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Jason Lundy hit his team-leading fourth home run of the season on Wednesday.
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Winner Yale YALE 24-15
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Fordham FOR 18-19
Winner
Yale YALE
24-15
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Final
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Fordham FOR
18-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yale YALE 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 16 1
Fordham FOR 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 10 2

W: Sapsford, Tyler (1-1) L: Bisogno, Marc (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls to Yale, 8-4

Fordham’s Jason Lundy Hits Fourth Home Run of the Season, while Jake Baker Collects Three Hits

Bronx, N.Y. – In the first meeting between the two teams since 1985, Yale recorded 16 hits off Fordham pitching and had a five-run rally in the sixth inning, leading the Bulldogs to an 8-4 victory over the Rams at Houlihan Park on Wednesday night.
 
With the loss, Fordham has dropped six in a row, falling below the .500 mark at 18-19 on the season, while Yale improved to 24-15.
 
Yale got on the board right away in the first inning on an RBI-ground out by Richard Slenker, scoring Simon Whiteman, who reached on a double and moved to third on a wild pitch.  Slenker then increased the lead to 3-0 in the second with a two-run to left with the bases loaded.
 
Fordham pulled within 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth.  Alvin Melendez reached on an infield single to start the inning and stole second.  Jason Lundy then drew a 13-pitch walk to put runners at first and second.  After a sacrifice bunt by Pat Gardner, Matthew Kozuch reached on an infield single, scoring Melendez from third.  Jake Baker then was called safe for a bunt single, which scoring Lundy from third to make it, 3-2.
 
Yale would bounce back the following inning with a five-run rally to pull out to an 8-2 lead, highlighted by a two-run double by Tim DeGraw.
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Jake Baker had three hits on Wednesday.

 
The Rams made it 8-4 by the eighth inning, as Lundy connected on a solo home run to left in the bottom of the sixth, his team-leading fourth of the season, while Ryan Jennings had a pinch-hit RBI-single in the eighth to score Luke Stampfl, who reached on a double.
 
Fordham however would not get any closer, as the Rams left eight runners on base in the game.
 
For Fordham, Baker was 3-for-5 with an RBI, while Lundy was 1-for-2 with a home run and two runs scored.  Starter Marc Bisogno (0-1) took the loss, allowing one run on three hits in one inning of work.  A total of nine pitchers threw for Fordham with Brian Weissert posting the longest outing with two innings of one-hit relief.  Anthony DiMeglio and Jake Bernardo also threw one inning of scoreless relief on the night.
 
The Fordham baseball team will next be in action on Friday, April 28th, when the Rams meet the Rhode Island Rams in Kingston, Rhode Island, with start time set for 3:00 PM.
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