Baseball Topped by VCU in Game Two

Saturday, May 12

ARLINGTON, VA

1:00 PM

George Washington University

27-22, 11-9

VCU

31-20, 14-9

VCU

George Washington

5/12/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

May 12, 2018

Box Score

ARLINGTON, Va. - Three Colonials posted multiple-hit efforts, but the George Washington baseball team was topped by VCU, 6-2, in Saturday's middle game at Tucker Field at Barcroft Park.

Key Stats

Senior Mark Osis finished 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the Colonials' offense. Classmate Robbie Metz (2 H, 1 R) and sophomore Steven Barmakian (2 H) also contributed multi-hit games.
Junior Dominic D'Alessandro tallied his first Division I triple when he drove in a run in the fourth inning.
GW pitchers struggled with location on Saturday, combining to allow eight walks, four hit batters and two wild pitches.
VCU used a trio of scoring innings, plating two in the fourth, one in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie, and three in the seventh.

Scoring
Top 4: VCU loaded the bases to start the fourth inning but only came away with two runs, courtesy of a pair of RBI singles (VCU 2, GW 0).
Bottom 4: Metz and Osis reached base on consecutive one-out singles to put runners on the corners with one out. Metz scored on a double-steal attempt as Osis was thrown out at second for GW's first run. After a walk to sophomore Nate Fassnacht, D'Alessandro roped a RBI triple down the left field line into the corner to tie the game (GW 2, VCU 2).
Top 6: The Rams scored the go-ahead run on an infield RBI single (VCU 3, GW 2).
Top 7: VCU extended the lead with a two-run home run. Another run scored on a double play (VCU 6, GW 2).

Up Next
GW will honor its nine seniors on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. before the series finale begins at 12 p.m.
Seniors to be recognized will be Brandon Chapman, Matt Cosentino, Kevin Hodgson, Chance Malek, Sam Martin, Metz, Osis, Brady Renner and Tyler Swiggart.