Game One: George Mason 4, VCU 2
Game Two: VCU 10, George Mason 6
Location: Richmond, Va. (The Diamond)
Records: VCU 11-23 (5-9 A-10), George Mason 22-13 (9-5 A-10)
 
THE SHORT STORY: In a back-and-forth affair, the Rams rallied with a season-high 16 hits in the nightcap their a series-opening doubleheader against George Mason, taking down the Patriots with a score of 10-6 to even the series after falling behind on a pair of ninth-inning runs in the opening game, 4-2.
 
LEADING OFF:

• The Rams turned three double plays in the opening game
• Owen Tappy went a career-long 7.0 innings of work in game one, allowing just one earned run and striking out five
• Casey Kleinman, Nick Flores and Trent Adelman each had four hits on the day, all tallying three-hit games
• Jacob Lee belted his second triple of the year
• Adrian Jimenez, Will Henson, Spencer Sullivan and Nate Kirkpatrick each had two hits in the second game
• Out of the bullpen, Cooper Campbell and Zachary Peters combines to allow just two hits and strike out three over 3.0 scoreless innings
• Peters was credited with the Rams' victory, his first of the season

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Game One

• Performances on the mound headlined both teams' performances, with George Mason allowing just two runs and VCU surrendering only one earned run in the contest as Tappy posted five shutout innings after the Patriots' first run in the first frame
• A two-run double from Kleinman gave the Rams their first lead of the series, driving in Flores and Adelman
• Mason's Andrew Raymond belted a game-tying home run to right-center field in the top of the seventh
• VCU carried the tied score into the ninth before two runs scored on an error in the middle infield for the 4-2 final

 
Game Two

• George Mason scored first in game two, getting one run across in the first inning aided by a Rams error, but VCU had a quick answer as Kleinman, Adelman and Flores led off with three hits, for a 2-1 advantage
• Trading crooked numbers over the next four innings, George Mason scored in the second and fourth frames on a sacrifice hit and RBI groundout, while Lee notched a pair of RBI on a groundout and sacrifice fly in the third and fifth frames
• Two-out hitting from the visitors gave Mason a 6-5 edge with their first multi-run inning in the sixth, but VCU tied it up on an Adelman 13-pitch battle at the plate that ended with a sacrifice fly, 6-6
• Campbell and Peters held off George Mason for the remaining three frames and VCU batted around in the eighth, racking up five hits including a two-run double by Flores and a run-scoring triple from Lee
• VCU evened the series at one apiece, 10-6

 
UP NEXT:
VCU will return to The Diamond for the rubber match at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, as it looks to take the third consecutive weekend series. Then, the Rams will hit the road to Old Dominion on Tuesday for a midweek matchup at War Memorial Stadium.