ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team fell to Saint Louis, 10-6, at the Billiken Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Louis (21-11 overall, 7-1 Atlantic 10) took an early lead, putting three on the board in the bottom of the first.
 
• The Hawks answered in the top of the third as Ryan Picollo hit into a fielder's choice that brought home Ryan Weingartner.
 
• The Billikens would break the game open with five in the fourth, including a grand slam by Cam Redding.
 
• Saint Joseph's (12-18 overall, 4-4 Atlantic 10) cut into the margin in the sixth.  Ryan Cesarini led off with a single and eventually scored on a single by Weingartner.  Two batters later, Luke Zimmerman notched an RBI groundout that score Nate Thomas before Weingartner came in on a single by Picollo to make it an 8-4 game.
 
• SLU added to the lead in the bottom of the frame, but the Hawks would get within three in the eighth on a two-run single by Luca Trigiani.
 
• Cam Redding led off the bottom of the eighth with a solo home run to close out the scoring.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Owen Chaffin allowed four runs on five hits in five-plus innings to earn the win, while Jack Weber tossed four innings of relief for the save.  Ryan DeSanto was charged with five earned runs on seven hits in three-plus innings for his first loss of the season.
 
• Picollo and Trigiani both drove in a pair of runs for the Hawks, while Thomas and Weingartner each scored twice.  Cesarini and Weingartner recorded two hits apiece as well.
 
• Redding went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and six driven in to lead both teams in all three categories.
 
UP NEXT
The teams will wrap up the series on Sunday.  Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. Eastern.