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Friday, May 3
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Baseball Eyes Key Weekend Series with VCU
5/2/2024 12:00:00 PM | Baseball
WASHINGTON – The George Washington baseball team looks ahead to a key weekend series with VCU starting with a doubleheader on Friday. The Rams and the Revolutionaries will meet three times over the weekend in a pivotal matchup as the regular season winds down. Friday's doubleheader is set for 2:00 p.m. with the second game to follow 45 minutes after the completion of game one. Saturday's contest is set for 2:00 p.m. All three matchups will be featured on ESPN+.
LAST TIME OUT
GW hit the road for a midweek matchup with Delaware on Tuesday and left with an 8-4 defeat at the hands of the Blue Hens. GW's offense was led by Bryan Belo, who picked up the team's lone multi-hit game with a solo home run and a single. Six other players got into the hit column for the Revolutionaries, including Conlon Walker, who tallied a pinch-hit RBI single, and Brett Young, who extended his on-base streak to 16 games with a single in the sixth. Young's on-base streak is tied for the second-longest on GW's squad this season and is the longest active streak. Sam Gates reached safely in 18 consecutive contests but had his string of games snapped last Saturday against Saint Louis. Ellis Schwartz and Robby Wacker both reached base in 16 consecutive games earlier in the year.
Graham Jeffries was one of six pitchers to see time during GW's game at Delaware. Jeffries tossed three innings and allowed three earned runs, falling to 4-2 on the season after the loss. Reese Crochet pitched a shutout fourth inning for GW, while Tyler Blankenship and Cade Davis combined efforts in the fifth. Blankenship pitched 0.2 innings in the frame, allowing three unearned runs, while Davis navigated the jam for the final out in the inning. Shugy Klein allowed one earned run for the Buff & Blue in the sixth, while Max Haug closed out the game with shutouts in the seventh and eighth.
A-10 STANDINGS UPDATE
With three weekends remaining in the regular season GW currently sits in seventh in the Atlantic 10 standings. The Revolutionaries are 7-8 in conference play this season, 3.5 games behind Dayton, which holds the league's top record at 10-4. VCU, GW's opponent for this weekend, sits in a tie for third overall with a 9-5 record in conference action. The Rams are equal with cross-town rival Richmond in the standings. With the top seven seeds making the Atlantic 10 Championship in Tysons, Va., GW will be tested late in the season to earn a spot in the postseason. After facing VCU this weekend, the GW Revs will host UMass for the final home series of the 2024 season. The Minutemen currently sit one spot above GW in sixth, holding an 8-7 mark in league action. The following week to close out the regular season GW will battle Saint Joseph's, the current eighth seed with a record of 6-9. A full breakdown of conference standings can be found here.
SCOUTING THE RAMS
The Rams enter the week 27-17 overall after dropping an 8-4 contest to 11th-ranked Virginia on Tuesday evening. The loss is VCU's third in five games after falling to Old Dominion on April 23rd but bouncing back to take two of three against George Mason last weekend. VCU is led by head coach Bradley LeCroy, who's in his second season with the program. LeCroy has a record of 52-47 with the Rams including a 25-30 mark during his first season at the helm in 2023.
Offensively, VCU is led by Brandon Eike with a .347 batting average and 61 hits. His slugging percentage sits at .619 and he has a team-best 42 RBI on the season. Eike also leads the team in runs scored with 39, doubles with 22 and home runs with 11. He's drawn 28 walks on the year for an on-base percentage of .443. Behind Eike is Aden Hill with a .291 average at the dish. He has 48 hits, including nine doubles and six homers. Hill boasts a .422 on-base percentage and has 37 RBI on the year.
VCU's probable pitchers for the weekend include Jack Hoeymans earning the start on Friday and Christian Gordon on the bump Saturday. The Rams' Sunday starter is still TBA. This season, Hoeymans is 1-2 with a 5.67 ERA. He's made 14 appearances and three starts, pitching 33.1 total innings and striking out 32 batters. He holds the opposition to a .300 batting average and has allowed 21 earned runs. Gordon is 5-2 on the season in his 11 total starts. He's tossed 52.1 total innings and struck out 66 batters. The Rams' top arm out of the pen is Owen Tappy, who holds a record of 7-1 in 16 relief appearances. Tappy has tossed 30.2 innings and holds batters to a .209 average. He has 24 Ks this season and has only allowed eight earned runs.
