Final Score: Saint Joseph's 16 | St. Bonaventure 3
Location: Smithson Field (Merion Station, Pa.)
Records: Saint Joseph's 11-7 (3-1) | St. Bonaventure 4-14 (0-4)

St. Bonaventure Starters: Trimble (C), T. Johnson (SS), Rosencrance (3B), Dunn (DH), Bell (CF), Weightman (RF), Brozick (1B), Diaz (LF), Baldinelli (2B), A. Johnson (P)

Saint Joseph's Starters: Heuth (LF), O'Keefe (C), Forgey (RF), Kancylarz (3B), Cunningham (DH), Muha (1B), Kratochwill (2B), Boyd (SS), Pater (CF), Carter (P)

The Short Story:
The St. Bonaventure baseball team fell behind early on Friday as the Saint Joseph's Hawks scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back to clinch the 16-3 victory. The Bonnies attempted an early comeback in the third when Joel Rosencrance drove in two-runs with his second homerun of the season. After the Hawks tacked on another run in the bottom of the third, St. Bonaventure earned one of its own by a lead off homerun from Brian Weightman to left-field. At the beginning of the bottom of the fourth inning, St. Bonaventure trailed 5-3, but quickly changed as SJU posted a four-run inning in the fourth. Saint Joseph's went on to score seven runs in the final five innings. 

How It Happened:

• The Hawks led off the bottom of the first with back-to-back hits, including a leadoff double to left field. After runners advanced to second and third base, Forgey flied out to right field that allowed Heuth to score.  
• With runners on the corners with only one out in the first, Cunningham homered down the left-field line.
• After a scoreless second inning, St. Bonaventure finally pushed across a run in the third from a two-run homerun to left field from Joel Rosencrance.
• The Bonnies and the Hawks went on to trade runs in the bottom of the third and the top of the fourth. Both runs coming from single homeruns.
• Saint Joseph's pulled away in the five innings as they totaled 11 runs. Among the 11 runs that the Hawks scored in final six innings was a single homerun to right field that drove in two. SJU also combined for nine hits, including seven singles, a double and a homerun.

Inside The Box Score:

• Starting pitcher Asa Johnson faced 28 batters in five innings of work as he recorded three strikeouts and allowed eight hits. In the five innings, Johnson threw a total of 115 pitches.
• Joel Rosencrance tallied his fifth three-hit game of the season. Among those three hits were two singles and a two-run homerun.
• The Bonnies went on to leave nine runners on base as Saint Joe's left only five on the bags.
• Brian Weightman recorded his first homerun today in his four-year collegiate career.

On Deck:
The Bonnies continue on their search for their fifth win of the season on Saturday, March 29 as they take on the Saint Joseph's Hawks at Smithson Field in Merion Station, Pa. at 11 a.m.