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Joe Costanzo throwing a ball
4
Fordham FOR 19-36, 7-17 A-10
14
Winner Saint Louis SLU 30-21, 15-9 A-10
Fordham FOR
19-36, 7-17 A-10
4
Final
14
Saint Louis SLU
30-21, 15-9 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fordham FOR 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
Saint Louis SLU 0 2 1 0 0 7 3 1 X 14 14 2

W: Hendrickson, Reid (2-0) L: SIMEONE, William (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bills Sweep Fordham, Claim No. 4 Seed for A-10 Tourney

Saint Louis – The Billikens scored 11 runs over three innings today to complete the sweep of Fordham, 14-4 and finish the regular season inside the Billiken Sports Center.

Next up for SLU is the Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship, where it will be the No. 4 seed. The Billikens face fifth-seeded Richmond on Tuesday at 10 a.m. (CT) in the lidlifter for the tourney, which will be hosted by VCU at The Diamond in Richmond, Va.
 
On Saturday, SLU (30-21, 15-9 A-10) picked homers from Cam Redding and Cameron Swanger, while Joseph Costanzo, Cole Smith and Tyler Fogarty had a double each. Hayden Moore went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored and Redding was 2-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored.
 
Costanzo picked up his first two hits of the season, while Smith, Fogarty and Swanger had two hits each. Cody Jansen scored a run, while Colin Bergmann had a run and an RBI. Swanger and Fogarty drove in three each.
 
Grant Freimon started and went five innings, finishing with three strikeouts. Reid Hendrickson went three hitless, striking out a pair to move to 2-0 on the season, while Max Babich threw the ninth.
 
Fordham (19-36, 7-17 A-10) was led by Daniel Bucciero with a 4-for-5 day at the plate, driving in a pair and scoring a run.
 
The Rams scored a run in the first before the Billikens picked up a pair in the second. Bergmann walked with the bases loaded to drive in Smith for the first and Moore singled home Fogarty.
 
After another run from the Rams in the third, Fogarty doubled home Redding to make it 3-2 after three innings.
 
Fordham scored a pair to take a 4-3 run after four, but the Billikens broke out the bats in the sixth, scoring seven runs in the frame. Costanzo doubled home Jansen to start the run parade and Redding picked up the first of two three-run bombs for the Billikens in the inning with Swanger getting into the action, as well.
 
Redding added a sacrifice fly in the seventh to score Bergman and Fogarty singled home Moore in the inning. Costanzo had an RBI fly out to score Chase Beattie for the final tally.
 
The Billikens finish the regular season with 55 homers, tied for fourth-most in a single-season at SLU.
 
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