Baseball Edges Army West Point, 3-2

Bronx, N.Y. – (April 13, 2021) – Fordham's Nick Labella plated Chris Genaro with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh, while six Fordham pitchers combined to strike out 14 batters, as the Rams edged Army West Point, 3-2, at Houlihan Park on Tuesday.
 
With the win, Fordham has won four in a row to improve to 16-7 on the year, while Army West Point evened its record at 12-12.
 
The Black Knights took the initial 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning, getting runs on a bases loaded hit by pitch and a sacrifice fly.
 
Fordham answered with two runs in the fourth to knot the game at two.  Jason Coules singled with one out and advanced to second on an error.  Zach Selinger followed with a single to move Coules to third.  Coules then scored on a sacrifice bunt by Casey Brown to cut the deficit to 2-1.  Selinger the tied the game, as he moved to third on a single by Richard Grund and a scored on a wild pitch.

 
The score remained tied until the seventh, when Fordham went ahead, 3-2.  Chris Genaro and Nico Boza drew back-to-back walks to start the inning and advanced on a sacrifice by Jake Guercio.  Fordham pinch-hitter then lifted a fly ball to center, which was caught.  Genaro raced home and scored just before Boza was thrown out at third to end the inning.
 
From there, the Rams' pitching staff closed out the victory, as Joseph Quintal picked up his second save of the season, recording the final three outs of the game.  Cameron Knox (1-1) earned his first collegiate win, tossing two innings of scoreless relief, allowing two hits with three strikeouts.  James Springer made the start, tossing a scoreless first inning, while Ben Kovel and Alex Henderson each threw two innings of relief with three strikeouts each.
 
At the plate, Coules was 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base, while Selinger went 1-for-3 with a run scored.
 
The Rams are back in action this weekend, when the team travels to Rhode Island for a four-game Atlantic 10 series in Kingston, R.I.