SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Rider University baseball team fell on the road to San Francisco, 5-4, on Saturday afternoon at Benedetti Diamond on USF's campus.

The Broncs (4-8) dropped their second straight tilt, while the Dons (9-5) won their fourth game in a row.

Trailing 3-1 in the top of the fifth, Rider rallied with a three-run outburst to take a 4-3 edge. In the frame, Kyle Johnson (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) hit an RBI double, Riley Mihalik (Churchville, PA/Chestnut Hill Academy) walked to bring home a run and Sebastian Willamson (Oley, PA/Oley Valley) hit a run-scoring grounder to short.

San Francisco knotted the game at four in the bottom half of the sixth inning with a sac fly.

The Dons capped the scoring in the seventh as the eventual game-winning run came around to score on a single to right center.

Out of the bullpen, freshman Kyle Smith (Startford, NJ/Sterling) was saddled with loss.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We played well today with the exception of 10 walks and two hit batters from our pitchers. We turned three double plays to get us out of three separate jams. We need to hit with two outs and runners in scoring position. They did and we didn't today. Overall, I'm very happy with the effort from the team today." – Rider Head Coach Barry Davis

- Rider had 10 hits in the game. It marked the third time in the last four games that the Broncs recorded 10 or more hits. It was the team's second straight game with 10 hits.
- Four different Broncs had multi-hit games.
- Kyle Johnson went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI from the leadoff spot.
- Riley Mihalik also had two hits, one run scored and one RBI.
- Mike Ionta went 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Shortstop Richie Tecco also added two hits and one run scored.
- Smith worked two and two-thirds innings in relief. He scattered two hits and allowed one earned run.
- Vincent Vitacco got the start for the Broncs. He went five innings and allowed four earned runs. Vitacco surrendered four hits and walked seven batters.

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Rider will close out their weekend on the campus of San Francisco with a neutral-site battle with UC Riverside.