Baseball Clinches Series with 5-4 Win on Saturday

Saturday, March 24

ARLINGTON, VA

1:00 PM

George Washington University

11-11, 2-0

LA SALLE

5-15, 0-2

La Salle

George Washington

3/24/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

March 24, 2018

Box Score

ARLINGTON, Va. - The George Washington baseball team clinched the series victory with Saturday's 5-4 win over La Salle at Tucker Field at Barcroft Park.

Key Stats

The win is GW's fourth in a row and evens the season record at 11-11 overall.
The Colonials also improve to 9-2 at home.
Junior Pat Knight earned his second win in as many days. He had entered the game with the score tied 2-2 and pitched out of a jam. In total he allowed an earned run over 1.2 innings of work.
Senior Robbie Metz broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the fifth when he drove a two-run home run down the left-field line and out of the park. It was his second homer of the year.
Isaiah Pasteur earned his third save of the year by finishing the game with four innings of one-run ball. He scattered five hits and registered a strikeout.
Nate Fassnacht finished 2-for-4 for his second consecutive multi-hit game. He has also hit safely in the last six games.

Scoring
Bottom 1: Pasteur led off the Colonials' first with a walk and later scored on a RBI groundout by senior Mark Osis (GW 1, La Salle 0).
Bottom 2: Senior Matt Cosentino led off with a walk and moved to third on a throwing error before scoring on a wild pitch (GW 2, La Salle 0).
Top 3: A one-out double later scored on a RBI single for the Explorers' first run of the day (GW 2, La Salle 1).
Top 4: The Explorers loaded the bases and then tied the game on a fielding error (GW 2, La Salle 2).
Bottom 5: Pasteur led off with a double to the gap in right center and Metz followed by blasting a two-run home run down the left field wall (GW 4, La Salle 2).
Bottom 5: Senior Brandon Chapman connected on a two-out RBI single to extend the lead (GW 5, La Salle 2).
Top 6: The Explorers scored on a two-out RBI single (GW 5, La Salle 3).
Top 7: A leadoff double came around to score on a RBI single to pull La Salle within one run of the lead (GW 5, La Salle 4).

Up Next
GW aims for the sweep on Sunday in the finale. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m.