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Dawson Newman delivers pitch vs. St. Bonaventure
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St. Bonaventure SBU 5-18, 1-6 A-10
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Winner VCU VCU 14-11, 6-1 A-10
St. Bonaventure SBU
5-18, 1-6 A-10
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Final
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VCU VCU
14-11, 6-1 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Bonaventure SBU 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1
VCU VCU 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4 11 2

W: Newman, Dawson (1-1) L: James, David (0-4) S: Peters, Zach (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

RAMS WIN FOURTH-STRAIGHT FRIDAY, DOWN BONNIES, 4-2

Score: VCU 4, St. Bonaventure 2
Location: Richmond, Vs. (The Diamond)
Records: VCU 14-11 (6-1), St. Bonaventure 5-18 (1-6)
 
VCU baseball began its fourth-straight weekend with a victory, rattling off 11 hits and a pair of home runs while holding St. Bonaventure to just one earned run, to take down the Bonnies on Friday afternoon in the Atlantic 10 series opener, 4-2.
 
LEADING OFF:
  • VCU had double-digit hits for the sixth time in the last seven games
  • For the fifth time this season, the Rams allowed just one earned run in
  • Catcher Jacob Lee went 2-2 with two walks, launching his 22nd home run at 113 miles per hour; he sits just one home run outside of the program's career top 10
  • Reigning A-10 Player of the Week Nate Kirkpatrick also had two hits including a home run and drove in a pair of Rams
  • Teige Lethert had a season-best three hits
  • In his first collegiate start, Dawson Newman went 3.0 scoreless innings and earned the win, allowing four hits and one free pass
  • Cooper Campbell tossed 2.2 innings of one-hit ball
  • Zach Peters earned his first save of the season a perfect ninth inning
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Dawson Newman rolled a double play to end a scoreless first inning in his first start, placing the first of his three zeros on the board
  • Michael Petite opened the game with the Rams' first leadoff hit since March 8 and Nick Flores gave VCU its early 1-0 lead on an RBI single
  • VCU and St. Bonaventure traded scoreless frames until the Rams broke through in the fifth inning with Kirkpatrick's two-run home run, leading 3-0
  • The Bonnies finally broke through in the sixth inning to cut VCU's lead to 3-2, scoring a pair on two RBI singles, aided by a Rams' error in the field which put a second runner on
  • Jacob Lee's solo shot in the seventh provided an insurance run, but Campbell and Peters continued the lock-down performance on the mound
  • The Rams improved to 6-1 in Atlantic 10 play

UP NEXT
VCU will continue its home schedule through the weekend with a pair of 1 p.m. starts on Saturday-Sunday, March 28-29 against St. Bonaventure. The games will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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