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University of Richmond
No. 5 Virginia
Richmond Falls At No. 5 Virginia On Tuesday Night
04/24/2013 | Baseball
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Richmond Spiders baseball team fell on the road to No. 5-ranked Virginia on Tuesday night, 6-2.
With the loss, Richmond drops to 24-15 on the season overall, while the Cavaliers improve to 36-6 on the year with the victory.
Junior Mike Small went 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored to lead the way for the Spiders, while classmate Nick Poulos had a pair of hits and scored a run. Freshman Tanner Stanley went 2-for-5 with a RBI double on the night.
Out of the bullpen, RHP Ray Harron pitched 0.2 scoreless innings, while LHP Zach Grossfeld tossed 1.1 shutout frames. RHP Andrew Brockett pitched two scoreless innings for the Spiders, allowing just one hit.
The No. 5-ranked Cavaliers were the first to get on the scoreboard on a beautiful evening at Davenport Field in Charlottesville. Virginia plated a pair of two-out runs in the bottom of the first, taking a 2-0 lead.
After a scoreless second inning, the Spiders scored their first runs of the game in the top of the third. Reaching on an infield single, Poulos then stole second base and moved to third on a wild pitch. Small then plated his classmate with a single through the left side, cutting the lead to 2-1.
Next up for the Spiders was Stanley, who promptly laced a double down the left-field line, easily scoring Small from first base to tie the game at 2-2.
Virginia answered right back, scoring one run in the bottom of the third and three more in the fourth to take a 6-2 lead over the Spiders. Richmond had a chance to cut in to the deficit in the fifth, loading the bases with two outs, but a foul out ended the potential Spider rally.
Richmond had opportunities to cut in to the Cavalier lead, but stranded runners in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. In the ninth, Stanley started the frame with a leadoff single, but the Spiders were unable to stage a dramatic comeback, falling to the No. 5-ranked Cavaliers, 6-2.
The Richmond Spiders baseball team will return to Pitt Field this weekend to begin a three-game, Atlantic 10 series with the Saint Louis Billikens. First pitch on Friday is slated for 3 p.m.
