RICHMOND, Va. (Interstat) — Virginia Commonwealth erupted for 10 runs in the seventh inning Friday, crushing Saint Joseph’s 13-3 at The Diamond.

The Hawks jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and held a 3-2 edge after a solo homer by Tim Dickinson in the fourth. The Rams tied the game 3-3 in the sixth on Alec Warden’s RBI double, then blew it open in the seventh. Jacob Lee drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run, and Quinn Maher was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to push the lead to 4-3. Warden was also hit by a pitch for another RBI, and Dante DeFranco cleared the bases with a triple to make it 11-3. Michael Petite added an RBI single, and an error allowed an unearned run.

Saint Joseph’s had seven hits, led by Joey Pagano’s RBI single and Alex Kelsey’s run-scoring single. Andrew Gaines took the loss for the Hawks, who fell to 36-19. VCU improved to 35-23 with 10 hits.