University of Richmond Athletics
Saturday, April 20
Pitt Field
10 AM
University of Richmond
19-15-1, 6-4
8
vs
5
VCU
27-11, 10-3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCU | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Richmond | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
Photo by: University of Richmond Athletics
Schmidt Goes Deep Twice in Doubleheader Split with VCU
04/20/2019 | Baseball
RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond baseball earned a split of Saturday's doubleheader with the Atlantic 10 leading VCU Rams at Pitt Field. The Spiders won game one in dramatic fashion as Kyle Schmidt (Smithville, Texas) hit a walk-off three-run home run to secure the early 8-5 win before VCU rallied to take the nightcap 16-3. The Spiders move to 19-16-1 on the season and 6-5 in A-10 play. VCU improves to 28-11 and 10-3 in league action.
The series will be decided tomorrow at noon as the two teams will face off in the final game of the series at Pitt Field. Richmond will send redshirt senior captain Brendan McGuigan (Austin, Texas) to the mound. VCU will counter with right-hander Justin Sorokowski.
Tim Miller (Wayne, Pa.) started on the mound in the first game Saturday morning. Miller worked his fourth consecutive quality start, going 6.0 innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out six hitters. Dalton Light (Atlanta, Ga.) worked 2.0 innings in relief, allowing three runs and striking out four hitters. Antonio Balducci (Mechanicsville, Va.) earned the win, tossing a scoreless ninth inning with a strikeout to set the stage for Schmidt's heroics.
The Spider offense finished the first game with 10 hits, as Schmidt led the charge with a 2-for-5 performance. Justin Cook (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Johnny Hipsman (Chester, N.Y.) each added multi-hit efforts, finishing with two hits each and both recorded two-RBI doubles.
The nightcap saw six Spiders toe the rubber. Kent Morrison (Herndon, Va.) got the start, going a season-low 1.1 innings, allowing six earned runs to go with a strikeout. Jacob Lamb (Salisbury, Conn.) worked the next 2.1 innings, allowing a season-high two earned runs to go with two strikeouts. Jacob Marcus (Malvern, Pa.) tossed 2.1 innings, giving up five earned runs to go with two strikeouts.
Aaron Winkler (Pound Ridge, N.Y.), Lowell Schipper (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Sammy Senders (Potomac, Md.) each worked an inning. Winkler allowed three earned runs with a strikeout in the sixth. Schipper sit the Rams down in order in the seventh with three groundouts. Senders struck out the side in order in his inning of work.
The Spider bats weren't as noisy in the nightcap, managing just five hits. Anthony Forte (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) and Schmidt each homered in the loss. Tyler Plantier (Poway, Calif.) and Mark Ready (Dallas, Texas) each added a hit. Forte led the Spiders with a pair of hits and two RBI.
VCU struck first in the top of the second inning of game one, sending eight hitters to the plate. The Rams scored just two runs in the inning, one coming on a bases loaded walk, and another on a single through the left side.
The Spiders responded with a pair of runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Schmidt got the rally started as he muscled a single off the handle to right field for the first Richmond hit of the day. D.J. Lee (Frankfort, Ill.) followed with a double to right center to put the pair in scoring position. Cook battled in his at bat before floating a single to no man's land down the line in right field to score two.
Richmond worked some tough at bats in the fifth to take its first lead of the game. Plantier was down 1-2 in the count before working a walk with two outs. Forte jumped on the first pitch he saw to double down the line in right. Plantier hustled all the way around from first to score the go-ahead run.
VCU took the lead back in the top of the eighth. After a lead-off walk started the rally, a double and an intentional walk loaded the bases. A walk and a single drove in two runs. After the second out of the inning came on a strikeout, a hit by pitch brought in the third run to give VCU the 5-3 lead.
UR responded in its half of the eighth, scoring a pair of runs to tie it up. Lee worked a walk and moved into scoring position after Cook doubled off the VCU third baseman's diving attempt to field the hard-hit ball. Hipsman delivered the clutch knock, doubling down the right field line to drive in a pair and tie it at five apiece.
The Spiders won the game in bottom of the ninth. After a lead-off double from Sage Bruhl (Northbrook, Ill.), a sacrifice bunt moved him to third before a walk put runners on the corners. Schmidt hammered his third home run of the season out to left field to give the Spiders the game.
VCU didn't dwell on the first game loss very long, scoring a pair of runs in the top of the first inning of the nightcap. Back-to-back one-out singles put two on and a double steal put runners in scoring position. A sacrifice fly to right field scored the first run before a wild pitch brought home the second run.
The Spiders responded in their half of the first, using a two-out rally to tie the game. Plantier drew a walk with two outs before Forte lifted his seventh home run of the season to right center to tie the game at two.
The Rams responded again, taking advantage of three walks and a hit batter in the inning. A single and a three-RBI double put VCU up 7-2. An RBI ground out in the top of the fourth extended the Ram lead to 8-2. VCU extended its lead to 11 after scoring five more runs in the top of the sixth, capped by a two-run home run.
Schmidt did his best to bring the Spiders back, hitting his second home run of the day in the bottom of the sixth inning, a solo blast.
VCU responded with three more runs in the top of the seventh before each team went scoreless over the final two innings of play.
The Spiders and Rams conclude the three-game series tomorrow at noon at Pitt Field.
-- UR --
The series will be decided tomorrow at noon as the two teams will face off in the final game of the series at Pitt Field. Richmond will send redshirt senior captain Brendan McGuigan (Austin, Texas) to the mound. VCU will counter with right-hander Justin Sorokowski.
