University of Richmond Athletics
University of Richmond
16-20, 6-3
George Washington
20-15, 4-5
Spider Baseball Collects A-10 Series Sweep of GW
04/14/2024 | Baseball
Richmond, now 16-20 on the year and 6-3 in conference action, will host Longwood Tuesday at Pitt Field with first pitch set for 2:30 p.m. on ESPN+. UR will then head on the road in A-10 action, traveling to North Carolina to face Davidson beginning Friday, April 19 at 5:30 p.m.
The Spiders scored first Sunday tallying a run on a sacrifice fly by Jordan Jaffe. Jack Arcamone followed with a RBI double to right center to give UR a 2-0 lead. RJ Rickabaugh tallied his third home run of the season with a no-doubter to right field in the second.
Richmond broke open the game in the fourth, tallying seven runs on six hits and two walks. Connor Larson got the offense going with his first career home run to center field. Aaron Whitley followed with his seventh long ball of the season to right center, pushing the score to 5-1.
Phil Bernstein tallied a walk and followed by a base hit by DJ Pacheco. Jaffe was robbed at the wall by GW's center fielder, but Bernstein advanced to third on the play. On a delayed double steal, Bernstein scored, and Pacheco moved up to second. Pacheco then scored on Aidan O'Keefe bunt single, making it 7-1.
With two outs in the fourth, Rickabaugh kept the offense going with a two-RBI double and scored on Larson's second hit of the frame to make it 10-1.
Along with a sizzling offense, the Spiders were blazing on the base paths, collecting a season-high seven stolen bases. Whitley led the way with three stolen bases while Pacheco picked up two.
UR added a run in the fifth and seventh, both scored by Jaffe, on a wild pitch and passed ball respectively.
UR starter Esteban Rodriguez collected the victory, working around a single run in the second while scattering seven hits, three walks and striking out eight in five innings of work. Brian Reinke allowed GW's other run in the sixth on three hits, a hit batter and one strikeout in one and two thirds of an inning of work. Dane Armson tallied a walk and two strikeouts in an inning and a third of action, while Cole Hentschel retired the Revs in order in the ninth, closing the victory with a strikeout.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rodriguez, Esteban (3-1)
L: Graham Jeffries (4-1)
Batting:
2B: Robby Wacker 1 ; McGwire Tuffy 1
HR: Ellis Schwartz 1
RBI: Ellis Schwartz 1 ; Nick Mullen 1
SH: McGwire Tuffy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ellis Schwartz 1 ; Robby Wacker 1
SB: Ellis Schwartz 1
HBP: Jude Clough 1 ; Brett Young 1
PO: Robbie Lavey 1
Batting:
2B: Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; Arcamone, Jack 1 ; Rickabaugh, RJ 1 ; Larson, Connor 1
HR: Whitley, Aaron 1 ; Rickabaugh, RJ 1 ; Larson, Connor 1
RBI: Whitley, Aaron 1 ; Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; Arcamone, Jack 1 ; O'Keefe, Aidan 1 ; Rickabaugh, RJ 3 ; Larson, Connor 2
SH: Bernstein, Phil 1
SF: Jaffe, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Whitley, Aaron 2 ; Bernstein, Phil 1 ; Pacheco, D.J. 2 ; Jaffe, Jordan 2 ; Arcamone, Jack 1 ; O'Keefe, Aidan 1 ; Rickabaugh, RJ 2 ; Larson, Connor 1
SB: Whitley, Aaron 3 ; Bernstein, Phil 1 ; Pacheco, D.J. 2 ; Larson, Connor 1
HBP: Whitley, Aaron 1 ; O'Keefe, Aidan 1
