MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -Little Falls, NJ – Left-hander A.J. Wideman tossed seven shutout innings as the New Jersey Jackals defeated the Worcester Tornadoes 2-0 on Wednesday night at Yogi Berra Stadium. The win, New Jersey’s seventh straight, was also manager Joe Calfapietra’s 300^th regular season victory at the Jackals helm. In addition, Jackals’ closer Rusty Tucker notched his 100^th career save.

Wideman (2-0) earned the victory, allowing three hits with three walks and one strikeout. Jackals’ reliever Seth Overbey contributed a scoreless eighth inning. For the Tornadoes, southpaw Zach Zuercher (1-2) suffered the tough loss after allowing one run on four hits in seven frames with three walks and five strikeouts.

The Jackals broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth inning when designated hitter Juan Tejeda drew a two-out walk and scored when the next batter, catcher Matt Lauderdale, laced an RBI double to right field to give the Jackals a 1-0 lead.

That score held until the bottom of the eighth, when left fielder Ryan Rogowski led off with a double before coming platewart on a suicide squeeze by shortstop Mike DeJesus.

In the top of the ninth, Worcester third baseman Chris Colabello reached on a leadoff error and first baseman Nick Salotti later walked to place runners on first and second with one out. However, Tucker retired left fielder Carlos Sosa on a flyout before striking out designated hitter and reigning Can-Am League Hitter of the Week Mike Leonard to seal the victory and secure his sixth save of the season.

The Jackals and Tornadoes conclude their three-game series on Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. at Yogi Berra Stadium when New Jersey sends right-hander Ted Serro (2-1, 4.00 ERA) to the mound against Worcester righty Ryan Mitchell (1-0, 3.10 ERA). Cody Chrusciel and Joey Whelan have the call with the live webcast beginning ten minutes prior to first pitch at www.jackals.com.

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