Bronx, N.Y. – (March 17, 2024) – The Fordham Rams wrapped up their baseball round robin weekend on Sunday with a split of two games at Houlihan Park.
Fordham opened Sunday with a 4-2 win over Army West Point, completing a season series sweep of the Black Knights.
The Rams picked up a 1-0 lead in the third inning, when
Chris Genaro cracked a solo home run to left, his first of the season.
Fordham extended the lead in the seventh, scoring three times for a 4-0 edge, highlighted by an RBI-single from
Daniel Bucciero.
Army was held in check for eight innings before the Black Knights scored twice and got the tying run to the plate. However,
Connor Haywood struck out Braden Golinski to secure the 4-2 win.
Aidan Dowd (1-0) earned his first collegiate win, pitching five shutout innings, allowing two hits with six strikeouts.
Gannon Brady also added two scoreless innings of relief, while Haywood finished with four strikeouts in two innings of work.
At the plate, Genaro was 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI, while
Ryan Thiesse, Bucciero, and
T.J. Wachter each had two hits.
In game two of the day, Fairfield picked up a 13-3 win over Fordham in seven innings.
The Rams took the initial lead in the second inning on a two-run double to right by Genaro, but the lead was short-lived, as the Stags scored four times in the third for a 4-2 lead. Ethan Hibbard hit his fourth home run against the Rams this weekend, a three-run blast to right, for his ninth home run overall, while Dean Ferrara added an RBI-single.
Fordham got a run back in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly by
Cian Sahler, making it, 4-3, but the Stags poured on the offense in the fifth and sixth innings, netting nine runs for the 13-3 final score.
Genaro ended the game 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI, while Thiesse and
Madden Ocko were each 1-for-3 with a run scored.
Dominic Cunha (0-4) took the loss, allowing four runs on five hits over 2.2 innings of work.
The Rams are back in action on Wednesday, March 20
th, for a 3:00 PM home game against Hofstra.
Gallery: (3-17-2024) Baseball vs. Fairfield
