Arlington, Va. - The William and Mary Tribe baseball team won its fourth road game in the last week on Wednesday afternoon, beating the George Washington Colonials, 9-4, in Arlington, Virginia.  With the win, the Tribe improves its record to 7-13, while GW falls to 6-11 on the season.

Sophomore Ryan Brown and junior Stephen Arcure led the Tribe's offense on the day, with each player collecting three hits.  Brown knocked in a pair of runs while Arcure had one RBI for the College.  Senior Jonathan Slattery drove in two for the College while Chris Forsten , Buster Gean, and Derrick Osteen all had one RBI on the afternoon.

On the mound, sophomore Brett Goodloe had his second-straight solid start for the College.  Goodloe pitched 5.1 innings, allowing three earned runs on four hits while striking out four on his way to the victory.  Junior Reid Killen would pitch the final two innings to earn his second save of the season.

After a scoreless first inning, the Tribe would get on the scoreboard first in the top of the second.  Junior Tadd Bower led off the inning with a walk, and two batters later, Forsten would join him on base after drawing a walk of his own.  With runners on second and third, Brown stepped to the plate for the College.  After fouling off numerous pitches, Brown lined a 1-2 offering in to right-center field, scoring Bower from second and giving the Tribe a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the second, the Colonials took the lead right back from the Tribe, crossing the plate twice to take a 2-1 lead after two full innings.

After a scoreless third and fourth innings for both teams, the College tied the game in the top of the fifth thanks to some clutch two-out hitting.  With two down, Arcure singled to right field to get on base for Slattery.  The senior came through for the Green and Gold, lining a double to left-center field, scoring Arcure all the way from first base.  After four and a half innings, the game was tied at 2-2.

The Tribe continued to score runs in the sixth, retaking the lead from the Colonials with three runs.  Sophomore Kevin Nutter started the frame getting hit by a pitch and was then moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from freshman Ryan Lindemuth .  Next up was Gean, who lined the first pitch he saw in to left field, scoring Nutter from second. 

Brown joined Gean on base next, getting hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second.  Two pitches in to Osteen's at-bat, both Gean and Brown took off on steal attempts.  The GW catcher's throw to third got away from the third baseman, trickling back towards shortstop, allowing Gean to score on the fielding error.  After a walk to Osteen, Arcure came to the plate and knocked his third hit of the game, singling home Brown with a hit through the left side of the infield.  Headed to the bottom of the sixth, the Tribe led George Washington, 5-2.

The Colonials would cut the lead to 5-3 in the bottom of the sixth, plating one.  After a scoreless seventh, the College doubled its lead to four runs, scoring a pair in the top of the eighth.  After a single and a walk, Brown loaded the bases with a bunt single to the left side of the infield.  Osteen stepped to the plate for the College and collected a RBI, drawing a walk to score Gean from third.  Slattery followed, driving home the final run of the inning with a fielder's choice to the shortstop.  After seven and a half, the Tribe's advantage over the Colonials stood at 7-3.

In the bottom of the eighth, the Colonials were threatening to get back in the ballgame.  With one run already in, the Tribe turned to Killen, who struck out the side to limit the George Washington damage to just one run.  After eight, William and Mary led the Colonials, 7-4.

In the top of the ninth, the College added a pair of insurance runs to its advantage.  Nutter started the inning with a single up the middle and then moved to second on a failed pickoff attempt at first.  After another sacrifice bunt from Lindemuth, Nutter was on third base for Forsten.  The Tribe catcher came up big, knocking an infield single to the shortstop that plated Nutter to give the College an 8-4 lead. 

With Forsten now on second after a wild pitch, Brown blasted a double off the wall in left field, easily scoring Forsten from second base, giving the Tribe its winning margin of 9-4.

The William and Mary Tribe baseball team will return to Williamsburg to host CAA-rival George Mason this weekend at Plumeri Park.  The three-game series gets underway on Friday, March 18, with first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m.