NEWARK, DE – The Rider University baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader against Delaware at Bob Hannah Stadium on Sunday.
 
The Broncs (6-7) dropped the opener, 7-6, and the Blue Hens (7-7) secured the series sweep with an 8-6 win in game two.
 
GAME ONE
Delaware scored three runs in the home half of the sixth inning to turn a one-run deficit into a two-run advantage. In the top of the seventh, Rider pulled to within one as Kyle Johnson (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) came around to score on an error.
 
With the tying run in scoring position, a Blue Hen reliever induced a game-ending groundout.
 
GAME TWO
In the finale, Rider plated a run in the top of the first as Brendan O'Donnell () walked with the bases loaded. In the bottom half of the frame, Delaware plated five runs (only one of which was earned).
 
Trailing, 6-2, in the fifth, Rider tied the game at six with a four-run outburst. In the frame, both Luke Lesch (Gloucester Township, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) and Jack Peterson (Pittstown, NJ/North Hunterdon) had RBI doubles.
 
Delaware took the lead back in the bottom of fifth and the Blue Hens added an insurance run in the eight.
 
QUOTES
"We competed, but we didn't make the plays in the field that a good team must make nor did we hit in the clutch well enough to win." – Rider Head Coach Barry Davis
 
BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Kyle Johnson went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and three walks. On the day, he had four walks. On the season, he has a team-best 17 walks and a .492 on-base percentage.
- Jake Barbiere was 3-for-4 with two runs scored in game one. Barbiere also had three walks in game two.
- Scott Shaw had two hits, one walk and one run scored in game one.
- Luke Lesch was 2-for-3 in game two.
- Dylan Heine was saddled with the loss on game two out of the bullpen.