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Photo Gallery Saint Joseph's Daniel Thorpe struck out 10 batters over seven innings, while Chris Hueth and Tommy Cunningham each drove in three runs, as the Hawks topped the Fordham Rams, 13-1, at Houlihan Park on Friday night.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 13-18 on the year, 4-6 in the Atlantic 10, while Saint Joseph's improved to 17-9 on the year, 6-3 in the league.
The Hawks jumped on Fordham starting pitcher
Joseph Serrapica right away in the first inning, netting three runs on three hits, two walks, and a Fordham error.
Fordham picked up a run in the second to close the gap to 3-1.
Charles Galiano singled up the middle with one out and moved to second on a walk to
Mark Donadio. After a ground out advanced the runners, Saint Joseph's pitcher Daniel Thorpe committed a balk, allowing Galiano to score.
The Hawks got that run right back in the third, as Stefan Kancylarz tripled to right field with one out and scored on a double by Kevin Kratochwill.
Then in the fourth, Brian O'Keefe connected on a solo home run to right, his fifth of the season, to give the Hawks a 5-1 edge.
Saint Joseph's would add a single run in the sixth three in the seventh, and four in the ninth to close out a 13-1 win.
Fordham managed just five hits in the game, as Thorpe was in control through his seven innings of work, improving to 6-0 on the season. Galiano had two of Fordham's five hits, while
Tim Swatek, Donadio, and
Ryan Mahoney had one each.
On the hill, Serrapica (0-1) took the loss, allowing three runs on three hits with four walks in 1.2 innings of work.
Greg Weissert tossed 1.1 innings of relief (2 H, 1 R), while
Cody Johnson threw four innings of relief (6 H, 5 R).
Shane McDonald pitched the final two innings for Fordham (5 H, 4 R).
The same two teams will face off for game two of this series at 4:00 PM on Saturday.
