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Lesch
Demetrius Kazanas
1
Rider RIDER 2-13
13
Winner St. John's SJU 13-4
Rider RIDER
2-13
1
Final
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St. John's SJU
13-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rider RIDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
St. John's SJU 1 3 4 3 0 1 0 1 X 13 14 2

W: PESCA, Mario (2-0) L: Young, Brian (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Gary Erdelyi

Baseball Topped by St John's, 13-1

Lesch extends on-base streak to 15 games

QUEENS, NY– The Rider University Baseball team dropped the final matchup of the weekend series with St John's, 13-1, on Sunday afternoon. With the loss, Rider moves to 2-13, and St John's moves to 13-4 on the year.

The Broncs looked strong starting off the ball game as Luke Lesch (Gloucester TWP, NJ/ Gloucester Catholic) started the afternoon's scoring with his team-best 10th RBI of the year scoring Anthony Paskell (Solon, OH/Saint Ignatius) to put Rider on the board first. The Red Storm did however find an answer in the bottom half of the inning thanks to a solo home run from Ben Beauchamp. 

The Red Storm continued to splash runs across all throughout the early innings adding runs in each of the first four innings to go up 11-1 after four. 

The Broncs did see runners on base in the latter stages of the ball game starting in the sixth where Justin Costanzo (East Greenwich, N.J. Gloucester Catholic [Widener]) doubled to put two in scoring position with two outs. The Broncs went on to load the bases an at-bat later thanks to a hit batter, but couldn't capitalize with the bases juiced.

In the seventh, the Broncs suffered the same fate as they had the bases loaded for a second straight inning with only one away but went down scoreless in the inning. Rider also had a pair of runners on the bases in the eighth and ninth but failed to drive any runs in dropping the finale at St Johns 13-1.  

Quotes and Notes
"It was a tough day, we never really got a chance to compete deeper into the game. We have a lot to work on and no one can fix it but us." – Rider Baseball Head Coach Dr. Barry Davis

- Brian Young (Neptune, NJ/Communication) got the start for Rider allowing seven runs, with six earned, on five hits in the loss. The loss moves Young to 0-3 on the year.

Broncs by the Numbers
 - Rider had five hits as Lesch, Costanzo, Jack Winsett (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern Regional), Joe Tiroly (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury), and Nick Shuhet (Mountain Lakes, NJ/Mountain Lakes) each recorded at least one hit in the contest.
- Lesch moved his on-base streak to 15 games, RBI streak to five games, and his hit streak to nine games

Up Next
The Broncs travel to Piscataway to face Jersey foe Rutgers on Tuesday at 3:00 PM
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