Tim Miller (Wayne, Pa.) started on the mound in the first game Saturday morning. Miller worked his fourth consecutive quality start, going 6.0 innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out six hitters. Dalton Light (Atlanta, Ga.) worked 2.0 innings in relief, allowing three runs and striking out four hitters. Antonio Balducci (Mechanicsville, Va.) earned the win, tossing a scoreless ninth inning with a strikeout to set the stage for Schmidt's heroics.
The Spider offense finished the first game with 10 hits, as Schmidt led the charge with a 2-for-5 performance. Justin Cook (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Johnny Hipsman (Chester, N.Y.) each added multi-hit efforts, finishing with two hits each and both recorded two-RBI doubles.
The nightcap saw six Spiders toe the rubber. Kent Morrison (Herndon, Va.) got the start, going a season-low 1.1 innings, allowing six earned runs to go with a strikeout. Jacob Lamb (Salisbury, Conn.) worked the next 2.1 innings, allowing a season-high two earned runs to go with two strikeouts. Jacob Marcus (Malvern, Pa.) tossed 2.1 innings, giving up five earned runs to go with two strikeouts.
Aaron Winkler (Pound Ridge, N.Y.), Lowell Schipper (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Sammy Senders (Potomac, Md.) each worked an inning. Winkler allowed three earned runs with a strikeout in the sixth. Schipper sit the Rams down in order in the seventh with three groundouts. Senders struck out the side in order in his inning of work.
The Spider bats weren't as noisy in the nightcap, managing just five hits. Anthony Forte (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) and Schmidt each homered in the loss. Tyler Plantier (Poway, Calif.) and Mark Ready (Dallas, Texas) each added a hit. Forte led the Spiders with a pair of hits and two RBI.
VCU struck first in the top of the second inning of game one, sending eight hitters to the plate. The Rams scored just two runs in the inning, one coming on a bases loaded walk, and another on a single through the left side.
The Spiders responded with a pair of runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Schmidt got the rally started as he muscled a single off the handle to right field for the first Richmond hit of the day. D.J. Lee (Frankfort, Ill.) followed with a double to right center to put the pair in scoring position. Cook battled in his at bat before floating a single to no man's land down the line in right field to score two.
Richmond worked some tough at bats in the fifth to take its first lead of the game. Plantier was down 1-2 in the count before working a walk with two outs. Forte jumped on the first pitch he saw to double down the line in right. Plantier hustled all the way around from first to score the go-ahead run.
VCU took the lead back in the top of the eighth. After a lead-off walk started the rally, a double and an intentional walk loaded the bases. A walk and a single drove in two runs. After the second out of the inning came on a strikeout, a hit by pitch brought in the third run to give VCU the 5-3 lead.
UR responded in its half of the eighth, scoring a pair of runs to tie it up. Lee worked a walk and moved into scoring position after Cook doubled off the VCU third baseman's diving attempt to field the hard-hit ball. Hipsman delivered the clutch knock, doubling down the right field line to drive in a pair and tie it at five apiece.
The Spiders won the game in bottom of the ninth. After a lead-off double from Sage Bruhl (Northbrook, Ill.), a sacrifice bunt moved him to third before a walk put runners on the corners. Schmidt hammered his third home run of the season out to left field to give the Spiders the game.
VCU didn't dwell on the first game loss very long, scoring a pair of runs in the top of the first inning of the nightcap. Back-to-back one-out singles put two on and a double steal put runners in scoring position. A sacrifice fly to right field scored the first run before a wild pitch brought home the second run.
The Spiders responded in their half of the first, using a two-out rally to tie the game. Plantier drew a walk with two outs before Forte lifted his seventh home run of the season to right center to tie the game at two.
The Rams responded again, taking advantage of three walks and a hit batter in the inning. A single and a three-RBI double put VCU up 7-2. An RBI ground out in the top of the fourth extended the Ram lead to 8-2. VCU extended its lead to 11 after scoring five more runs in the top of the sixth, capped by a two-run home run.
Schmidt did his best to bring the Spiders back, hitting his second home run of the day in the bottom of the sixth inning, a solo blast.
VCU responded with three more runs in the top of the seventh before each team went scoreless over the final two innings of play.
The Spiders and Rams conclude the three-game series tomorrow at noon at Pitt Field.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Balducci, Antonio (2-2)
L: RYAN, Sam (2-3)
Batting:
2B: HIBBITS, Liam 1 ; CARPENTER, Steven 1
RBI: BROWN, Hogan 1 ; CHING, Zac 1 ; VAY, Hunter 1 ; TAYLOR, Alex 2
Base Running:
RUNS: WITT, Paul 1 ; HIBBITS, Liam 2 ; CARPENTER, Steven 2
SB: BROWN, Hogan 1 ; NORWOOD, Brett 1
HBP: CHING, Zac 1
Batting:
2B: Bruhl, Sage 1 ; Forte, Anthony 1 ; Lee, D.J. 1 ; Cook, Justin 1 ; Hipsman, Johnny 1
HR: Schmidt, Kyle 1
RBI: Forte, Anthony 1 ; Schmidt, Kyle 3 ; Cook, Justin 2 ; Hipsman, Johnny 2
SH: Plantier, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bruhl, Sage 1 ; Plantier, Tyler 1 ; Forte, Anthony 1 ; Schmidt, Kyle 2 ; Lee, D.J. 2 ; Cook, Justin 1
SB: Schulefand, Jordan 1
HBP: Hipsman, Johnny 1
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5
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1
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