MADISON, N.J. – The Drew University baseball team posted its top offensive performance in six years, piling up 21 hits en route to a 23-5 victory over Rutgers-Newark in non-conference action Tuesday afternoon at Doc Young Field. All nine starters batted safely for the Rangers (8-7), who notched the team's highest run total since a 24-1 win over NYU-Poly Tech in their 2013 season opener.
 
Highlights
• The Scarlet Raiders (5-5) jumped to a 2-0 lead after two innings versus freshman starter Teddy Hoxie, who was making his first collegiate start.
• The Rangers tied it up with a two-run second before blowing it open with a 10-spot in the third, when they sent 13 batters to the plate. Junior Matthew Lange capped the big inning with a three-run homer to straightaway center.
• Rutgers-Newark trimmed it to a seven-run deficit (12-5), but Drew responded with 11 runs over the fifth and sixth innings. All nine batters came to the plate in a four-run fifth, and the Rangers settled any doubt with a seven-run sixth, when 13 players batted once again.
• Hoxie worked 4 1/3 innings and struck out five before giving way to senior Brian Pascale, who tossed 4 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the win.
 
Top Performers
• Junior Brian Dagostino was one of several Rangers who turned in a monster day offensively, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, four runs, and four RBIs.
• Lange finished 3-for-3 with four runs and three RBIs.
• Sophomore Cole Bosch finished 3-for-5 with four RBIs while freshman Ryan Nagle was 3-for-5 with three runs.
• Junior Jon Cocchio went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored.
• Senior Mike Pettigrew finished 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
• Pascale (1-0) allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out three.
 
Next Up
Drew returns to Doc Young Field to close out a nine-game home stretch when it hosts Keystone College on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.