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042624 base recap
8
Winner Fordham FOR 17-23, 8-5 A-10
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Rhode Island URI 13-23, 5-8 A-10
Winner
Fordham FOR
17-23, 8-5 A-10
8
Final
4
Rhode Island URI
13-23, 5-8 A-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fordham FOR 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 8 9 0
Rhode Island URI 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 2

W: LAVELLE, Declan (6-4) L: Urena, Jeremy (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Defeated in Series Opener Against Fordham

Rhode Island Starters
DePino (3B), Moroney (SS), Anderson (1B), Genther (CF), Perron (2B), Hopko (DH), Hindle (LF), Grotyohann (RF), Butler (C), Jones (P)

Fordham Starters
Bucciero (3B), Thiesse (CF), Kanellis (RF), Sahler (LF), McAndrews (C), Ocko (2B), Luttazi (1B), Pelinski (DH), Genaro (SS), Lavelle (P) 

How it Happened
Four unearned runs scored in the seventh inning were the difference in Rhode Island Baseball's 8-4 loss to Fordham on Friday afternoon at Bill Beck Field.

Rhody (13-23, 5-8 A-10) had led early and even came from behind to force a tie, but was unable to hold off its conference foe. 

Rob Butler got the scoring started when he roped a two-run double out to left center in the second that drove in Will Hindle and Connor Grotyohann. 

The visiting Rams (17-23, 8-5 A-10) later cut the lead in half when an RBI groundout made it a 2-1 game in the fourth. Fordham then led off the following inning with a solo shot and put two more runners on to chase starting pitcher AJ Jones out. Jeremy Urena was called from the bullpen and let up a bases-clearing triple that put the visitors ahead, 4-2. 

Rhode Island was able to tie things up with a pair of home runs off the bats of Michael Anderson and Jack Hopko in the sixth. Both hitters took pitches deep to right field on 3-1 counts.  

In the following frame, a fielding error brought in the go-ahead run for Fordham and the team capitalized on freebies from there. A visiting Ram was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded before a pair of RBI walks made it a four-run difference. 

URI struggled to get anything going down the stretch, leaving three runners stranded in the final three innings.

Inside the Box Score
  • Sophomore Connor Grotyohann had a multi-hit game (2-for-4) and scored one run. 
  • Redshirt junior Rob Butler was 1-for-4 with two RBI.
  • Redshirt freshman Will Hindle drew two walks and stole a base. 
  • Of Rhode Island's seen hits, four were for extra bases. 
  • Sophomore Colin Maloney pitched 2.0 scoreless innings to close out the game. He issued two walks and fanned one batter. 
  • Freshamn AJ Jones was charged with four runs in his 4.1-inning start. He struck out four batters and issued three walks. 
  • Sophomore Jeremy Urena was tagged with the loss (2-1). He scattered three hits, issued one walk, registered one strikeout and was not charged with any of the four runs scored in his 2.1-inning stay.
Up Next
The teams will continue the series with a 1 p.m. game on Saturday, April 27. 
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