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Dante DeFranco celebrates run at Longwood
6
Winner Va. Commonwealth VCU 18-14
4
Longwood LWU 19-14
Winner
Va. Commonwealth VCU
18-14
6
Final
4
Longwood LWU
19-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Va. Commonwealth VCU 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 1
Longwood LWU 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 9 2

W: Campbell, Cooper (2-1) L: FORDHAM, JR (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

RAMS PREVAIL IN EXTRA INNINGS AT LONGWOOD, 6-4

Score: VCU 6, Longwood 4 (10 Innings)
Location: Farmville, Va. (Buddy Bolding Field)
Records: VCU 18-14, Longwood 19-14
 
VCU baseball completed its season series sweep against Longwood with an extra-inning battle in Farmville, Va., on Tuesday night. The Rams scored two runs in the 10th inning to take the evening contest 6-4. 
 
LEADING OFF:
  • The Rams belted 10 hits and drew 10 free passes, walking five times and getting hit by five pitches
  • Dante DeFranco, Michael Petite and Alec Warden all collected multiple hits
  • Alec Warden had two hits and drove in a pair of runs
  • Jacob Lee tallied his 99th career hit
  • Junior right-handed pitcher Nick Frers made a scoreless start, going 3.0 innings and allowing two hits while tying his career-best five strikeouts
  • Caleb Clover made his third consecutive 2.0-inning scoreless appearance, facing just seven batters
  • Cooper Campbell was credited with the win for the Rams
  • The Rams' 18th win surpasses last year's total for the most in the Coach Sean Thompson era, through just 32 games
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Frers opened the game with three scoreless frames on the mound, allowing VCU to build a 4-0 lead with a trio of run-scoring singles from Warden and Petite and a bases-loaded hit by pitch from Quinn Maher
  • The Lancers evened the score over the next three innings, belting three RBI singles of their own to tie the game at 4-4
  • Clover and Campbell combined for four scoreless frames, while Cal Travers, Joe Castrichini and J.R. Fordham held the Rams from scoring into the 10th inning
  • Warden set the tone with a leadoff walk in the 10th inning before Brendan Horne and Dante DeFranco's back-to-back singles drove in the go-ahead run
  • Lee drove in an insurance run for the 6-4 lead in the top of the 10th and Campbell shut the door, rolling a double play to secure the win
 
UP NEXT
VCU will conclude its two-week road trip with a three-game set at Fordham on Friday-Sunday, April 10-12 as VCU looks to continue its momentum into the weekend. All three games will. Be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
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