Box Score
Box Score

Despite pounding out 13 hits, Northeastern (12-8, 3-4 CAA) fell to the VCU Rams (14-12, 4-6 CAA) 6-2 in the first of a three-game set at Friedman Diamond on Friday afternoon.
 
Freshman third baseman Jason Vosler had three hits for the second consecutive game and Aaron Barbosa had two hits and an RBI in the loss for the Huskies.
 
Senior captain Andrew Leenhouts went seven and two-thirds, allowing six runs on seven hits to take his first loss of the season. The Franklin, Mass. native was in control until the eighth when VCU scored five runs to take a commanding lead.
 
Kyle Haynes made the start on the mound for the Rams, lasting five and two-thirds, allowing just one run on seven hits. His ability to get out of trouble kept VCU in the game as the Huskies left six on base in the first five innings.
 
VCU scored a run in the first inning to take the early lead when Bill Cullen got hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a groundout by Joey Cujas.
 
The Huskies tied the game in the bottom of the third when Aaron Barbosa singled up the middle, scoring Connor Lyons, who was hit by a pitch earlier in the inning.
 
Northeastern loaded the bases in the third and sixth, but couldn't break through and the game stayed deadlocked at 1-1 to start the seventh.
 
The Rams broke through against Leenhouts in the eighth, scoring five runs on four hits. With runners on second and third, Cullen hit an RBI single to give the Rams its first lead since the third inning. Weymouth then laid down a suicide squeeze for the second out of the inning, scoring Paul Nice for the second run of the inning. Next Cujas was able to beat out an infield single, scoring Cullen from second and Mikionis hit a two-run homer to left field, increasing the VCU lead to 6-1.
 
After a walk to Taylor Perkins, Mike Hanlon came in to pitch, making his tenth appearance of the season and Jon Leroux caught Perkins stealing to end the eighth inning.
 
Jason Vosler started off the bottom of the eighth with a double for the first extra-base hit of the game for the Huskies and Fonseca singled to left field to put runners on the corners with none out. Alex McKeon then singled to right field, scoring Vosler and moving Fonseca to second. Connor Lyons fell behind in the count and was able to fight it back to 3-2, but he lined out to Vimael Machin and Fonseca was doubled up at second, calming the Huskies hopes for a comeback.
 
Hanlon came back on in the ninth and allowed runners to reach second and third, but got out of trouble when he struck out Cullen to end the inning.
 
The Huskies had two on in the ninth after two walks by closer Blake Hauser but the game ended when Vosler flew out to right field.

The teams will meet again Saturday afternoon for the second game of the series. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.