Fishkill, N.Y. – Despite a career-best four RBI from
Ryan Mahoney and five strikeouts on the hill by
Reiss Knehr, the Fordham Rams fell to the Manhattan Jaspers, 7-5, in baseball action at Duchess County Stadium in Fishkill, N.Y.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 22-21 on the year, while Manhattan improved to 13-24.
Manhattan opened the scoring with a run in the first inning. Jose Carrera reached on an infield single, stole second and scored on a single by Christian Santisteban.
The Jaspers added two more in the second for a 3-0 edge, as Ryan Gronlier picked up an RBI-single to left, while Richie Barella drew a bases loaded walk to force in a run.
Fordham tied the game in the bottom of the third, scoring three times. The Rams loaded the bases on singles by
Joseph DeVito and
Joseph Runco and a walk to
Mark Donadio. DeVito then scored on a passed ball with Runco and Donadio scoring on a two-run single by
Ryan Mahoney.
The Rams then took a 5-3 lead in the top of the fifth. Fordham loaded the bases once again this time with one out on two walks and a hit by pitch. Mahoney then delivered another two-run single to right, scoring
Matthew Kozuch and
Ryan McNally.
The Jaspers cut the lead to 5-4 in the seventh, as Chris Reynolds drew a leadoff walk and scored on a double from Santisteban.
Manhattan then regained the lead with a three-run eighth inning to go up 7-5 on an RBI-single by Gronlier and a two-run single by Reynolds.
Reiss Knehr struck out five batters in three innings of relief on Tuesday.
The Rams would get the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but was unable to score against Manhattan reliever Shawn Kanwisher, as he earned his sixth win of the season, pitching 1.1 innings of scoreless relief.
Anthony DiMeglio (3-3) took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits in an inning of work.
Ryan Remo got the start, allowing three runs on five hits in two innings of work, while
Reiss Knehr threw the next three innings, giving up just one hit with five strikeouts.
Anthony Zimmerman tossed a scoreless inning in the sixth with
Parker Barnell allowing one run on one hit in his inning of work in the seventh.
At the plate, Mahoney was 2-for-4 with a career-high four RBI, while Runco and DeVito each had a pair of hits and a run scored. Donadio finished 1-for-2 with a triple, a run scored and two walks.
The Rams are next in action on Friday, April 29
th, when they start a three-game Atlantic 10 series at Massachusetts, beginning at 3:00 PM.
