4.6.2011

BOX SCORE

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FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University dropped an 8-4 baseball decision at home to visiting VCU of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Wednesday night at Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville. The Lancers (21-12) and Rams (11-16) were tied at 4-4 through three innings before VCU scored the final four runs of the game. Senior captain Brant Jones|Richmond (Monacan) had three hits and an RBI, while junior Robby Newman|Virginia Beach (Salem) added two hits and an RBI. Longwood remains at home to host the College of William and Mary of the CAA at Bolding Stadium in Farmville on Saturday, April 9, beginning at 1 p.m. As always, admission is FREE to all home Longwood Baseball games, and this Saturday has been designated Youth Day for all area boys and girls.

VCU opened with two runs in the first inning as John Lenherr (2-4, rbi) and Joey Cujas (2-4, 2 rbi) hit back-to-back, two-out solo home runs. Longwood answered with two runs in the first as well when Jones (3-5, rbi) provided an RBI double and later scored as freshman Scott Burkett|Williamsburg (Jamestown) (0-5, rbi) reached on a throwing error. The Lancers took a 3-2 lead with a run in the second as Newman (2-3, rbi) singled and later crossed the plate via a wild pitch. The Rams went back ahead with two runs in the third when Nick Kime (1-5, 2 rbi) added a two-run single. Longwood tied it at 4-4 with another run in the third too as Newman added a run-scoring single that scored junior Dustin Sollars|Midlothian (Cosby) (2-3) who had walked with one out.

Unfortunately, Longwood would not score again as VCU added two runs in the fifth and a run each in both the seventh and eighth innings toward the victory. Cujas drew a bases loaded walk before Michael Cheatham (1-3, rbi) added a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Kyle Sutherland (1-5, rbi) contributed an RBI single in the seventh, and Bill Cullen (0-3) walked in the eighth before stealing both second and third, and scored unearned via a throwing error.

Junior Matt Gwaltney|Chesterfield (Matoaca) (4-4) took the Longwood pitching loss with the first 3.0-plus innings on the mound, allowing six hits and six runs, four earned, with four strikeouts and two walks. Junior Mark Montgomery|Williamsburg (Bruton) (0-0, 0.42 ERA, 21.2 ip, 36k) tossed the final 2.0 scoreless and hitless innings in relief for the Lancers with four strikeouts and one walk.

Michael Graham (1-0) earned the pitching win in middle relief for VCU over 4.0 shutout innings, scattering two hits with five strikeouts and one walk.