LAST TIME OUT
GW hit the road for a midweek matchup with Delaware on Tuesday and left with an 8-4 defeat at the hands of the Blue Hens. GW's offense was led by Bryan Belo, who picked up the team's lone multi-hit game with a solo home run and a single. Six other players got into the hit column for the Revolutionaries, including Conlon Walker, who tallied a pinch-hit RBI single, and Brett Young, who extended his on-base streak to 16 games with a single in the sixth. Young's on-base streak is tied for the second-longest on GW's squad this season and is the longest active streak. Sam Gates reached safely in 18 consecutive contests but had his string of games snapped last Saturday against Saint Louis. Ellis Schwartz and Robby Wacker both reached base in 16 consecutive games earlier in the year.
Graham Jeffries was one of six pitchers to see time during GW's game at Delaware. Jeffries tossed three innings and allowed three earned runs, falling to 4-2 on the season after the loss. Reese Crochet pitched a shutout fourth inning for GW, while Tyler Blankenship and Cade Davis combined efforts in the fifth. Blankenship pitched 0.2 innings in the frame, allowing three unearned runs, while Davis navigated the jam for the final out in the inning. Shugy Klein allowed one earned run for the Buff & Blue in the sixth, while Max Haug closed out the game with shutouts in the seventh and eighth.
A-10 STANDINGS UPDATE
With three weekends remaining in the regular season GW currently sits in seventh in the Atlantic 10 standings. The Revolutionaries are 7-8 in conference play this season, 3.5 games behind Dayton, which holds the league's top record at 10-4. VCU, GW's opponent for this weekend, sits in a tie for third overall with a 9-5 record in conference action. The Rams are equal with cross-town rival Richmond in the standings. With the top seven seeds making the Atlantic 10 Championship in Tysons, Va., GW will be tested late in the season to earn a spot in the postseason. After facing VCU this weekend, the GW Revs will host UMass for the final home series of the 2024 season. The Minutemen currently sit one spot above GW in sixth, holding an 8-7 mark in league action. The following week to close out the regular season GW will battle Saint Joseph's, the current eighth seed with a record of 6-9. A full breakdown of conference standings can be found here.
SCOUTING THE RAMS
The Rams enter the week 27-17 overall after dropping an 8-4 contest to 11th-ranked Virginia on Tuesday evening. The loss is VCU's third in five games after falling to Old Dominion on April 23rd but bouncing back to take two of three against George Mason last weekend. VCU is led by head coach Bradley LeCroy, who's in his second season with the program. LeCroy has a record of 52-47 with the Rams including a 25-30 mark during his first season at the helm in 2023.
Offensively, VCU is led by Brandon Eike with a .347 batting average and 61 hits. His slugging percentage sits at .619 and he has a team-best 42 RBI on the season. Eike also leads the team in runs scored with 39, doubles with 22 and home runs with 11. He's drawn 28 walks on the year for an on-base percentage of .443. Behind Eike is Aden Hill with a .291 average at the dish. He has 48 hits, including nine doubles and six homers. Hill boasts a .422 on-base percentage and has 37 RBI on the year.
VCU's probable pitchers for the weekend include Jack Hoeymans earning the start on Friday and Christian Gordon on the bump Saturday. The Rams' Sunday starter is still TBA. This season, Hoeymans is 1-2 with a 5.67 ERA. He's made 14 appearances and three starts, pitching 33.1 total innings and striking out 32 batters. He holds the opposition to a .300 batting average and has allowed 21 earned runs. Gordon is 5-2 on the season in his 11 total starts. He's tossed 52.1 total innings and struck out 66 batters. The Rams' top arm out of the pen is Owen Tappy, who holds a record of 7-1 in 16 relief appearances. Tappy has tossed 30.2 innings and holds batters to a .209 average. He has 24 Ks this season and has only allowed eight earned runs.
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