St. Bonaventure, N.Y. – The Le Moyne baseball team (7-13, 3-5 NEC), recorded a 7-3 win at St. Bonaventure University (8-12, 0-0 A10) on Tuesday in non-conference action.
"It was a great win on the road to start the week," said Le Moyne head coach
Scott Cassidy '98. "We put together an all-around complete game with great pitching from Dewey (Roden), Kennen (Smith), and Billy (Hoffacker), some outstanding defense, and the offense really swung the bat well. Good win heading into the weekend."
Graduate right-handed pitcher
Dewey Roden (Sherrill, N.Y./Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) earned his first win of the season after limiting the Bonnies to four hits, one walk and two runs with four strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work.
Senior right-hander
Kennen Smith (Poughquag, N.Y./Arlington) allowed just one hit and zero runs in 3.0 innings pitched in relief, then redshirt-junior right-hander
Billy Hoffacker (Erial, N.J./Timber Creek/Rowan College of South Jersey) got the final three outs for the Dolphins to secure the road win.
Six different Dolphins recorded an RBI during the win, led by
Benji Ries (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) who went 3-4 with two runs scored and a game-high two runs batted in.
Zach Brush (New York Mills, N.Y./Utica Notre Dame) recorded a game-high four hits with two runs scored and an RBI, while
Jack Cannon (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) added a season-high two hits and a run scored.
Freshman
Cooper Romich (North Chili, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) made his first career start at catcher and registered his first career RBI with a bases loaded walk in the top of the second inning.
Nick Nevins (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham),
Brody Keneston (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) and
Lukas Egenhauser (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern) each added an RBI.
Second baseman Kyla Caccamise recorded a team-high two hits for the SBU. Caccamise, left fielder Robert Mannino and third baseman Jagger Nucci each drove in a run during the setback.
Le Moyne struck first with three runs in the top of the second via a bases loaded walk from Romich, a sacrifice fly from Egenhauser and an RBI base hit up the middle from Brush. Roden delivered 1-2-3 innings in the bottom of the third and the fourth.
Le Moyne doubled its lead in the fifth when Ries drove in Brush and Cannon with a single down the right field line, then Keneston smashed a double to the left field wall to bring in Ries.
St. Bonaventure got two runs back in the bottom of the fifth with back-to-back RBI singles from Nucci and Caccamise.
In the top of the sixth, Brush ripped a one-out double to right field, then Cannon singled through the left side to put runners on first and third. Nevins then lifted a fly ball to right field that allowed Brush to tag up and score, making it 7-2 in favor of the Dolphins.
Smith worked around a leadoff walk in the bottom of the sixth, stranded a runner on first in the seventh, and delivered a 1-2-3 inning in the eighth to complete his day's work.
Mannino launched a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth, then Hoffacker got a strikeout and a ground out to end the game.
With the win, Le Moyne improves to 10-7 all-time against the Bonnies.
Up Next:
The Le Moyne baseball team will play its home opener on Thursday at 3 p.m. against Coppin State as the Dolphins begin a three-game NEC series against the Eagles at Dick Rockwell Field.
