North Jersey nailed down an impressive 6-4 win at Jersey on Wednesday night, plating three runners in the 10th inning to complete the come-from-behind victory.

The Eagles struck first in the top of the 4th inning off Pilots starter Tim Pilrun. With runners on the corners and one out, Zachary Tondi slapped a single into left field to plate Ryan Rivera. Later in the inning, Kenny Hayden recorded an RBI groundout with the bases loaded to bring home Chris Baldi.

From there, the Pilots would respond with a run in each of the following three innings to regain the lead before the 8th inning.

Eagles’ starter Dan Rajkowski conceded his only run in the 5th inning, allowing an RBI double by Chris Zazzali that cut the lead to 2-1.

In the 6th inning, with Nick Masterson in to relieve Rajkowski, the Pilots successfully played small ball, using two singles and a sacrifice bunt to tie the game.

Jersey pounced once more in the bottom of the 7th, benefitting from two, 2-base errors to take a 3-2 lead and their first advantage of the ballgame.

However, the Eagles proved their mettle in the 9th inning. Shane Woelfel led off the final frame with a walk, and two batters later Tolly Filotei sent a screaming RBI double into left-center that scored Woelfel and knotted the scoring at 3.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Pilots made a strong push to win the game in regulation.

With Eagles closer Jordan Fontenelle on the mound, Drew DeAngelis worked a four-pitch walk to reach base. Pinch hitter Stephen Petriello then followed by roping a double into deep center that appeared to be the game-winning hit.

However, Andrew Murnane and Matt Stalter had other ideas.

In his first start of the season in center, Murnane rifled a perfect throw to the cut-off man Stalter, who relayed to Zach Tondi at the plate to gun down DeAngelis and protect the tie.

Having forced the game to extras only a half-inning prior, North Jersey quickly took advantage of the shift in momentum.

Ryan Rivera and Luis Amaro both worked pivotal full-count walks to lead off the 10th inning. After Tondi flew out to deep center for the first out, Paul Rufo reached first on an error to load the bases.

Stalter followed by slapping a well-placed grounder down the right-field line. While Pilots first baseman Pat Geraghty made a stellar play to record the second out, Rivera scampered home to regain the lead for the Eagles.

The next batter Shane Woelfel recorded two crucial insurance runs, blasting the Eagles’ second double of the game into left field to score Amaro and Rufo and push the lead to 6-3.

While Jordan Fontenelle and the Eagles entered the bottom of the 10th with a 3-run advantage, the Pilots did not go down quietly.

Chris Zazzali and Tommy Trotter worked lead-off walks of their own, and with one out Greg Kocinski scored Zazzali on a single that went past Tolly Filotei in left.

With the winning run at the plate, Jordan Fontenelle hunkered down to seal the deal for North Jersey.

He used his full arsenal of breaking pitches to record seeing strikeouts of Jersey’s final two batters and nail down his first win of the season.

The victory was a much-needed lift for North Jersey, snapping the team’s 4-game losing streak and marking the team’s second win on rival Jersey’s home field.

Dan Rajkowski was efficient in his first start of the season, tossing 65 pitches in 5 innings of one-run baseball. He allowed two hits but rang up 4 strikeouts en route to the no-decision.

First baseman Chris Baldi had another successful game from the plate, going 2-2 with two walks and a run scored. Designated hitter Ryan Rivera was also outstanding in the Eagles’ victory, recording a single, two walks, two runs scored, and a stolen base.

North Jersey will continue its road trip on Thursday, June 18 as the Eagles take on the Staten Island Tide. First pitch is at 7:00pm. Follow the North Jersey Eagles on Twitter at @NJ_Eagles for live, in-game updates.