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Sean Swenson at-bat vs. George Mason
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VCU VCU 14-31, 7-15 A-10
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Winner St. Bonaventure SBU 15-27, 6-17 A-10
VCU VCU
14-31, 7-15 A-10
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Final
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St. Bonaventure SBU
15-27, 6-17 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
VCU VCU 1 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 5 16 10 3
St. Bonaventure SBU 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 17 21 2

W: Gilbert Saunders III (3-0) L: Campbell, Cooper (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

BONNIES OVERCOME VCU RALLY TO CAPTURE SERIES

Score: St. Bonaventure 17, VCU 16
Location: St. Bonaventure, N.Y. (Handler Park)
Records: VCU 14-32 (7-16), St. Bonaventure 15-27 (6-17)
 
THE SHORT STORY: With play split across two days due to weather conditions, VCU erased Friday's early deficit with a pair of ninth-inning home runs from Sean Swenson and Nate Kirkpatrick, but St. Bonaventure manufactured its second walk-off of the weekend, 17-16.
 
LEADING OFF:
  • VCU smacked five home runs in the game, the most since the Rams' A-10 Championship victory over Richmond last year
  • Sean Swenson was the first Ram since Brandon Eike in March 2023 to drive in seven runs in a game, homering twice and collecting a career high-tying four hits
  • Freshman left fielder Nick Flores had three hits in the game and Seth Werchan tallied a pair, each homering
  • In the ninth inning, Kirkpatrick belted the
  • Trent Adelman was hit by two pitches in the game, tying James Bunn for the sixth-most in a season in program history and extending his on-base streak to 25 games
  • As a team, the Rams drew 10 walks, the second-most this season, five of them in the fourth inning to score four consecutive runs
  • St. Bonaventure outhit VCU 21-10, their offense led by David Marshall's six hits
  • Cooper Campbell was the pitcher of record for the Rams
  • This marks VCU's third consecutive one-run loss
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • St. Bonaventure worked up a steep 8-1 lead through the first inning on Friday to lead off the second game of the doubleheader
  • Werchan and Flores homered in the second inning, before the 8-3 ballgame was suspended due to weather conditions
  • The Rams worked up back-to-back big innings, scoring four runs in the fourth and fifth innings on four RBI walks, an error and a three-run home run off the bat of Swenson
  • Campbell rolled through three scoreless frames before SBU got two to take back their lead in the eighth, 13-11
  • Stringing together three hits and a pair of home runs in the top of the ninth, VCU took a 16-13 lead, before the Bonnies managed their second walk-off victory of the weekend with a two-run single
 
UP NEXT:
VCU will close out the series against the Bonnies on Sunday, May 4, at 11 a.m. at Handler Park.
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