Friday, March 27, 2009
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

Shenandoah Tops R-MC Baseball 7-3
(Box Score)

WINCHESTER, VA - Seven different Hornets tallied two hits on the day as Shenandoah topped Randolph-Macon 7-3 in baseball action on Friday.

The Jackets (7-13) struck first with three runs in their initial at-bat, when Kevin Davis and Greg Meleski singled with one out then Mike Wallace singled to plate Davis. With two out and the bases loaded, Jeff Beck doubled to score Davis and Meleski and put R-MC up 3-0.

After leaving six runners in scoring position through the first five innings, Shenandoah (20-4) got back into the game by scoring three times in the sixth, getting four hits to start the inning to tie the game and chase R-MC starter Matt Tiller from the contest

Shenandoah touched Jackets reliever Steve Carper (0-2) for two runs on one hit and a Jacket error to start the seventh, and plated a third run off R-MC reliever Charlie Hartt to go up 6-3. SU's Greg Van Sickler closed the book on the day's scoring with an eighth inning solo home run.

Matt Davis (1-1), who replaced Brian Goddard to start the seventh, and recorded the final nine out for SU to pick up the win. Davis struck out seven of the nine batters he faced, including the side in the ninth. Carper took the loss out of the pen for R-MC.

Wallace led R-MC with two hits on the day for the Jackets.

Randolph-Macon will be back in action on Saturday when it hosts Bridgewater College at 1:00 p.m. in an ODAC doubleheader in Ashland.

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