2025 Baseball Season
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According to our game notes, we'll have Hinchliffe on the mount to start tomorrow @ W&M. We're also supposed to host VMI on Wednesday, but there's snow in the forecast with a high of 25. Can't imagine that game gets played.
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2025 BSB Notes 4WM 5VMI - University of Richmond Athletics
2025 BSB Notes 4WM 5VMI
Gameday! 3PM vs William & Mary. Unfortunately, audio only today.
The Tribe are off to a 1-2 start after a three game series against Rhode Island. The series included an insane 36-22 game on Sunday (so crazy the NCAA published an article about it; wild numbers in there). It is manager Rob McCoy's first year with the team, and they were picked to finish 8th in the CAA. One player to watch would be Ben Parker, a Grad. OF who was picked to the Preseason All-Conference Team. Last year he was All-CAA Second Team and was #51 on D1 Baseball's Top 100 Outfielders list. Off to a solid start this season, batting .636 (7-11) with 1 HR, 4 RBIs, along with 3 walks.
As MD mentioned above, likely we will not play the VMI game, but given it will likely be postponed I will still throw in a player to watch. Grayson Fitzwater is a Junior 1st baseman named to 1st Team Preseason All-SoCon. Last season he broke VMI's single-season RBI record (63) and tied the single-season home run record (18). For a team that does not historically hit for a ton of power, his bat definitely stands out in the 2/3 spot in the lineup. In their four game sweep of UMES, Fitzwater went 3-16, but did contribute 3 RBIs. As a team, VMI put up a staggering 27 steals on 33 attempts, good for number 1 in the nation in this early season.
The Tribe are off to a 1-2 start after a three game series against Rhode Island. The series included an insane 36-22 game on Sunday (so crazy the NCAA published an article about it; wild numbers in there). It is manager Rob McCoy's first year with the team, and they were picked to finish 8th in the CAA. One player to watch would be Ben Parker, a Grad. OF who was picked to the Preseason All-Conference Team. Last year he was All-CAA Second Team and was #51 on D1 Baseball's Top 100 Outfielders list. Off to a solid start this season, batting .636 (7-11) with 1 HR, 4 RBIs, along with 3 walks.
As MD mentioned above, likely we will not play the VMI game, but given it will likely be postponed I will still throw in a player to watch. Grayson Fitzwater is a Junior 1st baseman named to 1st Team Preseason All-SoCon. Last season he broke VMI's single-season RBI record (63) and tied the single-season home run record (18). For a team that does not historically hit for a ton of power, his bat definitely stands out in the 2/3 spot in the lineup. In their four game sweep of UMES, Fitzwater went 3-16, but did contribute 3 RBIs. As a team, VMI put up a staggering 27 steals on 33 attempts, good for number 1 in the nation in this early season.
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More schedule changes...our games Friday and Saturday vs. Lehigh have been cancelled. We'll now play a doubleheader Sunday vs. Fairfield, followed by a 3rd matchup vs. the Stags on Monday afternoon.
Fairfield should be a good test for us - they were voted as the preseason MAAC favorites and have 5 players on preseason all-conference, including preseason POY Dean Ferrara.
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Fairfield should be a good test for us - they were voted as the preseason MAAC favorites and have 5 players on preseason all-conference, including preseason POY Dean Ferrara.
Winter Weather Alters Spider Baseball Weekend Series - University of Richmond Athletics
RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond baseball weekend series against Lehigh and Fairfield has been altered due to winter weather.
5-0 baby!, won game one of DH 2-1.
Spiders need a big rally in the backend of the DH...trailing 6–1 in the top of the 8th with Fairfield threatening to add more.
14 hits and 7 walks off five Spider pitchers so far.
Edit: Armson gets two strikeouts to end the Fairfield threat in the 8th. Put yer rally caps on!
14 hits and 7 walks off five Spider pitchers so far.
Edit: Armson gets two strikeouts to end the Fairfield threat in the 8th. Put yer rally caps on!
Fairfield has taken a 9-2 lead through 3 innings, and it's looking like we're gonna drop the series. Fairfield is a legit mid-major opponent (4 straight regular season MAAC championships and 30 win seasons), but I'm starting to get worried about our pitching depth/quality again.
I'd like to see Bilka get the chance to be a Saturday starter instead of piggbybacking E-Rod. Need both of them to give us at least 5 quality innings every weekend.
