Tuesday, March 29
Bethlehem, Pa.
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Lehigh University
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Photo by: Lisa Stamford
Mountain Hawks blanked by Rider in Liberty Bell Classic
3/29/2022 7:02:00 PM | Baseball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh baseball team's offensive struggles continued Tuesday afternoon, totaling five hits and falling to Rider, 3-0 in the first round of the Liberty Bell Classic at J. David Walker Field. With the loss, the Mountain Hawks (13-11) have dropped four straight games and five of their last six.
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Rider scored two of its runs in the top of the first inning off starter Teddy Tolliver (1-1) who was dealt with the loss. The other was scored in the top of the fifth inning when the batter reached on a fielder's choice and the runner at second scored to take a 3-0 lead. Ryan Deom, Val Taddei, Marcus Danchision and Timmy Kenney combined to throw 4.2 shutout innings to close the contest.
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Offensively, two of Lehigh's five hits were on bunt singles while Casey Rother went 2-for-4 with a double and Riley Davis went 2-for-3. Davis increased his reached base streak to 20 consecutive games in the defeat. Tyler Young recorded the other knock for the Lehigh offense.
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Socrates Bardatsos and Brendan O'Donnell both went 2-for-4 to lead the Broncs' offense which tallied 10 base hits.
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Lehigh will look to get back to a winning mentality this weekend against Navy Saturday and Bucknell Sunday at J. David Walker Field. Both doubleheaders will start at noon.
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Rider scored two of its runs in the top of the first inning off starter Teddy Tolliver (1-1) who was dealt with the loss. The other was scored in the top of the fifth inning when the batter reached on a fielder's choice and the runner at second scored to take a 3-0 lead. Ryan Deom, Val Taddei, Marcus Danchision and Timmy Kenney combined to throw 4.2 shutout innings to close the contest.
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Offensively, two of Lehigh's five hits were on bunt singles while Casey Rother went 2-for-4 with a double and Riley Davis went 2-for-3. Davis increased his reached base streak to 20 consecutive games in the defeat. Tyler Young recorded the other knock for the Lehigh offense.
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Socrates Bardatsos and Brendan O'Donnell both went 2-for-4 to lead the Broncs' offense which tallied 10 base hits.
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Lehigh will look to get back to a winning mentality this weekend against Navy Saturday and Bucknell Sunday at J. David Walker Field. Both doubleheaders will start at noon.
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Like Lehigh Baseball on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Quijano, K. (2-1)
L: Tolliver, Teddy (1-1)
S: Stalzer, C. (5)
Batting:
2B: Winsett, J. 1 ; Bardatsos, S 1 ; Lesch, L. 1 ; O'Donnell, B 2
RBI: Bardatsos, S 1 ; Lesch, L. 1 ; Skettini, B. 1
SH: Bardatsos, S 1 ; Diamantis, A 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Barbiere, J. 1 ; Winsett, J. 1 ; Volpe, J. 1
SB: Volpe, J. 1 ; Diamantis, A 1
CS: Winsett, J. 1 ; Diamantis, A 1
HBP: Lesch, L. 1
Batting:
2B: Rother, Casey 1
Base Running:
SB: Young, Tyler 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
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