TYSONS, Va. (Interstat) — Dawson Newman pitched three scoreless innings of relief and Alec Warden delivered a two-run double in the eighth inning as Virginia Commonwealth rallied past Davidson 7-4 on Wednesday afternoon at Capital One Park.

The Rams completed a four-game season sweep of the Wildcats, improving to 33-22 overall and extending their winning streak in the series to four games after earlier victories on May 14, 15 and 16. Davidson fell to 25-27.

Davidson jumped ahead in the first inning when Anthony Torreso homered to deep center field. The Wildcats added three runs in the third, capitalizing on a throwing error. After a walk and a bunt single, a two-run single by Torreso and a run-scoring groundout by Ryan Lietz gave Davidson a 4-2 lead.

Virginia Commonwealth answered in the bottom of the first. Dante DeFranco singled and scored on a double by Teige Lethert. A subsequent infield single by Cameron Lee brought home Lethert, aided by a throwing error, to cut the deficit to 4-2.

The game was halted by a lightning delay in the bottom of the fourth inning and resumed at 6:05 p.m.

VCU chipped away in the fifth. With two outs, Mason Maher walked, advanced on a bunt and scored on a single by Jack Adelman, making it 4-3. In the sixth, Lethert walked, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a double by Luke Patrick to tie the game 4-4.

After Davidson reliever Simon Yochum replaced starter Cooper Cavanaugh, Patrick’s double tied the game. Cavanaugh finished with 5 2/3 innings, allowing no hits and three earned runs while striking out six.

The decisive rally came in the eighth. Cameron Lee singled and advanced on a sacrifice bunt. Patrick singled to drive in Lee, giving VCU a 5-4 lead. Maher was hit by a pitch and Warden followed with a double down the left-field line, scoring both Patrick and Maher for a 7-4 advantage.

Newman entered in the fifth and allowed one hit over three innings with five strikeouts, earning the win. Zach Peters pitched the eighth and ninth, surrendering no hits with one strikeout for the save.

Patrick Steitz started for VCU and allowed five hits and two earned runs over four innings with four strikeouts.

For Davidson, Torreso went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. Jack Vannoy and Ryan Daly each scored twice. Nate Kirkpatrick was 2 for 4 with two RBIs for VCU. Lethert went 1 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored.

The most critical sequence occurred in the eighth when VCU strung together three hits and two walks to erase a tie game and seize control.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Davidson 2, VCU 8. The ELO system gave VCU a 61.70 percent probability to win.