VCU baseball falls 7-1 to Richmond

Staff Reports

The VCU (11-10) baseball team lost 7-1 at the University of Richmond (13-6) on Wednesday afternoon, the Rams’ fourth straight loss since opening the season winning 10 of its first 16 games.

The Spiders broke the game open with a five-run fifth inning, highlighted by a Chris Cowell three-run home run off VCU pitcher Michael Graham, who worked one inning of relief. The Rams used six pitchers in the contest, with none going for more than two innings.

Richmond received an excellent start from Andrew Blum (3-0), who allowed just one run and struck out seven in seven innings of work. He also held the Rams to three hits and walked two, taking an efficient 94 pitches to do so.

VCU is now 2-8 on the road this season but 9-2 at home. The Rams have opened conference play losing four of their first six games and will return home for a three-game weekend set with UNC Wilmington beginning on Friday.