TYSONS, Va. — Owen Petrich was the hero for No. 7 Saint Joseph’s, hitting a walk-off single Friday to send the Hawks to a 13-12 win over No. 5 George Washington in the consolation semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship Friday at Capital One Park.

The Hawks (29-25) reach the consolation final, one win away from Championship Saturday and will face the Richmond/VCU loser. George Washington (31-26) suffered its second loss of the tournament and was eliminated.

Petrich’s single scored Ryan Cesarini, who led off with a walk, and completed a comeback for the Hawks. GW had established a 10-5 lead after four and a half. SJU rallied with a big fifth inning to rally to a one-run lead, but the Revolutionaries Ellis Schwartz blasted a two-run shot to right to retake the lead.

A Luke Zimmerman RBI double in the eighth scored Joey Gale to tie the game and set up Petrich’s ninth-inning drama.
Cesarini, Petrich and Tim Dickinson each and three hits to lead Saint Joseph’s, with Petrich collecting a game-high three RBI. Ryan Weingartner had four walks, also a game-high.

Matt McShane (5-2) went one inning and allowed just one hit and no runs in claiming the win.

Five different GW players collected multi-hits and four players recorded two RBI each for the Revs. Teddy Brennan (2-7) took the loss for George Washington.