March 30, 2007

Box Score

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - Cory Riordan struck out 10 batters in a complete game shutout victory as Fordham defeated St. Bonaventure 9-0 on Friday afternoon at Fred Handler Park.

Riordan gave up four hits and walked four batters in the game, but did not allow a base runner until the fourth inning when he gave senior third baseman Brian Pellegrini a walk with two outs.

The 6'3'' right-hander for the Rams shut down the Bonnies' offensive leaders. Tristan Mulcahy, who leads St. Bonaventure in batting average (.409), RBIs (20) and slugging percentage (.697), finished the day 0-4. Pellegrini (.324, 5 HR) went 0-2 and drew two walks.

St. Bonaventure starting pitcher Jim Britton struck out six, but allowed nine runs on 11 hits in six innings of work to pick up the loss. Britton fell to 2-2 this season, while Riordan improved to 3-1.

Fordham scored in the first inning when Jordan Lert plated Mike Mobbs from third on a single to left field. The Rams tacked on another four runs in the second, including three on a home run to deep left-center field by Rich Goulian, to make the score 5-0.

Ram's cleanup hitter John Mollicone made it a 6-0 game in the fifth with a line drive homerun that barely cleared the left field fence. Fordham then added three runs in the sixth to take a 9-0 lead.

The Bonnies first hit of the game came on T.J. Pennino's fifth inning single through the right side. Senior left fielder Joe Rizzo, second baseman Kevin Suminski, and designated-hitter Josh Sova each added hits for St. Bonaventure.

St. Bonaventure fell to 7-11 on the year and 2-2 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, while Fordham has now won 11 of its last 14 to improve to 11-9 overall and 3-1 in conference play.

The Bonnies and Rams are back in action on Saturday for game two of the weekend series. First pitch is set for noon at Handler Park.