Fordham 4, Saint Louis 3
Saint Louis 7, Fordham 4
Saturday, April 2, 2022 | Noon CT
Houlihan Park | Bronx, N.Y.
DETAILS
• Saint Louis split the doubleheader at Fordham Saturday afternoon in Atlantic 10 Conference play at Houlihan Park in Bronx, N.Y.
• The Billikens improved to 14-11 on the season, 2-1 in league play, while Fordham went to 6-18, 1-2.
• A three-run eighth inning gave Fordham the edge in a 4-3 game one, but SLU bounced back with a 7-1 win in game two.
• Billiken starting pitchers Trevor Harris and Scott Youngbrandt combined for 13.1 innings with just one unearned run on the day.
• The Billikens took the series 2-1 over Fordham.
GAME ONE SCORING
• Matt Happ and Kyle Fitzgerald picked up RBI singles in the third inning.
• The Rams scored their first run in the sixth inning with a walk, sacrifice bunt and two Billiken errors.
• Kyle Fitzgerald's fourth home run of the season gave SLU a 3-1 lead in the eighth.
• Fordham tied the game with a two-run home run in its half of the eighth and then took the lead with a run on a passed ball.
GAME ONE NOTABLES
• Harris tossed a season-high 6.1 innings, allowing five hits, one walk and no runs, while striking out three.
• Fitzgerald finished 2-5 with two RBIs and one run scored.
GAME TWO SCORING
• Fitzgerald drove in Colten Schild on a sacrifice fly in the opening frame.
• Fitzgerald added two more RBIs on a single in the third.
• Happ drove in Cody Jansen on a groundout in the fourth.
• A two-run home run off the bat of Tyler Fogarty and a Happ sacrifice fly padded the SLU lead to 7-0 in the fifth.
• Fordham tallied an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth.
• The Rams pushed three runs across in the ninth.
GAME TWO NOTABLES
• Youngbrandt struck out a career-best nine batters across 7.0 innings. He allowed just one unearned run, while scattering four hits and two walks.
• Fitzgerald drove in three runs, going 2-4 with one run scored.
• Fogarty and Happ each drove in two runs.
• Schild reached base four times, finishing 2-2 with two walks and two runs scored.
• Cameron Swanger posted a three-hit game with a triple and a walk.
• Cameron Pferrer notched his fifth save of the season.
UP NEXT
• Saint Louis hosts SIUE Tuesday at Billiken Sports Center. The Billikens and Cougars will complete Feb. 22's suspended contest (9-9 in the top of the seventh) at 4 p.m., before beginning a nine-inning game.