Baltimore, Md.-- UMBC baseball dropped a 3-1 decision to Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday afternoon at a rainy Alumni Field. The game was delayed in the eighth for an hour rain delay. Christian Torres (Miami, Fla.) scored the lone run in the ninth off a Ryan Brown (Hagerstown, Md./St. James/Charleston Southern) sacrifice fly.

UMBC falls to 1-9 while the Knights improve to 3-6.

FDU got things going in the third with a solo home run and followed that up with an RBI single in the fourth and a passed ball in the fifth. 

The Retrievers had a chance in the seventh, with Colin Casey (Ipswich, Mass.) leading off with a double, and advancing on a groundout. However, the inning would end with Casey stranded 90 feet away. UMBC found their footing in the ninth. Torres led off reaching on catcher's interference and advanced on a passed ball. After Casey moved him to third on a flyout, Brown stepped in and drove him in on a sac fly to make it 3-1. 

Michael Cilio (Chester, N.J.) would double with two outs, but a flyout ended the game, giving FDU a 3-1 win.

Seven different Retrievers recorded hits with Brown driving in the lone run.

UMBC will be back in action tomorrow against Penn State with first pitch at 3 p.m.