LOUDONVILLE, NY – The Rider University baseball team fell to Siena, 11-1, on Monday afternoon in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) action.

The Broncs (11-29, 6-11 MAAC) have now dropped four conference games in a row, while the Saints (15-28, 11-7 MAAC) completed the three-game sweep of Rider.

Siena got off to a quick start on Monday, taking advantage of a Rider miscue to score three runs in the bottom of the first off Bronc starter Vincent Vitacco (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Bonner).

Rider answered in the third inning as sophomore Joe Simone (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) lined an RBI single to bring the guests within two at 3-1. In the bottom half, Siena countered the Bronc run with one of their own to stretch the lead back to three.

The Saints blew the game open with four runs in the fourth to chase Vitacco and Siena would add an insurance run in the fifth and two more in the sixth.

Vitacco worked three and two-thirds innings and surrendered eight runs (six of which were earned). He was saddled with the loss to fall to 0-4 on the year in his fifth career start.  

NOTES & QUOTES
"We walked eight batters, made three errors and got four hits. It's tough to win when you do these things." – Rider Head Coach Barry Davis

- Rider is now 4-21 on the road this season and 6-23 overall outside of Lawrenceville.
- The Broncs had four hits and committed three errors defensively.
- Two of Rider's four hits went for extra bases.
- The Broncs had fewer than five hits in a game for the fifth time in 2018.
- It was the team's ninth game with three or more errors this spring.

BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Sophomore Kyle Johnson led the Rider attack, going 2-for-4 with a triple. Johnson now has 89 career hits. The multi-hit game was his ninth of the season. Johnson extended his hitting streak to five games.
- In relief, Anthony Arneth worked three perfect innings. He struck out two Saints and retired all nine batters that he faced. It was his fourth appearance this season in which he did not allow a run. The outing was also his longest out of the bullpen in 2018.
- Joe Simone and Richie Tecco were the other two Broncs with hits on the day. Simone had a run-scoring double and Tecco opened the eighth inning with a single.
- Jake Barbiere scored the Rider run after walking to start the third inning. 

UP NEXT
Rider returns to action on Tuesday, May 8 with a road non-conference showdown against in-state rival Seton Hall. First pitch between the Broncs and the Pirates is scheduled for 4:00 pm at Owen T. Carroll Field in East Orange.