University of Richmond Athletics
Saturday, February 24
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Spider Baseball Sweeps Saturday Doubleheader Against Mount St. Mary’s
02/24/2024 | Baseball
RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond baseball team snapped its five-game losing streak Saturday, collecting both games of the doubleheader against Mount St. Mary's. Richmond defeated The Mount, 8-2, in game one to give Head Coach Mik Aoki his first victory at the helm of the program. UR came from behind late for a 7-6 win in game two.
Richmond, now 2-5 on the season, will close out the weekend series against Mount St. Mary's Sunday at Pitt Field. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
Game one starter Kyle Roche went seven strong scoreless innings for a second-straight game, scattering six hits and tallying seven strikeouts to collect the win. Harrison Clifton finished the final two innings, allowing two runs on three hits and a walk with a strikeout.
DJ Pacheco got the Spiders on the board in the second with a RBI base hit to right, scoring Jake Topolski. In the fourth, Zach Lass doubled in Pacheco to make it 2-0. Phil Bernstein tallied an RBI double, scoring Jake Elbeery from third after he legged out his own double to start the fifth.
Richmond bats broke open the game in the sixth, tallying three runs on three hits and a MSM miscue. Pacheco doubled in Topolski, after he led off with a base hit and stolen base. Elbeery drew a walk, then stole second while Pacheco scored on the mishandle by The Mount middle infielders. Elbeery scored the third run on Jordan Jaffe's liner back through the infield.
Elbeery launched his first home run of the season in the bottom of the eighth, a two-run shot to right field, to make it 8-0.
In the second game, Richmond bats stayed hot early, scoring two runs in the first two innings and one in the third to go up 5-0 and push The Mount's starter out of the game after two frames.
Bernstein picked up Aaron Whitley from third, then Jaffe scored on Lass' bases loaded walk in the first. Bernstein then legged out a two-RBI double to center to push in Whitley and Jaffe to push MSM to go to their relievers with one out in the second, up 4-0. Jaffe made it 5-0 in the third, with a RBI hit to right center to score RJ Rickabaugh from second.
The Mount tallied two in the fourth and fifth off UR starter Brian Reinke. He went four-plus, scattering seven hits on four runs and three walks in his second start of the season.
MSM took the lead off of Spider reliever Logan Ymker in the eighth. Ymker tossed three and two-thirds of an inning, allowing two runs on three hits, a walk and two strikeouts.
In the bottom of the eighth, Jaffe led off with a base hit and Elbeery followed with his fourth walk of the game. Topolski loaded the bases with a walk of his own before Lass pushed in Jaffe and Elbeery with a base hit through the infield to take the lead, 7-6.
Cole Hentschel got the last out of the eighth and collected the win after stranding two runners in the ninth with a strikeout to end the game.
Richmond, now 2-5 on the season, will close out the weekend series against Mount St. Mary's Sunday at Pitt Field. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
Game one starter Kyle Roche went seven strong scoreless innings for a second-straight game, scattering six hits and tallying seven strikeouts to collect the win. Harrison Clifton finished the final two innings, allowing two runs on three hits and a walk with a strikeout.
DJ Pacheco got the Spiders on the board in the second with a RBI base hit to right, scoring Jake Topolski. In the fourth, Zach Lass doubled in Pacheco to make it 2-0. Phil Bernstein tallied an RBI double, scoring Jake Elbeery from third after he legged out his own double to start the fifth.
Richmond bats broke open the game in the sixth, tallying three runs on three hits and a MSM miscue. Pacheco doubled in Topolski, after he led off with a base hit and stolen base. Elbeery drew a walk, then stole second while Pacheco scored on the mishandle by The Mount middle infielders. Elbeery scored the third run on Jordan Jaffe's liner back through the infield.
Elbeery launched his first home run of the season in the bottom of the eighth, a two-run shot to right field, to make it 8-0.
In the second game, Richmond bats stayed hot early, scoring two runs in the first two innings and one in the third to go up 5-0 and push The Mount's starter out of the game after two frames.
Bernstein picked up Aaron Whitley from third, then Jaffe scored on Lass' bases loaded walk in the first. Bernstein then legged out a two-RBI double to center to push in Whitley and Jaffe to push MSM to go to their relievers with one out in the second, up 4-0. Jaffe made it 5-0 in the third, with a RBI hit to right center to score RJ Rickabaugh from second.
The Mount tallied two in the fourth and fifth off UR starter Brian Reinke. He went four-plus, scattering seven hits on four runs and three walks in his second start of the season.
MSM took the lead off of Spider reliever Logan Ymker in the eighth. Ymker tossed three and two-thirds of an inning, allowing two runs on three hits, a walk and two strikeouts.
In the bottom of the eighth, Jaffe led off with a base hit and Elbeery followed with his fourth walk of the game. Topolski loaded the bases with a walk of his own before Lass pushed in Jaffe and Elbeery with a base hit through the infield to take the lead, 7-6.
Cole Hentschel got the last out of the eighth and collected the win after stranding two runners in the ninth with a strikeout to end the game.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hentschel, Cole (1-0)
L: SHEERIN,DEVEN (0-1)
Batting:
2B: STECKO,TY 1 ; TIERNEY,AIDEN 1
3B: LONG,TYLER 1
RBI: LONG,TYLER 2 ; KRAMER,JAYSON 1 ; TIERNEY,AIDEN 3
SH: KRAMER,JAYSON 1
SF: TIERNEY,AIDEN 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LONG,TYLER 2 ; KRAMER,JAYSON 1 ; STECKO,TY 1 ; LANDWEHR,JT 1 ; CORREAJR,EFRAIN 1
SB: KRAMER,JAYSON 1
CS: TIERNEY,AIDEN 1 ; FREDO,TY 1 ; RAMIREZ,BRADEN 1
HBP: STIRPE,DAVID 1 ; LANDWEHR,JT 1
Batting:
2B: Whitley, Aaron 1 ; Bernstein, Phil 1
RBI: Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; Bernstein, Phil 3 ; Lass, Zach 3
SH: Bernstein, Phil 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Whitley, Aaron 2 ; Jaffe, Jordan 3 ; Elbeery, Jake 1 ; Rickabaugh, RJ 1
SB: Whitley, Aaron 1 ; Elbeery, Jake 1
HBP: Whitley, Aaron 1 ; Pacheco, D.J. 1 ; Rickabaugh, RJ 1
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