POUGHKEEPSIE, NY- The Rider University baseball team scored five runs in the final frame however fell against Marist 6-5 on Sunday afternoon. With the loss, Rider moves to 15-16 and 11-1 in the MAAC and Marist to 12-22 and 5-7 in conference.
Both offenses were kept quiet in the finale as Rider pitchers
Clayton Poliey (Ringwood, NJ/Don Bosco Prep) and
Christian Aiello (Hewitt, NJ/West Milford) combined for seven innings with only one earned run between the two. However after a lengthy weather delay, Rider and Marist turned the offense up with both teams scoring five runs in their final offensive innings. Marist tallied five runs in the bottom of the eighth to go into the ninth up 6-0 and the Broncs would respond with a late game rally.
The Broncs scored all five of their runs in the final inning with two outs, starting with
Kyle Neri (Williamstown, N.J./St. Augustine Prep|Bryant) scoring
Luke Lesch (Gloucester, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) to start the Broncs rally.
Anthony Paskell (Solon, OH/Saint Ignatius) revved things up with an RBI double in the following at-bat and
Matt Leahy (Woolwich, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) continued the scoring, driving in Neri with a base hit to cut the lead in half to 6-3. The Broncs loaded the bases following a pitching change by the Red Foxes giving third basemen
Jack Winsett (Voorhees, NJ/ Eastern) a great chance to bring the Broncs back into the ball game. Winsett scored a base hit up the middle scoring Leahy and Paskell, cutting the lead to only one. The Broncs' comeback came up just short however as the two-out rally in the ninth would conclude on a pop-out in foul ground.
Quotes and Notes
-" A tough one today. we pitched well Poliey and Aiello were outstanding our bats were silent most of the day. a late rally fell short I like our team and where are. we have to keep working to improve and we will." Rider Head Coach Dr Barry Davis
- Poliey gets the loss going five innings allowing one run on five hits with four strikeouts.
- Aiello went two innings allowing one run unearned in the loss.
Broncs by the Numbers
- Rider had seven hits with Winsett, Neri, Paskell, Leahy,
Joe Tiroly (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) and
Justin Costanzo (East Greenwich, NJ/ Gloucester Catholic| Widener) each recording hits.
- Paskell moves his hit streak to six games and on-base streak to 12.
- Lesch has reached in all 31 games played this year.
Up Next
The Broncs get ready for a midweek matchup vs 206 foe Princeton on April 17th at 3:00 PM.
