Spider Baseball Falls Short Against Hawks

Saturday, March 14

Richmond, Va.

1:00 PM

University of Richmond

10-9, 0-2

Saint Joseph's

7-9, 2-0

Saint Joseph's

Richmond

Justin Gay wearing Spider Baseball home all white uniform strides towards home plate and pushes off the mound

03/14/2026 | Baseball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond baseball team dropped a 4-3 decision Saturday at Pitt Field to the Saint Joseph's Hawks in Atlantic 10 Conference action.

Richmond, 10-9 on the season and 0-2 in A-10 play, and Saint Joseph's, 7-9 on the year and 2-0 in league action, return for the series finale Sunday at Pitt Field. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. at Pitt Field.

The Hawks took a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning on two hits and a Spider miscue.

Evan Wilson put the Spiders on the board in the first with a solo home run down the right field line for his first collegiate home run.

UR starting pitcher Jackson Hinchliffe regrouped on the mound and kept the Hawks off the board for three and two-thirds innings. He scattered five hits, a walk and struck out four over four and two-thirds of an inning.

Dominic Ruggiero tossed a scoreless frame, allowing one hit and striking out inning. Bijan Anvar struck out three and hit two in his scoreless frame. Keane Hyer faced one batter before handing the game over to Justin Gay with two outs in the seventh. Gay got a line drive out to short stop Noah Haught on his first pitch to get out of a bases loaded jam.

After Gay retired the Hawks in order in the top of the eighth, Michael Elko led off with a base hit then stole second in the bottom half. Grant Kennedy drew a walk before both runners successfully executed a double steal. Sean Scanlon brought both in with a pinch-hit base hit to right field to take a 3-2 lead.

In the top of the ninth, the Hawks pushed in two runs off Gay on a bases loaded single to regain the lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, Dylan Winebrenner extended the inning with a two-out base hit. Elko reached after getting hit by a pitch to put two on for Ryan Recio. The game ended with a check swing called a strike to complete a strikeout by the umpire at first.