Baseball Travels to Davidson For Another Big A-10 Series

After recording its 20^th win of the season on Wednesday, the Fordham baseball team is back in conference play this weekend, as the Rams travel to Davidson, North Carolina for a three-game Atlantic 10 series with the Davidson Wildcats at Wilson Field in North Carolina.
 
Fordham (20-19, 6-3) has won each of its first three conference series against Richmond, La Salle, and Rhode Island, taking two out of three games in each instance.  Davidson (20-17, 7-5) also won its first three series of the season against Massachusetts, Saint Joseph's, and George Washington, but dropped two of three games to Richmond last weekend.
 
PROBABLE STARTERS/GAME COVERAGE:
Friday – RHP Kirk Haynes, Jr. (3-2, 2.70) vs. RHP Clark Beeker (6-2, 1.91) // Twitter Feed - @FordhamBaseball | Live Stats | Live Video (PPV)
 
Saturday - RHP Greg Weissert (2-3, 3.12) vs. RHP Durin O'Linger (5-2, 2.93) // Twitter Feed - @FordhamBaseball | Live Stats | Live Video (PPV)
 
Saturday - RHP Joseph Serrapica (2-4, 3.81) vs. TBA // Twitter Feed - @FordhamBaseball | Live Stats | Live Video (PPV)
 
SERIES HISTORY: Fordham and Davidson have only met one before, which came last year at Houlihan Park.  The Rams took two of three games from the Wildcats, dropping the opening game, 5-3, while taking the final two games, 2-1 and 6-2.
 
LAST TIME OUT: Fordham freshman pitcher Ryan Remo allowed just one run on four hits over seven innings of work, while Ryan McNally hit his eighth home run of the season, as the Rams kicked off an eight-game road swing with a 4-1 victory over the Columbia Lions at Satow Stadium.
 
Fordham got on the board right away, scoring twice in the first inning.  Ryan McNally and Luke Stampfl both drew two-out walks, which was followed by a two-run double to right by Mark Donadio to give the Rams a 2-0 lead.
 
The Rams added to the lead in the third with a single run, making it 3-0.  Jason Lundy singled through the left side to start the frame, and then stole second and third.  He then scored on a sacrifice fly by McNally.
 
Fordham got another run in the fifth, when McNally cranked a solo home run to left, his team-leading eighth of the season, for a 4-0 edge.

 
Columbia got on the board in the bottom of the frame, loading the bases and getting an RBI-ground out from Will Savage.

That run was the only offense the Lions could muster against Fordham starting pitcher Ryan Remo, as he scattered four hits and four walks over a season-best seven innings of work to earn his second win of the season.  Jimmy Murphy came on in relief of Remo to record his third save of the year, pitching two scoreless innings with a strikeout.
 
At the plate, McNally was 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI, while Lundy was 1-for-4 with a run scored and two stolen bases.  Donadio was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI with Ryan Mahoney and Joseph DeVito both going 1-for-3.
 
WE'RE GOING STREAKIN': Graduate student Ryan McNally has a .347 batting average over his last 15 games (17-49) with 14 runs scored, five doubles, three home runs, and 12 RBI… Senior Ian Edmiston has a .326 batting average over his last 15 games with six runs scored… Freshman Justin Bardwell is batting .304 (14-46) over his last 13 games with four doubles and five RBI… Senior Joseph Serrapica is 2-0 with a save and a 1.17 ERA in his last six outings, posting 26 strikeouts in 23 innings… Senior Jimmy Murphy has a 1-1 record with three saves and 0.71 ERA in 12.2 innings with 12 strikeouts… Junior Greg Weissert is 2-0 with a 1.37 ERA in his last three starts with 26 strikeouts in 19.2 innings.
 
WHO'S NEXT: The Rams continue their eight-game road swing on Tuesday, April 26^th, when Fordham travels to Fishkill, N.Y. for a game against Manhattan at 6:30 PM.