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Delaware 13, Rider 10
April 29, 1999

UD baseball outslugs Rider 13-10 in midweek slugfest

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- Frank DiMaggio and Jamie McSherry each homered and accounted for six of the Blue Hens 13 RBI on the day as Delaware (23-17) defeated Rider (23-21) in a 13-10 slugfest on Thursday at Richard Daly Field.

Rider jumped out to leads of 5-2 in the third and 8-6 in the fifth before Delaware used a four run sixth highlighted by RBI singles from McSherry and Chris Kolodzey to take the lead for good. Delaware added insurance on a DiMaggio two-run homer hit in the eighth inning. Vic Sage picked up the win for Delaware pitching three innings in relief to move to 4-2 on the season.

Delaware also got four hit games from Kevin Mench and Ken Giles to help lead the Hens to the victory. Five of Delaware's starters had multi-hit games as Delaware banged out 17 hits on the afternoon.

Rider collected 14 hits on the day with Dave Apollon and Josh Loftin picking up three each on the day.

Delaware will be back in action on Saturday as the Hens travel up to Hartford, Conn. to take on the Hawks in a conference doubleheader at 12 noon.

Delaware (23-17)...101 314 030 13..17..3

Rider (23-21)......121 030 111 10..14..2

Pitching: UD: Spiewak, Sage (4), Lorito (7), Romond (9) and McSherry; RC: Nelson, Strechay (6), McTamney (8) and Brooks; E: Spiewak, DiMaggio, Loftin, Lorito, Orleski; DP: UD©1, RC©1; LOB: UD-12, RC-5; 2B: Giles, Apollon, Loftin 2; 3B: Giles; HR: McSherry, DiMaggio, Timperman; SB: Apollon 3; CS: Brooks; SF: DiMaggio, Maestrales; W: Sage 4-2, L: Strechay 1-3; WP: Spiewak, Nelson, Strechay; HBP: McSherry by Nelson, Helbig by Romond

- DDD