I'd like to see Bilka get the chance to be a Saturday starter instead of piggbybacking E-Rod. Need both of them to give us at least 5 quality innings every weekend.
Jaffe single plates Whitley and the Spiders win, 11–10!
Wow, that's a massive result for us. Huge props for fighting all the way back. Let's go!!!
Gameday! Spiders (6-1) travel down to Raleigh to take on NC State (3-4) at 3PM. NC State started the season ranked firmly in the Top 25 on major polls, but after dropping a mid-week against Liberty and then three neutral site games to Ohio State, Alabama, and Coastal Carolina this past weekend, they have fallen out of the D1 Baseball poll but do still remain #22 in Baseball America's list (falling 8 spots from #14).
The Wolf Pack were picked to finish 7th out of 16 in a very strong ACC, and reliver Jacob Dudan was probably the most awarded preseason player on their roster after his First Team Freshman All-American season in 2024. However, he pitched on the 23rd so I am not sure we will see him today.
A hitter to highlight would be Chris McHugh, a Sophomore transfer from VCU. He is hitting .360 with one home run and a team leading 9 RBIs on the early season, but the bulk of that production came in the first series of the year against Fordham. Interestingly, their other two early stand-out hitters, Justin DeCriscio and Brayden Fraasman, are also transfers from San Diego and Lincoln Trail, respectively.
Hoping for a competitive game, and we can take advantage of a really solid team on paper that is scuffling a bit.
The Wolf Pack were picked to finish 7th out of 16 in a very strong ACC, and reliver Jacob Dudan was probably the most awarded preseason player on their roster after his First Team Freshman All-American season in 2024. However, he pitched on the 23rd so I am not sure we will see him today.
A hitter to highlight would be Chris McHugh, a Sophomore transfer from VCU. He is hitting .360 with one home run and a team leading 9 RBIs on the early season, but the bulk of that production came in the first series of the year against Fordham. Interestingly, their other two early stand-out hitters, Justin DeCriscio and Brayden Fraasman, are also transfers from San Diego and Lincoln Trail, respectively.
Hoping for a competitive game, and we can take advantage of a really solid team on paper that is scuffling a bit.
Lefty Reinke has retired 9 straight Wolfpack. Still 1-1, Spides at bat T6
All things considered I’m really encouraged by how we’re playing. Pitching and defense have been fantastic. Only negative is that we’ve run into multiple outs on the basepaths, including a failed double steal with no outs and Jaffe up at the plate.
2-out double from Whitley, Bernstein hit by a pitch, and Jaffe homers for a 4–1 Spider lead!
Pitching change for the Wolfpack, but Arcamone makes it back-to-back dingers and it's 5–1!
Headed to the bottom of the 7th.
Headed to the bottom of the 7th.
Let’s go!!! This team is rolling! Feels like Aoki is building something special!
Gameday! It's Central Virginia Challenge weekend and the Spiders (7-1) will take on the following opponents at home this weekend:
Penn State took 2 of 3 games in the Puerto Rico Challenge to start the season, followed by a three game sweep of Longwood last weekend. They did not have a Friday game last weekend, and one of the two pitchers Saturday was Ryan DeSanto (formerly at Saint Joseph's), so I think it's possible we see him on the mound today. After posting back to back sub-4 ERA seasons at SJU, he is off to a stellar start in the 2025 campaign, with a 2-0 record, 1.13 ERA, 14 Ks and 2 walks in 8 innings. Hitter to watch is Paxton Kling, who receieved Big 10 Player of the Week and Perfect Game National Player of the Week. In the three games against Longwood, Kling "collected 7 hits in 13 at-bats, including a double, 4 home runs and 6 RBI." He is slashing .440/.533/1.080 on the season, along with 2 stolen bases.
Boston College has had a ton of postponed/cancelled games already, but is off to a middling start. They take on W&M today before heading to Richmond. They were picked to finish last in the ACC this year, but they do have a couple of hitters that are off to decent starts, and as a team they run the bases well, stealing almost four bags a game. One hitter to highlight would be Kyle Wolff, Junior 1B out of Andover, MA. He has collected a hit in every game this season, and is slashing .381/.480/.810, with 3 home runs and 6 RBIs. Interestingly, he has already been hit by a pitch 3 times, so interested to see if it's a stance thing or just a coincidence.
