GW Baseball Downs St. Bonaventure, 6-5, in Game One

Friday, March 27

ARLINGTON, VA

3:00 PM

George Washington University

11-8, 2-1

ST. BONAVENTURE

10-3-1, 0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
St. Bonaventure	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	9	2
George Washington	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	X	6	13	0

Senior Ryan Xepoleas was one of four Colonials to tally multiple hits in GW's 6-5 win over Saint Bonaventure on Friday.

3/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

March 27, 2015

Box Score

WASHINGTON - The George Washington baseball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit with six unanswered runs and held off a late rally to earn a 6-5 victory over Saint Bonventure in its Atlantic 10 home opener on Friday afternoon at Tucker Field.

Junior Bobby LeWarne tallied his team-leading fourth victory of the season by throwing seven solid innings. He allowed three earned runs on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts to improve to 4-2 on the season.

Saint Bonaventure (10-3-1, 0-1 A-10) raced out to a 2-0 lead with runs in each of the first two innings before GW's offense came alive in the middle innings.

GW (11-8, 2-1 A-10) got one run back in the bottom of the second when senior Ryan Xepoleas hit a two-out double and scored on a dropped fly ball by the Bonnies' left fielder.

LeWarne worked around a pair of two-out hits to retire the side in the top of the third inning and the Colonials seized the lead for good in the bottom half of the frame.

A one-out double by sophomore Andrew Selby put runners on second and third with two outs, then freshman Brandon Chapman followed with a two-run single to put the Colonials on top, 3-2. Senior Ryan Xepoleas singled to extend the inning before sophomore Kevin Mahala blasted a two-run double off of the wall in left field to extend the lead to 5-2.

Chapman doubled to lead off the fifth inning and scored on a RBI single by sophomore Joey Bartosic to add a key insurance run, pushing the lead to 6-2.

LeWarne escaped a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning and allowed a run in the seventh before turning the ball over to the bullpen to start the eighth inning.

Saint Bonaventure used a two-run home run to pull within one run of the lead in the eighth inning, but freshman Tyler Swiggart retired the side to preserve the lead.

Sophomore Eddie Muhl worked a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save and clinch the win for the Colonials.

Bartosic finished 4-for-5 with one RBI to tally his ninth multiple-hit game and GW's first four-hit game of the season.

Chapman finished 2-for-4 with one double, two runs and two RBIs, while Mahala finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs.

Xepoleas (2-for-4, one run, one walk) and sophomore Bobby Campbell (2-for-4, one run, one RBI) also finished with multiple hits for the Colonials.

GW and Saint Bonaventure will play the middle game of the three-game series on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. at Tucker Field.