GW Baseball Rolls Past Dayton, 6-2

Colonials Clinch Series in Rubber Match

DAYTON, Ohio - The George Washington baseball team scored all six of its run in the third inning in a series-clinching, 6-2 win over Dayton in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon at Woerner Field.

Junior Joey Bartosic went 4-for-5 with one RBI and sophomore Brady Renner earned the win on the mound as GW (19-23, 8-4 A-10) won for the sixth time in its last 10 games.

Renner allowed one run on five hits with one walk and two strikeouts across four innings of work. A trio of Colonials then preserved the lead in a solid bullpen performance. Senior Jacob Williams allowed one run on five hits across 2.2 innings of relief before freshman Justin Friedman (1.1 innings, 0 ER) and junior Eddie Muhl (1.0 innings, 0 ER) combined to close out the game.

Sophomore Brandon Chapman doubled down the right field line to lead off the Colonials' six-run
third inning. He moved to third on a single by sophomore Robbie Metz and then scored on a RBI single by Bartosic for the 1-0 lead.

An infield bunt single by junior Andrew Selby loaded the bases ahead of sophomore Mark Osis, who lined a RBI single to right field to make the score 2-0. After a lineout, junior Kevin Mahala lifted a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead and then junior Cody Bryant looped a RBI single down the left field line to extend the lead to 4-0.


Junior Eric Ramsey was next to the plate and cleared the bases with a two-run double to the gap in right center field, pushing the advantage to 6-0, before being thrown out at home on an inside-the-park homerun attempt.

Dayton (14-27, 5-10 A-10) scratched one run across against Renner in the bottom of the fourth and got a leadoff home run to open the bottom of the sixth to make the score 6-2, but GW's bullpen went to work down the stretch to preserve the series win.

Ramsey finished 2-for-4 with one triple and two RBIs to join Bartosic with multiple hits. The Colonials' lineup combined to outhit the Flyers, 13-10, in the game.

GW returns to action when it visits James Madison for a non-conference game on Wednesday in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The Colonials will look to avenge a 2-1 loss back on March 1.