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Nick Flores at-bat vs. Army
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La Salle LAS 9-8
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Winner VCU VCU 9-8
La Salle LAS
9-8
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Final
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VCU VCU
9-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
La Salle LAS 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
VCU VCU 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 X 6 6 1

W: Frers, Nick (1-0) L: Brown, Ryan (0-2) S: Newman, Dawson (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

RAMS OPEN A-10 PLAY WITH FOURTH-STRAIGHT WIN

Score: VCU 6, La Salle 2
Location: Richmond, Va. (The Diamond)
Records: VCU 9-8, La Salle 9-8
 
VCU baseball extended its win streak to four games with a 6-2 victory over La Salle, conceding a pair of runs early and responding with six unanswered runs and six shutout innings from Elias Holbert and Dawson Newman out of the bullpen.
 
LEADING OFF:
  • The Rams dropped their conference-leading ERA to 5.14 with just two earned runs allowed on the afternoon
  • Newman made his third consecutive appearance without allowing an earned run, going a career-long 3.0 innings and matching his career-best three strikeouts to earn the save
  • Nick Flores tied his career-high two doubles for the second time this season, passing the 80-career hit milestone
  • In his first start of the season, Nick Frers picked up the win
  • Jacob Lee and Quinn Maher each reached base three times on two walks and a HBP apiece
  • At the plate, VCU drew a season-high tying nine walks and struck out just four times to tie its second-best mark this season
  • On the mound, the Rams didn't allow an extra-base hit for the fifth time
  • Ethan Acevedo tallied his first hit in the Black & Gold and the Rams' first hit of Atlantic 10 play
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Frers allowed just one baserunner in the first two innings, but La Salle opened the scoring in the third with a pair of runs on a single from Reuben Livingston
  • VCU had an immediate answer in the home half of the third, scoring five runs in the frame for a 5-2 lead. In addition to two RBI doubles from freshman Boyce Read and Flores, Maher had an RBI walk, Warden lifted a sacrifice fly and Kirkpatrick scored on a wild pitch
  • Nearly limiting the scoring to just the third inning, Holbert and Newman combined for six scoreless innings out of the bullpen
  • VCU added the game's final run on Michael Petite's fifth home run of the year in the seventh inning for the 6-2 final
 
UP NEXT
VCU will continue its A-10 opening weekend against the Explorers on Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. in The Diamond. The series will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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