Box Score March 30, 2013
Box Score
Merion Station, Pa. -
Fordham's Ryan McNally connected for the go-ahead RBI-double in top of the eighth inning, while Tim Swatek pitched 2.2 scoreless innings of relief, as the Fordham Rams snapped a seven-game skid, defeating the Saint Joseph's Hawks, 4-3, at Smithson Field in Merion Station, Pa.
The win puts Fordham at 11-14 on the year, 1-5 in the Atlantic 10, while Saint Joseph's fell to 12-14 on the season, 4-2 in league play.
The game started as a pitcher's duel between Fordham's Joseph Serrapica and Saint Joseph's Daniel Thorpe with each posting three scoreless innings to start the game.
Fordham then broke through with three runs in the fourth. Ryan McNally was hit by a pitch with one out and Sam Careccia singled to center to put runners at first and second. After a fly out, Ian Edmiston drew a walk to load the bases. Joseph DeVito then came through with a bases clearing triple to left, giving Fordham a 3-0 lead.
The Hawks battled back to even the score at three, with two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh. In the sixth, Brian O'Keefe hit a two-run home run to right off Fordham reliever Brett Kennedy, while Mike Muha had an RBI-double in the seventh.
Fordham though regained the lead in the top of the eighth, when
Mike Mauri doubled to right center and scored on an RBI-double by McNally.
The Rams' Tim Swatek then shut the door on the Hawks, pitching 2.2 scoreless innings of relief to earn his first win of the season. He gave up only one hit over that stretch, while striking out two. Serrapica pitched five-plus innings, allowing one run on one hit, while Kennedy allowed two runs on four hits over 1.1 innings of relief.
At the plate, DeVito was 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBI, while McNally was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Swatek also helped his own cause with two hits in the game.
The Fordham baseball team will next be in action on Tuesday, April 2nd, when the Rams travel to Albany for a date with the Great Danes, beginning at 3:00 PM.
