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Wagner College Seahawks
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VCU Rams
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| Game Details | March 11-13, 2016 | Richmond, VA
The Diamond (12,134) |
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Richmond, VA - The Wagner baseball team concludes its season-high ten game road trip as they take on the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams, March 11-13 at The Diamond in Richmond, VA.
Wagner (3-4) enters the weekend looking to snap a mini two-game slide after falling in back-to-back games to No. 10 ranked, and defending College World Series (CWS) champions, the University of Virginia Cavaliers.
VCU (6-5) had its three-game winning streak broken on Wednesday, falling to Old Dominion, 3-1.
PROBABLE STARTERS:WAGNER:Friday: Junior RHP
Austin Goeke (1-1; 4.50 ERA)
Saturday: Senior LHP
Matt Morris (1-0; 2.25 ERA)
Sunday: Senior RHP
Mike Adams (0-2; 7.36 ERA)
VCU:Friday: RHP Sean Thompson (3-0; 4.24 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Garrett Pearson (0-0; 0.00 ERA)
Sunday: LHP Brooks Vial (2-1, 4.50 ERA)
SETTING THE SCENE:The final stop of Wagner's nine-game tour of the state of Virginia concludes in Richmond as the Seahawks get set to square off against the VCU Rams.
PREVIEWING VCU RAMS: - The Rams finished the 2015 season with a 40-25 overall record while clinching the Atlantic 10 (A-10) championship and advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals.
- This season, VCU is 6-4 overall but a perfect 3-0 at The Diamond.
- Collectively, the Rams are hitting just .251 for the season while slugging .345.
- Brody Cook is the team's leading hitter at .385 while Matt Davis is the team's leader in home runs (2) and Walker Haymaker in RBIs (10). ?
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
- This weekend's series marks the tenth, eleventh and twelfth meeting between the two squads, with VCU holding an 8-1 all-time lead in the head-to-head series.
- Wagner and VCU will be meeting for the first time in exactly three years as the Rams took that meeting, 11-8
ON DECK:
- The Seahawks' home opener is scheduled for March 19 at Richmond County Bank Ballpark as the Green & White squares off against the Fordham University Rams
- Saturday's doubleheader has is slated for a 12:00 p.m. first pitch
