Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

VWC Takes 8-6 ODAC Win over R-MC Baseball in Last At-Bat

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA -- Mike McCutcheon's homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning propelled Virginia Wesleyan to an 8-6 ODAC baseball win over Randolph-Macon on Tuesday in Virginia Beach.

R-MC (11-16 / 6-6 ODAC) jumped out to an early lead on RBI singles by JC Conway and Jay Lichter to give the Jackets a 2-0 edge in the second inning.

VWC scored four runs over the next two innings to take a 4-2 lead, before R-MC rallied for three runs of its own in the top of the fourth inning, with the big hit coming off the bat to of Greg Mitro who provided a two-out single to score Lichter and Jeff Beck to give R-MC a 5-4 lead.

The Marlins battled back again scoring a pair of runs in the bottom half of the sixth, to retake the lead at 6-5.

The game remained that way until the top of the eighth when Charlie Hartt connected for his sixth homerun of the season to tie the game at six.

-Yellow Jackets-