Baseball swept by Saint Louis

St. Louis, Mo. (May 20, 2023) After hitting two home runs on Friday, Saint Louis’ Cam Redding added to his total on Saturday when he hit a three-run homer to cap a seven-run sixth inning. leads the Billikens over the Fordham Rams, 14-4 at the Billikens Sports Center.

Fordham started the scoring in the first inning, capitalizing on a Saint Louis miscue. Daniel Bucciero separated by one and moved to second when Peter DeMaria hit the whip. Zach Slinger then hit a ground ball back to the pitcher who was thrown to center field, scoring Bucciero.

The Billikens responded with two runs in the second on a 2-1 run, a run scored by Bergmann and an RBI single by Moore.

The Rams quickly tied the game at two, as Ryan Thiesse reached on an error, Bucciero advanced to second on a single and Selinger scored on a single.

After Saint Louis retook the lead in the bottom of the third on Tyler Fogarty’s RBI double, the swing of things went Fordham’s way in the fourth. With two on and two out, Bucciero delivered a two-run single to put the Rams up 4-3.

It stayed that way until the sixth, when Saint Louis scored a pair of runs to take a 10-4 lead, highlighted by three-run home runs from both Cam Redding and Corey Swanger.

The Billikens added four more runs to make it 14-4.

For Fordham, Bucciero went 4-for-5 with a run scored and two RBIs, while Thiesse walked twice and scored two runs.

The Rams finished the year with a 19-36 record, 7-17 in the Atlantic 10.