Baseball Shut Out by George Mason

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George Mason's Jared Graynor tossed a complete game five-hitter on Saturday, as the Patriots shut out the Fordham Rams, 6-0, at Spuhler Field in Fairfax, Virginia.
 
With the loss, Fordham falls to 7-11 overall, 0-2 in the Atlantic 10, while George Mason improved to 13-7 on the year, 2-0 in the league.
 
After a scoreless first inning, George Mason scratched a run across in the second inning on a double play, and later tacked on two runs in the third for a 3-0 lead.
 
The Patriots then used RBI-doubles by Blaise Fernandez and Josh Leemhuis and an RBI-single by Ray Toto in the fifth inning to pull out to a 6-0 lead.
 
From there, Gaynor was the story as he held the Fordham offense to just five hits over nine innings with four strikeouts.
 
Brett Kennedy (0-5) took the loss for Fordham, allowing five earned runs on 11 hits with five strikeouts.  J.C. Porter threw two scoreless innings of relief for the Rams, while Shane McDonald tossed a scoreless inning in the eighth.  At the plate, Tim Swatek led the way going 2-for-4, while Matthew Cianci, Ian Edmiston, and Charles Galiano each had a hit.
 
The same two teams will wrap up this series on Sunday at 1:00 PM.