University of Richmond Athletics
Spider Baseball Rally Falls Short Against Saint Louis
04/26/2025 | Baseball
RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond Baseball had three home runs in Saturday's Atlantic 10 Conference contest against Saint Louis, but the Spiders fell 6-4 to the Billikens at Pitt Field.
Richmond, 26-15 on the year and 7-13 in league action, and Saint Louis, 25-17 on the season and 13-7 in conference play, will close out the series Sunday at 11 a.m. at Pitt Field.
Spiders scored first when Jordan Jaffe hit a solo home run in the first inning. Brady O'Brien followed two batters later with an RBI double to left center to put the Spiders up 2-0.
Esteban Rodriguez tossed two scoreless frames against the Billiken offense, working around one hit while getting a strikeout to end the second. SLU started to chip away at the Spiders lead in the third with a solo home run and added a two-run home run in the top of the fourth for a 3-2 lead. Rodriguez (2-3) allowed four runs on seven hits, two hit batter and a walk while striking out four.
First out of the pen for Richmond, Sam Young got the final out of the sixth after allowing a hit. Jason Shockley faced four batters in the seventh, allowing one run on two hits and a walk and getting a strikeout before Brian Reinke got a strikeout and a ground out to end the frame. Reinke allowed one run in the eight on two hits and picked up a second strikeout.
O'Brien launched the first of his two home runs to left field in the seventh to make it 5-3. He put out his team-leading 15th of the year in the ninth inning to right field.
Richmond, 26-15 on the year and 7-13 in league action, and Saint Louis, 25-17 on the season and 13-7 in conference play, will close out the series Sunday at 11 a.m. at Pitt Field.
Spiders scored first when Jordan Jaffe hit a solo home run in the first inning. Brady O'Brien followed two batters later with an RBI double to left center to put the Spiders up 2-0.
Esteban Rodriguez tossed two scoreless frames against the Billiken offense, working around one hit while getting a strikeout to end the second. SLU started to chip away at the Spiders lead in the third with a solo home run and added a two-run home run in the top of the fourth for a 3-2 lead. Rodriguez (2-3) allowed four runs on seven hits, two hit batter and a walk while striking out four.
First out of the pen for Richmond, Sam Young got the final out of the sixth after allowing a hit. Jason Shockley faced four batters in the seventh, allowing one run on two hits and a walk and getting a strikeout before Brian Reinke got a strikeout and a ground out to end the frame. Reinke allowed one run in the eight on two hits and picked up a second strikeout.
O'Brien launched the first of his two home runs to left field in the seventh to make it 5-3. He put out his team-leading 15th of the year in the ninth inning to right field.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Josh Cunningham (4-1)
L: Rodriguez, Esteban (2-3)
S: Ty Holman (1)
Batting:
2B: Hayden Moore 1
HR: Riley Iffrig 1 ; B. Stressler 1 ; Kamaehu Sanchez 1
RBI: Riley Iffrig 2 ; B. Stressler 2 ; Kamaehu Sanchez 1 ; Austin Neuweg 1
SF: Riley Iffrig 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Riley Iffrig 1 ; Ethan Sitzman 1 ; B. Stressler 1 ; Hayden Moore 1 ; Kamaehu Sanchez 2
SB: B. Stressler 1
HBP: Riley Iffrig 1 ; Chase Beattie 1

Batting:
2B: Arcamone, Jack 1 ; O'Brien, Brady 1 ; Larson, Connor 1
HR: Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; O'Brien, Brady 2
RBI: Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; O'Brien, Brady 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; Arcamone, Jack 1 ; O'Brien, Brady 2
HBP: Dosenbach, Trevor 1
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
A10 Baseball Press Conference
Monday, May 18
BSB postgame at Saint Louis
Saturday, May 16
Baseball Closing Strong
Monday, May 11
Baseball GW Postgame
Sunday, May 10












