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University of Rhode Island

Baseball Walk-Off
Emma Roberts
5
Fordham FOR 23-25, 13-10 A-10
6
Winner Rhode Island URI 19-26, 12-11 A-10
Fordham FOR
23-25, 13-10 A-10
5
Final
6
Rhode Island URI
19-26, 12-11 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fordham FOR 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 5 3
Rhode Island URI 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 8 1

W: Santos, Manny (2-0) L: STEWART, Robbie (5-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Botti's Homer Lifts Rhode Island Over Fordham, 6-5

Rhode Island Starters (19-26, 12-11 Atlantic 10)
Penney (2B), Thompson (1B), Moroney (SS), Hopko (RF), King (3B), Connolly (DH), Leikus (C), Botti (LF), Henschel (CF), Cullen (P)

Fordham Starters (23-25, 13-10 Atlantic 10)
Kirk (2B), Grabau (SS), McAndrews (C), Donnelly (1B), Ocko (DH), Dean (LF), Ford (3B), Markey (CF), Young (RF), Hanawalt (P)

How it Happened
Aidan Botti's home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Rhode Island over Fordham, 6-5, at Bill Beck Field on Saturday afternoon. It was Botti's first homer of the season and evened the weekend series at one game apiece.

With Rhode Island struggling to throw strikes, Fordham added two runs in the top of the eighth to tie the game at 5. The score remained tied until Botti's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth. 

Fordham had the lead through five innings after scoring runs in three consecutive frames. The visitors plated runs in the third, fourth, and fifth innings. Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth, Rhode Island used a three-run sixth inning to open up a 5-3 lead on Fordham. Rhody's first run of the sixth inning came off a sacrifice fly RBI from Brian Connolly that scored Reece Moroney. Later in sixth, Danny Leikus doubled to left center field and brought both Jack Hopko and Ryan King in to score. 

While Rhode Island took the lead in the middle innings, its middle relief effort was strong. Parker Aikens pitched a scoreless sixth inning allowing one hit and facing the minimum three batters. Connor Johnston then pitched the seventh and walked one batter but escaped the inning without allowing a hit and striking out one. 

Inside the Box Score
  • Danny Leikus, who doubled twice in Friday's loss to Fordham, doubled again on Saturday. He added a base hit and two RBI.
  • Ryan Henschel went 2-for-3 with two RBI. 
  • Reece Moroney had a hit and a run scored. 
  • Aidan Botti had been held without a hit in the game leading to his walk-off home run. 
  • Scott Penney reached base twice with a base hit and a walk.
  • Ryan King scored twice.
  • Brian Connolly had a hit and an RBI.
  • Jake Cullen, Saturday's starter, threw 5.0 innings and allowed three runs, two earned runs, on four hits. He struck out five.
  • Parker Aikens and Connor Johnston combined for 2.0 innings of work and allowed one hit.
Up Next
Rhode Island and Fordham will conclude their weekend series tomorrow, Sunday, May 3 at Bill Beck Field. The game is slated to start at 12 p.m.



 
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