LAKELAND, FL - The Benedictine University baseball team dropped a close game with the College of New Jersey in Florida on the second day of the spring break trip.

FINAL SCORE
TCNJ 7, Benedictine 5

THE DETAILS
• TCNJ jumped ahead 2-0 with a pair of first inning runs against Benedictine starter Ryan Miller
• Benedictine was able to get a run back in the top of the second, scoring on a pair of two-out errors
• Playing as the home team, TCNJ furthered the lead to 4-1 with a pair of runs in the third
• Benedictine erupted for four runs in the fourth to nab a 5-4 lead
• Michael Chaffin and Brenden Norberg led off the inning with back-to-back singles and Chase Patterson drove home both with a double down the right field line
• Patterson would come in to score on a wild pitch, tying the game
• Jack Surin singled home Jack Feeley with the go-ahead run
• A two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth allowed TCNJ to answer and another run in the seventh accounted for the final

STAT LEADERS
• Miller worked 2.2 innings, walking three and striking out four
• Drake Berman suffered the loss after throwing 3.1 innings of relief
• Matt Grubb added two scoreless innings of relief
• The pitching staff tallied 12 strikeouts in the contest
• Patterson notched two hits while Norberg scored twice

UP NEXT
Benedictine (2-4) plays Framingham State on Sunday