FITCHBURG, Mass. – After tying the game in the top of the seventh, the Rivier baseball team allowed five unanswered runs to fall to Fitchburg St. by a final score of 12-7 in non-conference play on Wednesday afternoon at Riccards Field.
The Raiders fell to 6-14 overall while the Falcons improved to 8-10.
Fitchburg St. took a 2-0 lead after the first inning, but Rivier would respond as sophomore Sebastian Reis scored senior Luis Tejada on a sacrifice fly to make it a one-score game. The Falcons scored twice on an RBI double down the line in left field to increase their lead to three runs in the bottom half of the frame.
Rivier scored three unanswered over the third and fourth to tie the game at 4-4 with senior JD Normand and Tejada each knocking in runs over that span. The Falcons yet again took the lead back in the bottom half to take back a two-run lead.
Junior Owen Medlock knocked in classmate Dylan Aliberti with an RBI single to center field to cut the deficit down to one in the fifth before FSU make it a two-run game yet again in the sixth.
Both Aliberti and Medlock produced RBI singles in the seventh to tie the game. Fitchburg St. responded with four runs in the seventh and one in the eight to take the game.
Medlock led the offense, going 4-for-5 from the plate with two runs batted in and one run scored.
The Raiders return to action on Friday, March 11 for their home opener in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader against New England Col. beginning at 2:00 p.m. at Holman Stadium.
