The New York University baseball team improved to 11-4 on the season with a decisive 11-3 victory over Maritime College on Wednesday afternoon, March 29, at MCU Park in Brooklyn.

Maritime (9-7) scored the first two runs of the game in the top of the first, but the Violets answered quickly, tying the game in the home half of the inning on a two-RBI double from cleanup hitter Adrian Spitz.

NYU starter Chad Johnstone took over from there, throwing five shutout innings before handing the ball to the bullpen for the final three innings. In all, Johnstone scattered four hits and two walks over six innings, while striking out three Privateers to earn his first victory of the season.

"Chad was throwing strikes all game for us and that was huge," said NYU Head Coach Doug Kimbler. "He was getting ahead in counts and taking advantage of it."

With Johnstone cruising on the mound, the NYU bats also got hot as the Violets scored 11 unanswered runs before Maritime added a run in the eighth. NYU produced three runs in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to take control of the contest.

"We did a better job hitting with two strikes during those middle innings," added Kimbler.

Ryan McLaughlin led NYU offensively, going 3-for-3 at the plate, while also reaching base two more times via a hit by pitch. The sophomore captain also knocked in four runs, three of which really broke open the game on a bases-clearing double in the fifth inning.

The Violets return to the diamond on Friday when they host City College of New York at 1:00 pm back at MCU Park.