LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University baseball team lost to regional rival Saint Joseph's, 13-7, on Tuesday evening in non-conference action under the lights at ARM & HAMMER PARK in Trenton.

The Broncs (13-26) have now dropped six straight games, while the Hawks (15-20) won their fourth contest in a row against Rider.

In the high-scoring affair, the two squads combined for 34 hits and saw 21 runners left on base.

The difference in the game proved to be a six-run outburst by Saint Joseph's in the top of the second. In the frame, three different Bronc pitchers toed the rubber and the Hawks recorded six hits and left the bases loaded.

Rider chipped away at the lead with three runs in the home half of the fifth inning, but St. Joe's answered with five runs in the top of the sixth.  

NOTES & QUOTES
"I thought we swung the bats well and put together some good at-bats. We hit the ball hard into some outs. We missed an opportunity when the score was 7-3 and we had runners on first and third with one out in the fifth. Then we gave up five runs with two outs in the next half inning. Silverman, Harding, Gakeler and Eiser all pitched well. Hirschy was better. We need to continue to work." – Rider Head Coach Barry Davis

- Rider had 16 hits in the game. It marked the fourth time this year that the team has recorded 16 or more hits in a contest. They are 1-3 in those games.
- Kyle Smith got the start and suffered the loss.
- Riley Mihalik and Kyle Johnson each had three apiece for the Broncs. Mihalik was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and Johnson went 3-for-5 with two stolen bases.
-  Joe Simone, Sebastian Williamson and Brennan McAllister all had two hits apiece for Rider. Simone had two RBIs from the top of the order.
- CJ Hirschy, Colin Eiser and Zach Gakeler each tossed a scoreless inning of relief for the Broncs.
- Mihalik now is batting .331 on the year. He has scored 107 runs, registered 180 hits, smacked 25 home runs and racked up 117 RBIs. He is now tied for 25th in program history in hits, seventh in Rider history in homers and tied for 19th in Bronc history in RBIs.