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BRONX, N.Y. – Looking for its first Atlantic 10 Conference sweep since March 2009, the baseball team (8-15, 2-4 A-10) fell short on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game series against the Fordham Rams, 9-1.
The Rams (18-13, 3-3 A-10) plated three runs in the 1st inning, one in the 3rd and two more in the 4th to jump out to a 6-0 lead off Bona starter Andrew Revello.
The Bonnies got on the board leading off the top of the 6th with just their second hit of the game. Joe Chittester pinch hit for junior Ryan Skellie, and the lefty-swinging freshman pulled an 0-1 delivery from Fordham starter Chris Pike over the right-field wall for his first home run. Unfortunately for St. Bonaventure, that was its lone run of the game as the Rams tallied three more in the 8th to go on to even their conference record.
Revello was credited with the loss after pitching 6.1 innings, allowing seven hits and six runs – four of which were earned. He was relieved by senior Jamie Wallschlaeger, who retired both batters he faced in the 7th, before three Bona hurlers were used to finish off the 8th.
Six different Bonnies recorded hits, with sophomore Jason Radwan being the lone Bonnie with a multi-hit effort, but only Chittester's resulted in a run.
Pike went eight innings before being lifted for Jonathan Reich prior to the 9th. The right hander scattered six hits in striking out eight Bonaventure hitters for his fourth win of the campaign.
The Bonnies positioned themselves for the potential series sweep behind another great outing from redshirt sophomore Eddie Gray in game two of the series on Saturday. Gray ran his team-best record to 3-1 following the 6-2 win, and lowered his club-best ERA to 2.14 by pitching eight innings of six-hit, two-run (one earned) baseball against the Rams. The left hander struck out six while walking four and now has allowed just 35 hits in 42 innings of work on the season.
At the plate, St. Bonaventure had a quartet of players record two-hit afternoons as Brad Steinbach, Billy Urban, Austin Ingraham and Michael Grieco all collected two hits, with Urban driving home three runs.
Bonaventure is back on the road on Tuesday for a scheduled doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. against Big 4 foe University at Buffalo.
