Bronx, N.Y. – (May 12, 2022) – This weekend marks the final home series for the Fordham baseball team, as the Rams welcome the St. Bonaventure Bonnies to Houlihan Park for three conference games.
Fordham (13-32, 6-12 A10) hopes to put together a strong finish to the 2022 campaign and send off their senior class on a high note, as they play their final home games. St. Bonaventure (5-32, 3-15 A10) is playing their best ball of the season, having won three of its last four games, which included a series win over Dayton last weekend.
PROBABLE STARTERS/GAME COVERAGE:
Friday: Fordham – RHP
Gabe Karslo (2-4) vs. St. Bonaventure – RHP Luke Roggenbrk (1-4) //
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Saturday: Fordham – LHP
Cian Sahler (2-2) vs. St. Bonaventure – RHP Bryce Hediger (0-6) //
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Sunday: Fordham – RHP
Brooks Ey (3-7) vs. St. Bonaventure – LHP Liam Devine (0-5) //
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OPPONENT OUTLOOK: St. Bonaventure enters the weekend with a .243 batting average through 37 games. Garrett Boldt leads the squad with a .316 average to go with 17 runs scored, eight extra-base hits, and 11 RBI. Danny Manion and Matthew Williams each have 20 RBI on the year, tying for the team lead. On the mound, the Bonnies hold a 7.77 ERA with a .333 opponent batting average. They will send the trio of Luke Roggenburk, Bryce Hediger, and Liam Devine to the hill this weekend. Roggenburk holds a 6.51 ERA over 37.1 innings, while Hediger has 24 strikeouts over 41 innings. Devine is tied for the team lead in strikeouts with 44 over 52.1 innings.
SERIES HISTORY: Fordham and St. Bonaventure have met 73 times previously with the Rams holding a 44-29 edge in the all-time series. The two teams closed out the 2021 season with a four-game series at St. Bonaventure, where Fordham took three of four games in a scoring fest. Besides a 2-1 win pitched by Fordham's
Matt Mikulski, the Rams won the other two games 11-10 in 10 innings and 14-12. The Bonnies' lone win was a 12-11 decision in 10 innings.
LAST TIME OUT: URI's Anthony DePino drove in six runs, which included four on a grand slam home run to lead the Rhode Island Rams to an 11-7 win over the Fordham Rams on Sunday at Bill Beck Field in Kingston, R.I.
Rhode Island kicked off the game with a 4-0 lead in the first on a grand slam home run by Anthony DePino, his 15th of the season. URI made it 6-0 in the third, as DePino did the damage again with a two-run single.
Fordham got into the game in the fourth, loading the bases on singles by
Andy Semo,
Zach Selinger, and
Sebastian Mexico.
Richard Grund drove in Semo with an infield single, while Selinger came in on a fielder's choice by
Chris Genaro to make it a 6-2 ballgame.
Zach Selinger
Rhode Island got those two runs back in the bottom of the frame, as after an error, Jack Cucinotta hit a two-run home run to left, his seventh of the year. URI added to their lead with single runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to go up by an 11-3 score. Fordham's third run came on a bases loaded walk to Semo in the seventh inning.
Fordham then scored four times in the ninth for the 11-7 final score, highlighted by a two-run double by
T.J. Wachter.
Ey (3-7) took the loss, allowing seven earn runs over four innings.
Beau Rottmann tossed three innings of relief, giving up three runs, while
Cory Wall pitched a scoreless eighth inning. At the plate, Selinger was 2-for-4 with a run scored, while Wachter had a two-run double off the bench.
HEATING UP: Ryan Thiesse has heated up over his last 11 games, batting .519 with seven runs scored and eight RBI… After missing the first 29 games of the year,
David Kale has fit right into the leadoff spot in the 14 games he has appeared in, batting .368 (21-57) with 13 runs scored, eight stolen bases, three home runs, and 12 RBI…
Ben Kovel is 1-0 with four saves and a 1.65 ERA in his last 10 appearances out of the bullpen…
Joseph Quintal is also 1-0 with two saves and a 1.93 ERA in his last eight relief appearances to go with 21 strikeouts over 18.2 innings.
WHO'S NEXT: Following this series, Fordham will end the regular season with four straight road games against Villanova (May 17th) and VCU (May 19th-21st).
