Score: St. Bonaventure 17, VCU 16
Location: St. Bonaventure, N.Y. (Handler Park)
Records: VCU 14-32 (7-16), St. Bonaventure 15-27 (6-17)
 
THE SHORT STORY: With play split across two days due to weather conditions, VCU erased Friday's early deficit with a pair of ninth-inning home runs from Sean Swenson and Nate Kirkpatrick, but St. Bonaventure manufactured its second walk-off of the weekend, 17-16.
 
LEADING OFF:

• VCU smacked five home runs in the game, the most since the Rams' A-10 Championship victory over Richmond last year
• Sean Swenson was the first Ram since Brandon Eike in March 2023 to drive in seven runs in a game, homering twice and collecting a career high-tying four hits
• Freshman left fielder Nick Flores had three hits in the game and Seth Werchan tallied a pair, each homering
• In the ninth inning, Kirkpatrick belted the
• Trent Adelman was hit by two pitches in the game, tying James Bunn for the sixth-most in a season in program history and extending his on-base streak to 25 games
• As a team, the Rams drew 10 walks, the second-most this season, five of them in the fourth inning to score four consecutive runs
• St. Bonaventure outhit VCU 21-10, their offense led by David Marshall's six hits
• Cooper Campbell was the pitcher of record for the Rams
• This marks VCU's third consecutive one-run loss

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• St. Bonaventure worked up a steep 8-1 lead through the first inning on Friday to lead off the second game of the doubleheader
• Werchan and Flores homered in the second inning, before the 8-3 ballgame was suspended due to weather conditions
• The Rams worked up back-to-back big innings, scoring four runs in the fourth and fifth innings on four RBI walks, an error and a three-run home run off the bat of Swenson
• Campbell rolled through three scoreless frames before SBU got two to take back their lead in the eighth, 13-11
• Stringing together three hits and a pair of home runs in the top of the ninth, VCU took a 16-13 lead, before the Bonnies managed their second walk-off victory of the weekend with a two-run single

 
UP NEXT:
VCU will close out the series against the Bonnies on Sunday, May 4, at 11 a.m. at Handler Park.