three runs. Two of those three runs came on solo shots in the fourth inning and the third came on an RBI single to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh.

The game wasn't tied long as Andrew Elcock scored Nick Hussey on a single in the top of the eighth and Fleming added a pitch hit, RBI-double to make the score 5-3 with six outs to go.

Jake Rappaport relieved Fischer in the eighth and earned his second save of the season. Hartford was able to score one run off of Rappaport, another solo home run in the ninth, but the veteran reliever was able to get a line out and a foul out to Longo, the NJIT catcher, to secure the win.

Albert Choi and Julio Marcano each paced the Highlanders with a pair of hits in the game two win.

Up Next
The Highlanders and Hawks wrap up their four-game America East series on Saturday back at Fiondella Field in West Hartford. First pitch of game one is slated for 12pm.
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