Richmond, Va. – (April 14, 2019) – Behind home runs from Zac Ching and Brandon Henson, the VCU Rams took the rubber game of a three-game set from the Fordham Rams, 8-3, at The Diamond in Richmond, Virginia.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 22-15 on the year, 7-5 in the Atlantic 10, while VCU improved to 27-9, 10-2 in the league.
VCU opened the scoring in the second, as with two outs, Josh Simon doubled to left, scoring Brandon Henson, who just beat the relay throw to the plate for a 1-0 lead.
VCU extended the lead to 5-0 in the third inning, highlighted by a three-run home run by Henson and an RBI-single by Liam Hibbits.
Fordham got on the board in the top of the sixth inning, when
Jason Coules led off with a double to left and then scored on a double by
Jake MacKenzie.
VCU responded in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run home run by Zac Ching, his sixth of the season to go up by a 7-1 score.
After VCU made it 8-1 in the eighth, Fordham finished the scoring in the ninth as the Rams picked up runs on a sacrifice fly by
Colton Snelling and an RBI-double by
Jack Harnisch.
For Fordham,
Anthony DiMeglio (2-3) took the loss, allowing five runs on five hits over four innings of work. At the plate, MacKenzie was 2-for-3 with an RBI-double, while Coules and Godrick each had a hit and a run scored.
The Fordham baseball team will next be in action on Tuesday, April 16
th, when Fordham travel to Fairfield for a 3:30 PM contest.
