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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Winners of five-consecutive games, the Virginia baseball team matches up with VCU and George Washington this week at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers and Rams play at 5 p.m. Tuesday, while GW comes to town for a 5 p.m. game Wednesday. Virginia will look to continue its school-record 17-game home winning streak.
Virginia (19-4, 5-4 ACC) went 5-0 last week with a doubleheader sweep of Stony Brook Tuesday and an ACC series sweep of Boston College over the weekend. UVa is now 17-0 at home this season and 6-0 on its current 12-game homestand.
Dan Grovatt (Fr., Tabernacle, N.J.) continues to lead the team in hitting with a .426 batting average and is third in the league, just three points shy of Dennis Guinn of Florida State and Jemile Weeks of Miami at .429. He also was the team’s leading hitter in the five games last week, going 7-for-17 (.412).
Greg Miclat (Jr., Concord, N.C.) and Phil Gosselin (Fr., West Chester, Pa.) also had a strong week. Miclat went 7-for-18 (.389) with three stolen bases, while Gosselin was 6-for-16 (.375) with a double, home run and five runs batted in.
VCU (5-15, 0-3 CAA) was swept at home over the weekend by Georgia State. First baseman Jared Bolden is having another strong season and leads the team in nearly every offensive category, including batting average (.348), hits (24), runs (15), RBI (13) and doubles (9).
Virginia beat VCU twice last year, with the Cavaliers winning 8-1 at VCU and scoring a run in the bottom of the ninth to win 5-4 in Charlottesville. Virginia leads the series, 27-19.
George Washington (10-9, 2-1 A-10) won two of three against St. Joseph’s over the weekend, including a 9-4 win Sunday in the inaugural game at Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals. Charlie Kruer (.392) and Tim Reeves (.390) pace the team in batting, while Kruer has a team-high four homers and 28 RBI. The Colonials play at Towson Tuesday before traveling to Charlottesville.
Virginia swept a three-game weekend series last year against the Colonials and holds a 15-11 edge in the all-time series.
Virginia plays host to Virginia Tech in a three-game ACC series this weekend.