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ICBASE 3/18
15
Winner Rider RID 11-10, 2-0 MAAC
3
Iona College ION 0-18, 0-2 MAAC
Winner
Rider RID
11-10, 2-0 MAAC
15
Final
3
Iona College ION
0-18, 0-2 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rider RID 4 0 2 1 1 1 6 0 0 15 9 0
Iona College ION 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 12 5

W: Doelling, F. (2-3) L: Helmstetter, Blake (0-6) S: Smith, K (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jack Ravitz

Iona Baseball Falls at Home to Rider on Saturday Morning

New Rochelle, NY - The Iona College baseball team dropped its second game of their weekend conference series to Rider, by a final score of 15-3. Despite the loss, the Gaels hit a single game program high with four triples on Saturday morning at City Park. 

GAME SUMMARY

The Gaels found themselves in a hole early after Rider scored four runs in the opening inning off two RBI doubles and a sac-fly. Senior starting pitcher Blake Helmstetter bounced back in the next inning, retiring Rider in order including two strikeouts.

Senior Will Jennings led off the bottom half of the inning, launching a triple to center field setting up an RBI opportunity for grad-student Vicente Mendoza. Mendoza delivered with a single up the middle for his second RBI of the season that cut the deficit down to three runs with Jennings coming in to score. The following batter, sophomore Jim Kemp kept the rally going with an RBI triple, bringing in Mendoza all the way from first base. Rider starting pitcher Frank Doelling managed to limit the damage, retiring three straight batters to keep the score at 4-2 after two innings of play.

After the first two hitters reached base for Rider, Helmstetter got a strikeout and a groundout, almost managing to escape the jam but an RBI single brought in two more runs for the Broncs. Trailing 6-2 in the bottom half of the third, the Gaels brought up the potential tying run to the plate after singles from senior Jake Field, junior Nick Forney and Mendoza reaching on a HBP. Similar to the second, Doelling got out of the trouble of getting Kemp to hit into a fielder's choice.

Rider tacked on single runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth inning to extend their lead to 9-2 entering the bottom half of the sixth inning. Sophomore Jaz Burton got himself into scoring position after hitting a ground rule double and following batter freshman Anthony Febo advanced Burton to third with a single through the left side. With runners on the corners, senior Nick Carnevale ripped his third RBI of the season with a single to right field. However, the rally stalled there as Rider reliever Kyle Smith recorded a strikeout and fly-out to end the inning and keep the score at 9-3.

Rider took advantage of some mistakes from the Gaels in the top of the seventh, scoring six runs off seven walks and an error. The Gaels only managed one more hit the rest of the way as Rider would go on to take game two of the series by final score of 15-3.

NOTABLE NUGGETS

  • The previous team-high in triples was two coming during the 2019 season against Hofstra..
  • Field's two triples tied a record for most three baggers in a single game.
  • Field and Carnevale both tied season-highs with their three hit performance.
  • Jenning's hit streak now sits at eight after his second inning leadoff triple.
  • Kemp's RBI triple in the second inning was his second of the season as the sophomore is now up to three hits in the series.
  • In relief for the Gaels, freshman Joey Kasper struck out four batters in his two innings of work while making it three straight appearances Kasper hasn't allowed a run.

UP NEXT

The Gaels and Broncs series concludes tomorrow afternoon with first pitch from City Park scheduled for noon. 

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