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Maison Martinez pitching
2
Sacred Heart SHU 0-7
6
Winner VCU VCU 6-4
Sacred Heart SHU
0-7
2
Final
6
VCU VCU
6-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sacred Heart SHU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 2
VCU VCU 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 X 6 8 0

W: Martinez, Maison (3-0) L: Jake Babuschak (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

MARTINEZ DEALS, BEAN DOUBLES UP AS RAMS TOP SACRED HEART 6-2

Score: VCU 6, Sacred Heart 2
Location: Richmond, Va. (The Diamond)
Winning Pitcher: Maison Martinez (3-0)
Losing Pitcher: Jake Babuschak (0-3)
Records: VCU 6-4, Sacred Heart 0-7
 
The short story: Sophomore right-hander Maison Martinez fired four-plus innings of lights-out relief, while senior shortstop William Bean two-run double in the seventh broke open a close game Friday at The Diamond.
 
LEADING OFF
  • Martinez entered in the third and dealt 4.1 innings of two-hit, shutout relief. He struck out six and walked one
  • Redshirt senior catcher Nic Ericsson supplied three hits (3-for-3) and drove in one for the Rams
  • VCU junior third baseman Brandon Eike reached base three times a double and two walks. He scored twice
  • Bean finished 1-for-5 on the day, while graduate DH Eli Weisner was 1-for-3 and drove in a run for the Black and Gold
  • Senior lefty Campbell Ellis started on the mound for VCU and provided 2.2 scoreless innings. He struck out a pair
  • Sacred Heart's Peter Link (1-for-4) was responsible for the Pioneers' two runs when he tripled down the right field line
THE STRETCH
  • After a walk and a hit batter to open the bottom of the sevenths, Bean rapped a double off the left field wall to score a pair and push VCU's lead to 3-0. Graduate centerfielder Cooper Benzin and Ericsson followed with back-to-back RBI singles through the left side to expand the Rams' advantage to 5-0
  • Sacred Heart scored twice in the top half of the fifth to draw within 5-2, but in the bottom of the inning, Eike walked and sophomore right fielder Aden Hill doubled to put Rams on the corners. A short time later, senior left fielder Ethan Iannuzzi lifted a sacrifice fly to right to score Eike
  • Weisner spotted VCU a 1-0 lead with a sac sac fly in the first
  • VCU pitching allowed just six hits on the day and struck out 11
NOTABLE
  • The Rams are 4-1 at The Diamond this season
  • Martinez has tossed 12 scoreless innings, giving up just six hits and striking out 15 over his first two appearances of the season
NEXT UP
VCU continues the Central Virginia Classic against Central Connecticut State on Saturday, March 2 at 2 p.m at the Diamond.
 
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