Virginia Baseball | No. 21 Virginia Completes Season Sweep of VCU

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 21 Virginia (36-11) nine of the final 10 runs of the game in a 11-6 win over VCU (22-23) on Tuesday (May 2) at Disharoon Park. With the victory, the Cavaliers claim both games of a home-and-home series with the Rams after a 19-6 win in Richmond back on April 18.

Virginia trailed by three going into the bottom of the fifth but rattled off seven unanswered runs between the fifth and seventh innings to complete the first series sweep of VCU since 2019. Griff O’Ferrall led the way for the Cavaliers with a 3-for-4, three-run, two RBI effort at the plate. All three of his hits went for extra bases (two doubles and a triple). Kyle Teel and Ethan O’Donnell each added home runs in the come-from-behind win.

Bradley Hodges was credited with his second win of the season after he pitched 1.1 innings of relief. He was not charged with an earned run and struck out a batter in his 15th appearance of the year.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cavaliers had the lead twice in the first three innings before VCU made it a 5-2 ballgame in the top of the fifth inning, thanks to a four-run rally. The Rams batted around and scored all four runs with two outs, the final two came on a two-out double by Jacob Selden, his first hit of the season.
• Virginia pulled within two in the bottom half of the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Ethan O’Donnell that scored Harrison Didawick from third base. Didawick led off the frame with his ACC-leading, fourth triple of the season.
• The Cavaliers broke it open in the sixth, sending 11 batters to the plate and pushing five runs across, the 21st time this season UVA has scored five or more runs in an inning.
• Kyle Teel kicked off the big inning with a lead-off solo homer to right field. The long ball was his ninth of the season, matching his career-high set as a freshman in 2021.

• Anthony Stephan tied the game at five with an opposite field double to left, that scored Ethan Anderson from second base.
• O’Ferrall gave UVA the lead for good with his first triple of the season that allowed both Stephan and Colin Tuft to score. The Cavaliers capped the big inning with an O’Donnell two-out, RBI single up the middle.