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Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks
Senior Day Team Photo Baseball 2023
Gabriella Bamford
6
Rhode Island URI 20-26, 10-10 A-10
12
Winner Saint Joseph's SJU 24-20-1, 14-6 A-10
Rhode Island URI
20-26, 10-10 A-10
6
Final
12
Saint Joseph's SJU
24-20-1, 14-6 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rhode Island URI 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 7 0
Saint Joseph's SJU 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 X 12 11 3

W: DeSanto, Ryan (3-1) L: Trystan Levesque (5-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Clinches Postseason Berth with 12-6 Win Over Rhode Island

MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team punched its ticket to the Atlantic 10 Championship on Saturday with a 12-6 over Rhode Island.  In the game, Nate Thomas tied the program record for career home runs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Rhode Island (20-26 overall, 10-10 Atlantic 10) took a 2-0 lead for the second day in a row, plating a pair in the top of the third on a single by Alex Ramirez and a double by Billy Butler.
 
• Ryan Cesarini got the Hawks on the board in the bottom of the frame with a home run over the bullpens in right field.
 
• Saint Joseph's (24-20-1 overall, 14-6 Atlantic 10) went ahead with a five-run fourth.  With the bases loaded and nobody out, Brandon Drapeau singled home a run to tie the game.  Two batters later, Brett Callahan cleared the bases with a three-run triple to put the Hawks on top 5-2 before scoring on a groundout by Conlan Wall.
 
• URI got one back on a sacrifice fly from Michael Anderson in the fifth before Thomas went deep in the bottom of the inning to restore the four-run lead.
 
• The Rams tallied again in the sixth on an RBI groundout from Addison Kopack and cut the margin to pair on a seventh-inning double by Anthony DePino.
 
• The Hawks added some insurance in the bottom of the eighth as Callahan drew a bases-loaded walk before an RBI single by Wall, a two-run double by Cesarini, and a sac fly by Justin Igoe pushed the lead to 12-5.
 
• The visitors benefited from a pair of errors in the ninth to push across a run and set the final margin.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Ryan DeSanto tossed five strong innings, allowing three runs – only one of them earned – on three hits while striking out four to improve to 3-1 on the season.  Trystan Levesque was charged with six runs on five hits in three and a third innings to fall to 5-4.
 
• The Hawks drew five walks against Levesque, who had only issued 13 free passes in 68 innings entering Saturday's game.
 
• Thomas matched the career record of 43 home runs set by Andrew Cossetti a season ago.
 
• Callahan led the Hawks with four runs batted in, while Cesarini added three more.  Four different Hawks scored multiple runs.
 
• Via the win, the Hawks clinched a trip to the Atlantic 10 Championship for the third consecutive season; prior to last year's berth, the Hawks had never reached the A-10 postseason in back-to-back seasons.
 
• Saturday's game marked Senior Day, when the Hawks honored managers Nino Aquino and Kyle Pinkava, social media manager Kate Maginnis, and student-athletes Brandon Drapeau, Nick Embleton, Adam Fine, Peter Gallo, Travis Rinker, Alec Rodriguez, Patrick Shearer, Luke Smith, Nicholas Torres, Luca Trigiani, Cam Walker, and Luke Zimmerman in a pregame ceremony.
 
UP NEXT
The teams will wrap up the series on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.  Live streaming will be available on ESPN+.
 
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