ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University baseball (25-8, 7-2) continues Atlantic 10 Conference play this weekend when it travels to Fordham (14-21, 5-4) for a three-game series at Houlihan Park in the Bronx.

Game Information

Billiken Baseball at Fordham (Houlihan Park)
Opponent | Date | Time	Fordham | Friday, April 19 | 2 p.m. (CST)
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Opponent | Date | Time	Fordham | Saturday, April 20 | 12 p.m. (CST)
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Opponent | Date | Time	Fordham | Sunday, April 21 | 11 a.m. (CST)
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Probable Starters

• Friday: RHP Jackson Holmes (SLU), RHP Declan Lavelle (Fordham)
• Saturday: RHP Charlie Weber (SLU), RHP Aidan Dowd (Fordham)
• Sunday: TBD (SLU), TBD (Fordham)

Leading Off...

• SLU enters the weekend on a four-game winning streak and is coming off victories over Southern Indiana and Davidson.
• The Billikens sit just outside the top-100 in RPI in 103rd (.522) with their record of 25-8.
• Out of their 18 remaining games, SLU will play 11 of them on the road including an eight-game road stand beginning Friday against the Rams.
• The Billikens rank sixth in the NCAA in batting average (.330), ninth in on-base percentage (.436), and 14th in scoring averaging 9.3 runs per game.
• Patrick Clohisy's 1.64 hits per game leads the A-10 and ranks 26th in the NCAA while Tyler Fogarty's 1.55 per game ranks third and 57th, respectively.
• Clohisy's 44 runs and 40 RBIs also lead the A-10.
• Ethan Bell's four saves on the mound rank fourth in the conference and rank in the top-75 of the NCAA in 74th place.
• The Billikens are 7-2 in Atlantic 10 Conference play three A-10 series' in. After sweeping their series with Rhode Island, SLU won its opening matchup with Saint Joseph's before dropping the final two games. The Billikens bounced back last weekend in a sweep of Davidson.
• Head coach Darin Hendrickson reached 500 wins at SLU in the Billikens' win over Saint Joseph's on April fifth. He is six victories away from 1,000 in his career.
• The Billikens had won their conference opener three out of the last five seasons defeating Saint Joseph's (2018), Fordham (2022) and UMass (2023) while dropping A-10 openers to Dayton (2019) and George Mason (2021). The Billikens won their 2024 conference opener against Rhode Island, 3-2.

Scouting the Rams

• The Rams come into the series with a overall record of 14-21 and a conference mark of 5-4.
• Fordham is 8-3 on its home field this season.
• The Rams have won their last two games over UMass (6-5) and Sacred Heart (2-1).
• Fordham is under the leadership of Kevin Leighton who is in his 13th season at the helm of the program. 
• Leighton holds a record of 302-343-1 (.468) at Fordham and a career mark of 502-462-2 (.521).

Series History

• Saint Louis holds a 20-12 all-time-series lead over Fordham.
• The teams last met in St. Louis for three-game series to end Billikens' 2023 regular-season campaign.
• SLU earned the series sweep May 18-20, 2023, defeating the Rams 9-2, 8-6 and 14-4 at the Billiken Sports Center.