RADFORD, VA. – Vito Chairvalloti belted a two-run homerun in the first, and that’s all Richmond would need, as the Spiders cruised to a 13-1 non-conference baseball victory Wednesday afternoon at Dedmon Center Park. (Box Score)
Radford would pull within 2-1 in the fifth inning, as Kellen Wohlford would score on a Richmond error. However that was as close as the Highlanders would get as Richmond would score five runs in the top of the sixth and two runs in each of the final three innings to improve to 42-8. The loss was the fifth consecutive for Radford, who fell to 15-27.
Bryan Pritz led the Spider offense with three hits while David Reaver, Matt Craig, Adam Tidball, John Cronin and Chairvalloti each added a pair of hits in the victory. Mike Gula, Craig and Bobby LeNoir each homered for Richmond. Shawn Abell and Jerry Fulton each collected a pair of hits in the loss for Radford.
Tim Rice worked six innings to improve to 5-0 on the season. Rice allowed one-run while scattering five hits and striking out nine. Richmond native Mark Fleisher suffered the loss for the Highlanders, allowing seven runs, all earned, on 11 hits in 5.1 innings.
