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Late Rally Falls Short for Spider Baseball against Saint Joseph’s
03/21/2025 | Baseball
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Richmond baseball team dropped a 5-3 decision to Saint Joseph's Friday in Atlantic 10 Conference action, snapping a 12-game win streak.
Richmond, now 19-3 on the season and 3-1 in league play, returns to Smithson Field for game two of the A-10 series against Saint Joseph's (7-13, 2-2) Saturday at 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
Down four runs in the top of the ninth, Aaron Whitley led off the inning with a double to extend his hit streak to six games. Jordan Jaffe drew a walk and Jack Arcamone reached on a Hawk fielding miscue to load the bases. Brady O'Brien forced in the first run of the frame with a walk, then Jaffe scored on a fielder's choice to put the Spiders within two, 5-3, but SJU snuffed out Richmond's rally.
The Spiders got on the board and tied the game in the sixth when Jaffe picked up Spencer MacInnis with a base hit to short center field.
Saint Joseph's bats got to Richmond reliever Ryan Bilka in the bottom of the sixth, tagging him for four runs, two earned, on three hits and an error. He finished the day allowing five total hits, two walks, a hit batter and struck out six.
Esteban Rodriguez worked around one earned run on three hits, three walks and a hit batter over four innings of work and struck out six.
Richmond, now 19-3 on the season and 3-1 in league play, returns to Smithson Field for game two of the A-10 series against Saint Joseph's (7-13, 2-2) Saturday at 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
Down four runs in the top of the ninth, Aaron Whitley led off the inning with a double to extend his hit streak to six games. Jordan Jaffe drew a walk and Jack Arcamone reached on a Hawk fielding miscue to load the bases. Brady O'Brien forced in the first run of the frame with a walk, then Jaffe scored on a fielder's choice to put the Spiders within two, 5-3, but SJU snuffed out Richmond's rally.
The Spiders got on the board and tied the game in the sixth when Jaffe picked up Spencer MacInnis with a base hit to short center field.
Saint Joseph's bats got to Richmond reliever Ryan Bilka in the bottom of the sixth, tagging him for four runs, two earned, on three hits and an error. He finished the day allowing five total hits, two walks, a hit batter and struck out six.
Esteban Rodriguez worked around one earned run on three hits, three walks and a hit batter over four innings of work and struck out six.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ciccone (2-1)
L: Bilka, Ryan (4-1)
S: Parise (1)
Batting:
2B: Whitley, Aaron 1
RBI: Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; O'Brien, Brady 1 ; Pacheco, D.J. 1
SH: Dosenbach, Trevor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Whitley, Aaron 1 ; Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; MacInnis, Spencer 1
CS: Pacheco, D.J. 1 ; Larson, Connor 1
Batting:
2B: Kelsey 2 ; Pagano 1 ; Gale 1
RBI: Applegate 3 ; Gale 1
SH: Kelsey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kelsey 1 ; Duda 1 ; Pierson 1 ; Gale 2
SB: Kelsey 1
CS: Dickinson 1
HBP: Dickinson 1 ; Pierson 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
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RBI
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AB
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RBI
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AB
4
R
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H
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RBI
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AB
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R
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H
1
RBI
1
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