VCU 14, Saint Louis 6
VCU 19, Saint Louis 4
Friday, May 7, 2021 | 2 p.m.
Billiken Sports Center | St. Louis, Mo.
DETAILS
• Saint Louis fell in both games of Friday's double-header against VCU at Billiken Sports Center.
• The Billikens moved to 15-26 on the season and 5-5 in Atlantic 10 play, while VCU went to 30-14, 11-3.
GAME ONE SCORING
• VCU used seven extra-base hits in the top of the second inning to jump out to a 10-0 lead.
• Cole Smith's second home run of the season scored the first two Billiken runs in the bottom of the second.
• The Rams tacked on two more runs in the third, scoring on RBI singles from Tyler Locklear and Liam Hibbits.
• Cam Redding drove in his 38th RBI of the season with a single in the bottom of the third.
• Ryan Hernandez connected on a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, bringing the score to 12-5.
• Kyle Fitzgerald crushed the Billikens' third home run of the game in the sixth frame, cutting the VCU lead to six.
• Michael Haydak recorded an RBI double for the Rams in the top of the seventh, and he later scored on a SLU fielding miscue.
GAME ONE NOTABLES
• Hernandez finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs and one run scored.
• Smith also drove in two runs, going 1-for-3 with one run scored.
GAME TWO SCORING
• Hibbits' sacrifice fly plated an early run for VCU in the first inning.
• The Rams scored four runs in the second frame, including an RBI double from Haydak.
• Saint Louis tacked on four runs in the second, including scoring on a Matt Turino RBI triple and Tyler Fogarty's two-RBI single.
• Brandon Henson's home run scored two of VCU's seven runs in the top of the third inning.
• Locklear's two-RBI single and Hibbits' RBI single drove in three runs for the Rams in the fourth frame.
• Josh Simon tallied a solo home run in the fifth.
• Simon connected on his second home run in the sixth inning, a two-run shot.
• VCU added one run in the seventh on a fielding error by the Billikens.
GAME TWO NOTABLES
• Hernandez finished 1-for-2 with a run scored.
• Fitzgerald doubled and scored a run.
• Fogarty drove in two runs, going 1-for-4 in the game.