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Skettini
Gary Breedlove
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Rider RIDER 1-8
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Winner USC Upstate UPST 8-7
Rider RIDER
1-8
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Final
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USC Upstate UPST
8-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rider RIDER 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 8 9 2
USC Upstate UPST 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 9 12 0

W: ELLINGWORTH, Cooper (2-1) L: Poliey, Clayton (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Gary Erdelyi

Baseball Drops Heartbreaker vs USC-Upstate

Broncs walked off in Spartanburg

SPARTANBURG, SC– Brian Skettini (Midland Park, NJ/ Ridgewood) had another massive game, however the Broncs would fall in heartbreaking fashion 9-8 at USC-Upstate. With the loss, the Broncs drop to 1-8 on the year and USC-Upstate moves to 8-7. 

Skettini started the game right where he left off a night ago by recording his second home run of the weekend to put the Broncs ahead 1-0, in the top of the first. Skettini would send the first pitch of the at-bat vs Upstate starter Mathieu Curtis out to the left for his second home run in back-to-back nights. Similar to game one of the series Upstate would answer the Broncs' offense with a run of their own in the bottom of the first tying the game at one. 

Upstate would light the scoreboard twice in the third thanks to a triple from Jace Reinhart and a base hit from Koby Kropf to go ahead 3-1.

Following a big third inning for Upstate, Rider found their first crooked number of the game in the fourth when Rider drove in five runs to take a 6-3 lead. The Broncs' big inning was capped off with a three-run home run from Anthony Paskell (Solon, OH/Saint Ignatius) to start his big day offensively. 

In the fifth inning, the Broncs offense stayed hot driving in a pair of runs in the frame to go ahead 8-3. Skettini started the offense off in the inning by scoring off a passed ball. Paskell followed up the Skettini run with his fourth RBI of the night driving in Luke Lesch (Gloucester Township, NJ/ Gloucester Catholic) to cap off another strong Rider inning.

Upstate got to work on the comeback, tallying a pair of home runs in the sixth and seventh innings, tying the game going into the ninth. In the ninth, Easton Cullison drove in David Pereria, walking things off with a base hit in between first and second. 

Quotes & Notes
"As tough a loss as you'll have. We did a lot of good things, but we need to do more. Offensively we did a lot of good things. Need to keep working. we'll be back tomorrow." – Rider Baseball Head Coach Dr. Barry Davis

- Clayton Poiley (Ringwood, NJ/Don Bosco Prep) received the loss, pitching 1.2 innings, with only one earned run.
- Christian Aiello (Hewitt, NJ/West Milford) got the start for Rider, going four innings allowing three runs on seven hits.

Broncs by the Numbers
 - Rider had nine hits in the contest with Skettini, Paskell, Kyle Neri (Williamstown, NJ/St. Augustine Prep | Bryant), Will Gallagher (Cranford, NJ/Cranford),  Lesch,  and Justin Constanzo (East Greenwich, NJ/ Gloucester Catholic | Widner) all registering hits.
- Lesch moved his on-base streak to nine games.
- Costanzo moved his hit streak to four straight. 
- Skettini has homered in back-to-back contests. 
- Paskell recorded a career-high four RBIs in the loss. 

Up Next
The Broncs will finish the series with USC-Upstate tomorrow starting at 2:00 P.M
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