ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – After winning the series opener on Friday afternoon, the La Salle baseball team fell in both games of a doubleheader with St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon at Fred Handler Park. The Bonnies took the opener 3-1 before stealing the nightcap 6-3 in 12 innings.
Kevin McGowan and
Jared Melone both had four hits on the afternoon, including a pair of triples for McGowan, while
Connor Hinchliffe drove in three runs. The Explorers got quality starts from both
Luke Reilly and
Jordan Meyer.
GAME ONE
Reilly limited the Bonnies to one run on six hits over six innings while striking out six. The lefty exited with the game knotted at 1-1.
SBU scored twice in the 7
th against
Billy Worswick (L, 1-3) and La Salle went down in order in their 8
th and 9
th.
After the Bonnies took a 1-0 lead in the 1
st,
Connor Hinchliffe tied it in the 4
th with an RBI grounder.
GAME TWO
Hinchliffe had an RBI single in the top of the 12
th to give La Salle a 3-2 lead before the Bonnies loaded the bases against
Tom Fazzini (L, 0-4) and Thad Johnson connected on a walk-off grand slam.
Meyer spotted the Bonnies a pair of runs in the 1
st inning but didn't allow a run after that, finally exiting with two outs in the 9
th before
Greg Krug induced an inning-ending fly ball with the winning run on second. Meyer scattered six hits and three walks over 8.2 innings while fanning three.
Down 2-0 early,
Brian Tagoe launched a solo homer in the 4
th and Hinchliffe lifted a sacrifice fly to score McGowan to tie the game in the 6
th.