DAVIDSON, N.C. – One big inning made the difference on Wednesday afternoon as the Saint Joseph's baseball team fell to VCU, 8-4, on the second day of the 2022 Atlantic 10 Championship at Davidson's Wilson Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• VCU (38-18) took the lead in the top of the first on a solo home run by Tyler Locklear.
 
• The Rams extended the lead with a five-spot in the fourth.
 
• Saint Joseph's (29-24) got on the board in the sixth on a solo home run by Nate Thomas and added another in the seventh after an RBI double by Luca Trigiani.
 
• VCU answered in the eighth on a two-run home run by Ben Nippolt, but the Hawks got both back in the bottom of the frame on an RBI groundout by Andrew Cossetti and a wild pitch that plated Conlan Wall.
 
• Unfortunately for the Crimson and Gray, that would be it for the scoring.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Maddison Furman tossed five shutout innings, allowing four hits, to earn the win and improve to 6-0.  Ian McCole fell to 3-6 after allowing six runs on six hits in three and a third innings.
 
• Hueth notched his 24^th double of the season in the fourth inning, tying a program single-season record.  Thomas also tied a single-season record, as the home run was his 18^th of the year.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will face Saint Louis in an elimination game at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday; game time has been moved up due to the threat of impending inclement weather later in the day.