2018 Rider University Baseball
MAAC Opening Series
GAMES 21, 22 & 23 – Friday, March 30 and Saturday March 31, 2018
Rider Broncs (5-15, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Iona Gaels (5-15, 1-2 MAAC)
First Pitch Game One: 3:00 PM on Friday
First Pitch Game Two: Noon on Saturday
First Pitch Game Three: 2:30 pm on Saturday
Live Stats: SideArm Stats
Twitter: @RiderUBaseball
Live Audio: 107.7 The BroncÂ
What You Need to Know
- The Rider University baseball team opens Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) play this weekend, March 30-31 with a three-game home series against Iona at Sonny Pittaro Field.
- Last time out, the Broncs fell to visiting Lehigh, 5-3, as part of the Liberty Bell Classic on Tuesday afternoon. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Rider in home openers in Lawrenceville.
- In the game with the Mountain Hawks, sophomore
Kyle Johnson had two of Rider's five hits. It was his fourth multi-hit game of the spring.
- The Rider bullpen was effective on Tuesday, tossing four and two-thirds innings without allowing an earned run.
Nick Payesko,
Jordan Silverman and
Zach Gakeler all tossed scoreless innings.
- Senior
Jake Bender is the only Rider every day starter hitting over .300. He is batting .316 with a team-high 24 hits.
- Earlier this season, Bender and junior
Riley Mihalik both recorded the 100th hits of their careers.
- Johnson leads the team with 13 runs scored. He is also one of five Broncs with four steals on the basepaths.
- Senior
Harrison McClure leads the team with eight extra-base hits (6 2B & 2 HR) and 10 RBIs.
- Out of the bullpen, junior
Jordan Silverman has made a team-high 12 appearances.
- Iona enters the weekend with a 5-15 overall record and 1-2 mark in league action. The Gaels have dropped eight of their last nine games. After dropping their first two MAAC contests of the year, Iona rallied to defeat Siena, 4-2.
- Offensively, Sean Scales leads the Iona offensive attack. He is hitting .400 with a .462 on-base percentage and nine RBIs.
- On the mound, the Gaels have a team ERA of 6.34.
