Date: Friday April 24, 2008
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne, Sports Information Director
(804) 752-7387, christopherkilcoyne@rmc.edu
R-MC Sets Single Season Wins Record in 13-3 ODAC
Tournament win over Washington and Lee
LYNCHBURG, VA -- The Randolph-Macon College baseball team
used a seven-run, seventh inning to break open a one-run game on
its way to a 13-3 victory over Washington and Lee Friday night at
the 2008 ODAC Tournament at Lynchburg City Stadium. The
victory also gives the Jackets 23 wins for the season which is a
new school record.
R-MC now stands as the only team in the tournament with no losses
and will await either Lynchburg or Washington & Lee for a 7:00
p.m. match up on Saturday.
After a 54 minute rain delay, the Generals posted a pair of runs
in the top-half of the first inning off Jackets starter Kurt
Breitmeyer.
After loading the bases, R-MC tied the
game in the third inning, plating their first run when Kevin Davis
drew a walk to score Bruno Gora. The Yellow Jackets knotted the
game at 2-2 when Jay Lichter scored on a groundball double play off
the bat of Adam Carpenter.
W&L broke the tie in the sixth
inning after loading the bases themselves and scoring on a double
play ground out to go up 3-2.
Randolph-Macon responded in its next
at bat when Greg Meleski walked with one out and moved to second on
a balk. With two outs, Mike Wallace hit a homerun to give the
Jackets the lead for good at 4-3.
R-MC broke the game wide open in the
seventh when it pounded out five hits and seven runs to take 11-3
lead. The highlights of the inning were RBI doubles from James
Bierlein, Charlie Hartt and Wallace.
Breitmeyer settled down and picked up
the win for the Jackets, going seven innings, surrendering eight
hits, while striking out five.
For more information on the tournament, visit any of the
participating schools' websites. You can also visit the ODAC on the
Internet at www.odaconline.com and view the
tournament's website from the homepage. You may also click HERE to visit that website.
2008 ODAC Baseball Tournament Schedule
Thursday, April 24
GAME 1: #1 Lynchburg vs. #6 Hampden-Sydney - 11:00am
GAME 2: #2 Virginia Wesleyan vs. #5 Washington and Lee - 3:00pm
GAME 3: #3 Randolph-Macon vs. #4 Bridgewater - 7:00pm
Friday, April 25
GAME 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 - 11:00am
GAME 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3 - 3:00pm
GAME 6: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 - 7:00pm
Match-ups to be determined by number of teams
remaining for games 7-11.
Saturday, April 26
GAME 7 - 11:00am
GAME 8 - 3:00pm
GAME 9 - 7:00pm
Sunday, April 27
GAME 10 - 1:00pm
if necessary
GAME 11 - following Game 10 or at 4:00pm (see scenarios)
-Yellow Jackets-
