Baseball | May 12, 2015

Box Score LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.-The La Salle baseball team dropped an 11-5 decision to Rider on Tuesday afternoon at Sonny Pittaro Field in its final nonconference game.

Junior Joey Ravert finished 2-for-3 with four RBI's, collecting an RBI single, a sacrifice fly and a two-run double on the afternoon. Mark Williams plated La Salle's other run with an RBI groundout and finished 1-for-3 with a run scored.  

The Explorers took a 1-0 lead in the 1^st on Ravert's RBI single before the Broncs scored five runs over the first two innings. Greg Paprocki (L, 1-2) was tagged for four runs while only getting one out in the 2^nd.

La Salle cut the deficit to two-runs in the top of the 3^rd on the RBI groundout by Williams and Ravert's sac fly.

The Broncs again answered swiftly, scoring three times in the bottom of the 3^rd and an additional run in the 4^th to take a 9-3 lead. Ravert added the two-run double in the 5^th to make it a 9-5 game but the Explorers couldn't score over the final four innings.

The Explorers enter the final weekend of the regular season as they visit Rhode Island for a three-game series beginning on Thursday.