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Brody Leyboldt celebrates perfect 10th inning vs. Army
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Army ARMY 5-5
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Winner VCU VCU 6-8
Army ARMY
5-5
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Final
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VCU VCU
6-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Army ARMY 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0
VCU VCU 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 1

W: Leyboldt, Brody (1-0) L: Penswick, Robbie (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

VCU WALKS OFF ARMY IN EXTRAS

Score: VCU 4, Army 3 (10 Innings)
Location: Richmond, Va. (The Diamond)
Records: VCU 6-8, Army 5-5
 
Late heroics lifted VCU to an extra-innings victory over Army at The Diamond on Friday, opening the weekend series with a walk-off, 4-3. A single off the bat of sophomore catcher Jacob Lee drove in the decisive run in the 10th inning to return the Rams to the win column.
 
LEADING OFF:
  • Nick Frers, Bryce Carter, Cooper Weygandt and Brody Leyboldt combined for 8.2 innings out of the bullpen, allowing just one run and no earned runs with five strikeouts
  • Leyboldt was credited with his first win as a Ram, tossing 2.0 innings and allowing just two baserunners
  • Nate Kirkpatrick had three hits, tying his career single-game high with two doubles, and
  • VCU outhit Army 10-5, collecting double-digit hits for the third time in four games
  • Lee and Trent Adelman each had multi-hit games
  • Army entered today with its only losses coming against Quad 1 teams, three of which were against then-No. 19 Clemson
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Fenix Digiacomo opened the game with a flawless first frame, facing the minimum and notching a pair of strikeouts
  • VCU was met with nearly the same fate from Army righty hurler Andrew Burg, but Nick Flores doubled down the left-field line to get the game's first hit before entering the second inning at 0-0
  • Army scored a pair of one-out runs in the second inning on a walk and hit by pitch and Frers rolled a double play with his first pitch of the game to shut the inning down
  • Over the next three frames, VCU took its first lead on run-scoring singles from Alec Warden and Adelman, 3-2
  • Scoring on an error in the seventh, Army evened the score and held VCU off the board into the 10th inning
  • Dante DeFranco laced a single up the middle to lead off the 10th inning and Lee popped the walk-off single into shallow center field
 
UP NEXT
VCU will continue its weekend series against Army on Saturday-Sunday, March 6-8, at The Diamond. Each game will begin at 1 p.m. and the series will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
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