George Washington University
23-30, 12-11
Saint Louis
24-29, 14-9
GW Baseball Drops Middle Game at Saint Louis, 9-4
5/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
SAINT LOUIS - Junior Joey Bartosic recorded his second consecutive four-hit game, including his first career home run, and sophomore Robbie Metz added three hits, but homestanding Saint Louis prevailed, 9-4, over George Washington in the middle game of the three-game series on Friday afternoon at the Billiken Sports Complex.
Bartosic finished 4-for-5 with the first long ball of his career for his team-leading 26th multiple-hit game of the season.
Saint Louis (24-29, 14-9 A-10) took a 5-0 lead in the second inning thanks to an RBI single by Alex King, a three-run triple by Griffin Robinson and a sacrifice fly by Parker Sniatynski.
The Billikens added single runs in the fourth and fifth innings before the Colonials attempted a late comeback.
Junior Kevin Mahala led off the top of the seventh with a base hit and moved to third when senior Andy Young reached base on a fielding error. Senior Matthieu Robert then lifted a sacrifice fly to deep center field to make the score 7-1.
Saint Louis responded with two runs on three hits in the bottom half of the seventh before the Colonials got two runs back in the top of the eighth. Bartosic led off the inning by smacking the first pitch he saw over the wall in left field. Later in the inning, junior Eric Ramsey reached on a throwing error and then scored on a RBI double by freshman Camillo Spinoso. It marked both the first double and RBI of his career.
GW added another run in the ninth inning when Robert led off with his second career triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by junior Ty Kobylinski, but Saint Louis would retire the side to clinch the 9-4 victory.
The Colonials will wrap up the regular season with game three on Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: MAHONEY, Devin (4-2)
L: Williams, Jacob (4-5)
Batting:
2B: Spinoso, Camillo 1
3B: Robért, Matthieu 1
HR: Bartosic, Joey 1
RBI: Bartosic, Joey 1 ; Spinoso, Camillo 1 ; Robért, Matthieu 1 ; Kobylinski, Ty 1
SF: Robért, Matthieu 1 ; Kobylinski, Ty 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bartosic, Joey 1 ; Ramsey, Eric 1 ; Mahala, Kevin 1 ; Robért, Matthieu 1
Batting:
2B: BUNSELMEYER, Josh 1 ; LEIMKUEHLER, Trent 2
3B: ROBINSON, Griffin 1
RBI: SNIATYNSKI, Parker 2 ; LEIMKUEHLER, Trent 1 ; KING, Alex 2 ; MORISANO, James 1 ; ROBINSON, Griffin 3
SF: SNIATYNSKI, Parker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BUNSELMEYER, Josh 1 ; LEIMKUEHLER, Trent 3 ; DUBET, Cole 1 ; KING, Alex 2 ; MORISANO, James 1 ; ROBINSON, Griffin 1
SB: BOZARTH,Michael 1 ; LEIMKUEHLER, Trent 1
HBP: KING, Alex 1
