Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

Christopher Newport Tops R-MC Baseball 6-4 in Non-Conference Action
(Box Score)

 ASHLAND, VA - Christopher Newport knocked off Randolph-Macon 6-4 in non-conference baseball action Wednesday afternoon in Ashland.

R-MC (11-17) went up 1-0 in the second inning after JC Conway doubled to open the inning and came around on a Greg Meleski single.

CNU (17-6-1) got the equalizer in the visitor half of the fifth when Shayne Kersey opened the frame with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Mike Giarrizzi, knotting the game at 1-1.

The Jackets took the lead back in its next at bat after Charlie Hartt singled with two-outs and Jeff Beck followed with a homerun to put R-MC up 3-1.

The Captains struck for two runs in the sixth inning to tie the game and then scored three times in the seventh, including a Chris Despins two-run homer that put CNU on top 6-3.

An RBI double by Meleski pulled R-MC within two at 6-4 in the eighth, but that would be as close as the Jackets would get as Kevin Moreland picked up the save for starter Tyler McElhenny who improved his record at 2-1 after tossing six innings and allowing three runs.

Randolph-Macon will be back in action on Saturday when it hosts Washington and Lee at 1:00 p.m. in an ODAC doubleheader.

-Yellow Jackets-