Score: VCU 6, St. Bonaventure 5
Location: Richmond, Vs. (The Diamond)
Records: VCU 16-11 (8-1), St. Bonaventure 5-20 (1-8)
 
VCU baseball swept its fourth weekend series at home with a 6-5 win over St. Bonaventure on Sunday afternoon. The Rams jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead and held on for the victory to pick up their second Atlantic 10 weekend sweep and improve to 8-1 in league play.
 
LEADING OFF:

• With the win, VCU tied Saint Joseph's for the lead in A-10 standings through three conference weekends, improving to 8-1
• Teige Lethert drove in three of the Rams' runs on a pair of doubles
• Sophomore Nick Flores also belted a pair of doubles, tying his career season high of 14 for the second-straight season
• Reigning A-10 Player of the Week Nate Kirkpatrick also had a pair of hits in the game, notching an RBI
• Everett Vaughan was the pitcher of record in his first start since Tommy John surgery, going 3.0 scoreless innings and allowing just three hits
• Zach Peters has retired 10 straight hitters, making his second consecutive perfect outing to pick up his second save of the weekend
• The Rams reached their 16^th win in 26 fewer games than a season ago

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• VCU opened the game with a three-run inning, using three two-out hits on top of Flores' double to build a 3-0 lead
• St. Bonaventure scored its first two runs on an RBI single in the fourth inning and a sacrifice fly in the fifth, but VCU had answers in each frame with a home run off the bat of Quinn Maher and a second run-scoring double from Lethert, leading 6-2
• The Bonnies came within one run on a three-run sixth inning using a wild pitch and a two-run double to cut the Rams' lead to 6-5
• Nick Frers, Cooper Campbell and Peters each faced the minimum in the final three frames to hold down the win, completing VCU's weekend sweep

 
UP NEXT
The Rams will return to The Diamond to close out their five-game homestand on Tuesday, March 31 at 1 p.m. against Longwood. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+.