University of Richmond Athletics
University of Richmond
16-21
Towson
11-26
Spider Bats Stay Hot in Loss at Towson
04/19/2023 | Baseball
Richmond, now 16-21 on the season, returns to Pitt Field to host Fordham this weekend in Atlantic 10 action. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. Friday, April 21 on ESPN+.
Leadoff hitter, Chase Conklin had a hit with two RBI, while Johnny Hipsman extended his hit-streak to 10-straight games with two hits against the Tigers. Reigning A-10 Rookie of the Week Jordan Jaffe went two-for-five with a three-run home run as Alden Mathes led the team with three hits, including a double and home run, and three RBI.
Towson jumped out to a 6-0 lead after the first inning, tagging Richmond opener Dane Armson with all six runs on five hits and two walks in a third of an inning of work. Brian Reinke took over, tossing two and two-thirds of an inning of scoreless work. Reinke scattered two hits, four walks, one hit batter and one strike out.
Richmond got on the board in the third and cut the Tigers lead in half, 6-3. Jordan Jaffe hit a three-run, 398-feet blast to left for his seventh home run of the season. Shane Gipson led off the inning with a base hit and was followed by a base hit by Hipsman.
The Spiders got within two runs in the fourth, 6-4, when Mikey Kluska scored on Conklin's RBI ground out.
Matthew Anderson retired the Tigers in order in the fourth, but the Tigers jumped on him in the fifth. Towson tagged Anderson for five runs, two earned, on two hits, two walks in the fifth. Jake Michel was the next out of the bullpen for the Spiders to get the final two outs of the frame.
Richmond answered in the top of the sixth, as Christian Beal and Jake Elbeery drew back-to-back walks to start the inning. With two outs, Conklin cleared the bases with a RBI base hit, advancing all the way to third on a Towson error, then scored on a second Towson error that allowed Hipsman to reach. Jaffe extended the inning with a base hit through the infield before Mathes hit his sixth home run of the season to put the Spiders within one, 11-10.
Towson then put the game out of reach, tacking on nine runs over the final three innings of the contest while holding the Spiders scoreless.
Chase Topolski tossed two innings, allowing four runs, on four hits, four walks and two strikeouts. Jimmy Starnes allowed three runs on two hits and three walks, recording only one out before the game was called due to the 10-run rule.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Max Simpson (1-1)
L: Armson, Dane (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Mathes, Alden 1 ; Elbeery, Jake 1
HR: Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; Mathes, Alden 1
RBI: Conklin, Chase 2 ; Jaffe, Jordan 3 ; Mathes, Alden 3
SH: Gipson, Shane 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Conklin, Chase 1 ; Hipsman, Johnny 2 ; Jaffe, Jordan 2 ; Mathes, Alden 1 ; Beal, Christian 1 ; Elbeery, Jake 1 ; Kluska, Mikey 1 ; Gipson, Shane 1
HBP: Beal, Christian 1 ; Kluska, Mikey 1
Batting:
2B: Reyce Curnane 1 ; Elijah Dickerson 1 ; Bobby Spencer 1
HR: Reyce Curnane 2 ; John Cristino 1 ; Bobby Spencer 1
RBI: James Moses 1 ; Jordan Peyton 1 ; Reyce Curnane 5 ; Jeremy Wagner 1 ; Elijah Dickerson 4 ; John Cristino 3 ; Bobby Spencer 3 ; Jake Lysaght 1
SH: Jake Lysaght 1
SF: Jeremy Wagner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: James Moses 2 ; Reyce Curnane 4 ; Bryce Frederick 2 ; Jeremy Wagner 2 ; Elijah Dickerson 2 ; John Cristino 3 ; Bobby Spencer 2 ; Jake Lysaght 3
SB: James Moses 1
HBP: Bryce Frederick 1
