Baseball Battles Back to Walk Off Fairfield for Series Win

Monday, February 24

Richmond, Va.

1:30 PM

University of Richmond

6-1

Fairfield

3-3

Fairfield

Richmond

Baseball Battles Back to Walk Off Fairfield for Series Win

02/24/2025 | Baseball

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RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond baseball came back from an eight-run deficit to walk off Fairfield, 11-10, and take the series Monday at Pitt Field.

With the program's fourth walk off victory at home, Richmond moves to 6-1 on the season. The Spiders head to Raleigh, NC, to take on NC State Tuesday. First pitch at Doak Field at Dail Park is set for 3 p.m. on ACCNX.

After Aaron Whitley hit his first home run of the season in the bottom of the first, the Fairfield bats overwhelmed Spider arms. The Stags put up four in the second and added five more in the third to take a commanding 9-1 lead. Whitley led off the bottom of the third with his second solo home run of the day.

Jason Shockley and Tyler Rigot tossed four scoreless of their combined seven frames of relief work. Shockley allowed one run in the third before retiring seven-straight Stags including a strikeout in three and two-third of an inning. Rigot allowed one hit, a home run in the ninth, a walk and struck out five in three and a third of an inning on the mound to get the win.

The Spider offense started chipping away at the Stags lead in the fifth. Brady O'Brien drew Richmond's fourth walk of the frame to force in the first run. Aidan O'Keefe sent a hard line drive through the infield to score Jack Arcamone and Jordan Jaffe to make it 9-5.

Phil Bernstein got in on the solo home runs, sending his over the right field wall, in the bottom of the eighth. Arcamone doubled in Jaffe after he drew a walk, then scored on O'Brien's double to get within one, 9-8.

After the Stags got their solo home run to push their lead back to two runs in the top of the ninth, the Spider offense connected two hit-by-pitches and a walk to load the bases. Bernstein got the wheels moving with a two-run single to right to tie the game at 10-all. Jaffe got his pitch and sent a line drive past second base to score Whitley for the walk off win.