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Bruning
Ken Lanese
0
Niagara NIA 0-1, 0-1 MAAC
1
Winner Rider RIDERB 1-0, 1-0 MAAC
Niagara NIA
0-1, 0-1 MAAC
0
Final
1
Rider RIDERB
1-0, 1-0 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Niagara NIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Rider RIDERB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2

W: Soporowski, (1-0) L: Cameron, Zach (0-1)

5
Niagara NIA 0-2, 0-2 MAAC
11
Winner Rider RIDERB 2-0, 2-0 MAAC
Niagara NIA
0-2, 0-2 MAAC
5
Final
11
Rider RIDERB
2-0, 2-0 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Niagara NIA 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 7 4
Rider RIDERB 1 4 0 5 1 0 X 11 4 4

W: Papeo, J. (1-0) L: Bednarski, Tommy (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Niagara Drops A Pair At Rider

GAME 1
SCORE Rider 1 – Niagara 0
RECORDS Rider (1-0, 1-0 MAAC) – Niagara (0-1, 0-1 MAAC)
LOCATION Sonny Pittaro Field
 
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Purple Eagles dropped both games of a doubleheader against Rider on Saturday.

Game Recap
  • Game one was a defensive battle between the Purple Eagles and the Broncs.
  • Singles from Dawson Bailey and Peter Battagliain the fourth inning gave the Purple Eagles their best scoring opportunities of the game, but they were not able to capitalize.
  • The teams remained scoreless at the end of the scheduled seven innings. Rider earned the win in the fourth inning off a bases-loaded walk.

Eagle's Eye On
  • Bailey and Battaglia had NU's only hits of the game.
  • Jacob Bruning started on the mound; he fanned three and gave up just one hit in 4.1 innings pitched.
  • Zach Cameron took the loss. He struck out one and walked three in 2.2 innings pitched.
 
GAME 2
SCORE Rider 11 – Niagara 5
RECORDS Rider (2-0, 2-0 MAAC) – Niagara (0-2, 0-2 MAAC)
LOCATION Sonny Pittaro Field
 
Game Recap
  • The Purple Eagles scored first in game two off an RBI single from Michael Gabriele in the top of the first inning.
  • A sacrifice fly from the Broncs in the bottom of the first tied the score, 1-1.
  • In the top of the second, Matt Zaremba scored to put Niagara back in the lead, 2-1. The Broncs, however, added four runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 5-2 lead over the Purple Eagles.
  • In the third inning, Battaglia and Benny Serrano both scored to leave Niagara trailing by just one run, 5-4.
  • Rider had a big fourth inning, tacking on five more runs to its lead. The Broncs added one more run in the fifth to take an 11-4 lead.
  • Cole Tucker scored in the sixth for the Purple Eagles, but it was not enough to overcome Rider's lead and Niagara fell to the Broncs, 11-5.

Eagle's Eye On
Up Next
  • The Purple Eagles play two more games against the Broncs on Sunday, March 21 starting at 12:00 p.m.

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