KNAPP CREEK, N.Y. (Interstat) — Aidan Dowd tossed six shutout innings as Fordham crushed Saint Bonaventure 21-2 on Friday afternoon at Fred Handler Park. Dowd allowed zero hits and two earned runs with two strikeouts in the Atlantic 10 victory.

Mason Dean went 4 for 6 with a homer and four RBIs. Tommy McAndrews had four hits and three RBIs. Joey Donnelly, Ernie Little and Tim Ford each drove in three runs. Ford homered.

Fordham pounded 24 hits. The Rams took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Donnelly’s RBI single, then Ford homered in the second. Mason’s three-run homer in the third made it 6-1. Fordham broke the game open with a 10-run seventh inning.

Manuel Castro homered for Saint Bonaventure and went 3 for 4. Antonio Cordeiro also homered for the Bonnies, who managed six hits.

Fordham improved to 24-30 overall and 13-35 in the Atlantic 10. Saint Bonaventure dropped to 13-35.

The teams meet again Saturday in the series finale.