Having won four of their last six conference games, the Fordham baseball team (13-20, 4-5 A10) is right back in the thick of the Atlantic 10 playoff race as the calendar hits mid-April. The Rams will take on one of the Atlantic 10 leaders this weekend, as they meet the George Washington Colonials (22-10, 9-2 A10) for a three-game series at Tucker Field at Barcroft Park in Arlington, Virginia.
The Colonials enter the weekend on a five-game win streak and have won eight of their last nine conference games, sweeping series against Dayton and St. Bonaventure, while taking two of three against Massachusetts.
Fordham had their three-game win streak snapped on Wednesday at Siena, and will make their first visit to Tucker Field since 2010.
SERIES HISTORY: George Washington leads the all-time series 17-12, however Fordham has won 10 of the last 15 meetings since 2007.
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Junior Jimmy Murphy has a 0.93 ERA
in his last five appearances.WE'RE GOING STREAKIN': The Rams seem to have hit their stride over the last nine game, batting close to .300 as a team, while posting a 4.50 ERA... Junior
Joseph DeVito take a four-game hitting streak into the weekend. He is hitting .371 (13-35) with seven runs scored and four RBI over his last nine games overall... Junior
Joseph Runco is batting .351 (13-37) in his last nine games with 10 runs scored and nine stolen bases. Overall, he has reached base in 11 straight contests... Junior
Ian Edmiston is hitting .346 (9-26) in his last nine contests with four doubles and six RBI... Freshman
Ben Greenberg has a 2.19 ERA in his last four appearances... Junior
Jimmy Murphy has a 0.93 ERA in his last five relief appearances, allowing just one run in 9.2 innings of relief.
WHEELIN' & STEALIN': For the second straight season, Fordham is once again among the NCAA leaders in stolen bases. The Rams entered this week's action seventh in the country, averaging 2.03 stolen bases per game, while the 65 stolen bases for the team are tied for 11th in the country with Belmont and Jackson State.
Individually, junior
Joseph Runco has once again established himself as one of the top basestealing threats in the Atlantic 10 and the country. Entering this week's play, Runco leads the A-10 and is 12th in NCAA in stolen bases with 20, while he is 13th in stolen bases per game. He has also climbed into the top ten all-time at Fordham, ranking tenth with 62 career stolen bases. He is currently one behind Vincent Ferraro (63 - 1980-83) for ninth.
WHO'S NEXT: Following the George Washington series, Fordham will play at Fairfield on Tuesday, April 21st at 3:30 PM, while hosting Columbia for a doubleheader on Wednesday, April 22nd, at 4:00 PM.
