LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ - The Rider University Baseball team's fall season came to a close, as the Black Team topped the Cranberry Team in the annual series, winning game one 1-0 before the Cranberry team came back to win 1-0 in extra innings, before the Black team won the final game of the series 8-7, also in extra innings.
 
During game one, Erich Hartmann (Medford, NJ/Shawnee), who singled, scored on Richie Sica's (Wycoff, NJ/Ramapo) sacrifice fly. PJ Craig (Barnegat, NJ/Barnegat) pitched three scoreless innings with four strike outs and no walks to earn the win, while Jake Dorety (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Twp.) secured the save with a clean inning, including a pair of strike outs.
 
In game two, Cranberry's Charlie Magoulick (Arnold, MD/Dematha) scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10^th inning with one out, resulting in a 1-0 win.
 
In the bottom of the 10^th inning of the winner-take-all contest, AJ Labruciano (Frederickburg, VA/North Stafford) hit a game-winning single, scoring Kyle Neri (Williamstown, NJ/St. Augustine Prep[Bryant]) and giving the Black team their third consecutive series win. The Black team scored five runs to erase a four-run deficit, ultimately winning 8-7. Kyle Batt (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) picked up the win in relief. 

Key Game Notes:

*Black has now won three straight Cran-Black series. 
*Cranberry still leads the all-time series 10-9.