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6
VCU VCU 22-23
11
Winner Virginia VA 36-11
VCU VCU
22-23
6
Final
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Virginia VA
36-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
VCU VCU 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 6 6 0
Virginia VA 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 2 X 11 13 0

W: Bradley Hodges (2-0) L: Bert, Evan (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

RAMS BATTLE AT NO. 21 VIRGINIA

Final Score: No. 21 Virginia 11, VCU 6
Winning Pitcher: Bradley Hodges (2-0)
Losing Pitcher: Evan Bert (2-2)
Location: Charlottesville, Va. (Disharoon Park)
Records: VCU 22-23, No. 21 Virginia 36-11
 
The Short Story: In the second meeting between the two Virginia schools, VCU Baseball showed up to play, giving the No. 21 Virginia Cavaliers all they could handle before falling late in Charlottesville.
 
LEADING OFF: 
  • VCU got strong starting pitching from Evan Bert, who gave the Rams a chance with 5.2 innings of work.
  • The Rams held the lead after five innings, but a big Virginia sixth inning would create the gap needed to hold VCU off.
  • AJ Mathis led off with two hits, stealing a bag, scoring a run and hitting a double.
  • Jake Thilges added two hits, including his fifth home run of the season and he had two runs batted in.
  • Jacob Selden made his first start of the season, after returning from injury, and recorded a two-RBI double for his first hit of 2023.
HOW IT HAPPENED: 
  • Virginia scored to open the first inning, but the Rams had a quick answer.
  • In the top of the third, Nic Ericsson led things off with a single and after Mathis' double moved Ericsson to third, William Bean knocked him in with a sacrifice fly.
  • Twice Bert sat the Cavaliers down in order, sitting down Virginia in the second and fourth innings.
  • Virginia did retake the lead in the third with a run and with the score at 2-1 things rolled into the fifth inning.
  • During the fifth frame, the Rams had their best inning of the game. And it all happened with two outs.
  • Mathis singled to right and stole second. With Mathis on second, Bean, Brandon Eike and Will Carlone all drew walks, the last scoring Mathis.
  • Thilges singled past the shortstop to score Bean and Selden knocked in both Carlone and Eike on a double to left center.
  • When the fifth came to an end the Rams had built a 5-2 lead on Virginia.
  • Unfortunately for VCU they could not hold that lead and in the bottom half of the frame Virginia cut into VCU's lead with a run.
  • But in the bottom half of the sixth the Cavs finally got to Bert. Knocking the VCU pitcher out of the game en route to scoring five runs in the inning to retake the lead.
  • Thilges smacked a solo home run to left in the eighth, but a run in the seventh and two more in the eighth gave Virginia the 11-6 win over VCU.
UP NEXT: VCU next heads to Davidson for a conference series that will run from May 4-6. The Rams then wrap up their road stretch with another midweek trip, this time to Longwood on May 9.
 
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