Toledo's record is nothing to write home about, but according to Warren Nolan they have had 7th hardest Strength of Schedule, as their opponents are a combined 30-4 (I expect this to drastically change as the season goes on, but still fun to report). After taking 1 of 4 games from Oregon (picked to win B10) to start the season, they dropped 2 of 3 at High Point, and before coming to Pitt Field they will take on W&M and VCU. While the team was not picked to have much success in the MAC this year, according to Perfect Game, they had three players named to Preseason All-Conference Team: 3B Troy Sudbrook, OF Luke Leto, and SP Jacob Tabor. Sudbrook is off to probably the best start of the Rockets hitters, sporting a .276 average, eight hits, three doubles, and four RBIs on the season. I don't think we will see Tabor, who pitched the opening game of the HPU series, but two Toledo pitchers have won MAC pitcher of the week honors already, RJ Schunk (Week 1) and Logan Jones (Week 2), so two more names to watch.
Not sure what everyone's expectations are for the weekend, but I think we'd be happy taking two games out of three here!
- Friday, 1:30PM - Penn State (5-1)
- Saturday, 1:00PM - Boston College (2-3)
- Sunday, 12:00PM - Toledo (2-5)
Penn State took 2 of 3 games in the Puerto Rico Challenge to start the season, followed by a three game sweep of Longwood last weekend. They did not have a Friday game last weekend, and one of the two pitchers Saturday was Ryan DeSanto (formerly at Saint Joseph's), so I think it's possible we see him on the mound today. After posting back to back sub-4 ERA seasons at SJU, he is off to a stellar start in the 2025 campaign, with a 2-0 record, 1.13 ERA, 14 Ks and 2 walks in 8 innings. Hitter to watch is Paxton Kling, who receieved Big 10 Player of the Week and Perfect Game National Player of the Week. In the three games against Longwood, Kling "collected 7 hits in 13 at-bats, including a double, 4 home runs and 6 RBI." He is slashing .440/.533/1.080 on the season, along with 2 stolen bases.
Boston College has had a ton of postponed/cancelled games already, but is off to a middling start. They take on W&M today before heading to Richmond. They were picked to finish last in the ACC this year, but they do have a couple of hitters that are off to decent starts, and as a team they run the bases well, stealing almost four bags a game. One hitter to highlight would be Kyle Wolff, Junior 1B out of Andover, MA. He has collected a hit in every game this season, and is slashing .381/.480/.810, with 3 home runs and 6 RBIs. Interestingly, he has already been hit by a pitch 3 times, so interested to see if it's a stance thing or just a coincidence.
Toledo's record is nothing to write home about, but according to Warren Nolan they have had 7th hardest Strength of Schedule, as their opponents are a combined 30-4 (I expect this to drastically change as the season goes on, but still fun to report). After taking 1 of 4 games from Oregon (picked to win B10) to start the season, they dropped 2 of 3 at High Point, and before coming to Pitt Field they will take on W&M and VCU. While the team was not picked to have much success in the MAC this year, according to Perfect Game, they had three players named to Preseason All-Conference Team: 3B Troy Sudbrook, OF Luke Leto, and SP Jacob Tabor. Sudbrook is off to probably the best start of the Rockets hitters, sporting a .276 average, eight hits, three doubles, and four RBIs on the season. I don't think we will see Tabor, who pitched the opening game of the HPU series, but two Toledo pitchers have won MAC pitcher of the week honors already, RJ Schunk (Week 1) and Logan Jones (Week 2), so two more names to watch.
Not sure what everyone's expectations are for the weekend, but I think we'd be happy taking two games out of three here!
E-Rod with all sorts of trouble and only lasted an inning plus a batter, giving up 3 runs in the first...had two HBP and a walk in the inning, plus a double and a single.
Smith came on after E-Rod walked the first batter of the 2nd, and PSU was able to tack on another run with a fielder's choice, SB, and a foul out.
Spiders got one back in the bottom of the inning with a couple of singles and some help from PSU in the form of a BB and a HBP. Spiders had the bases loaded with two outs, but couldn't get anymore across.
PSU threatening again in the 3rd with a single and a BB to start things off.
Edit: Ugh...3-run homer and it's 7–1.
Smith came on after E-Rod walked the first batter of the 2nd, and PSU was able to tack on another run with a fielder's choice, SB, and a foul out.
Spiders got one back in the bottom of the inning with a couple of singles and some help from PSU in the form of a BB and a HBP. Spiders had the bases loaded with two outs, but couldn't get anymore across.
PSU threatening again in the 3rd with a single and a BB to start things off.
Edit: Ugh...3-run homer and it's 7–1.
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