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Box Score 2 Randolph-Macon Baseball claimed a 6-1 win over St. Mary's in game two of the season opening doubleheader at the New Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park Saturday. The Seahawks took game one 9-8 in nine innings.
St. Mary's second baseman Matt Baden led off the first inning of game one with a double to right center and scored later in the inning on a John Stewart groundout. Randolph-Macon answered in the bottom half with back to back doubles from Jeb Weymouth and Jordan Walton to tie the game at 1-1.
With SMC leading 2-1 in the bottom of the third, R-MC rallied for two runs on RBI at bats from Jay Lichter and Weymouth.
The Jackets' shortstop Jake Fletcher blasted a two run homerun over the 16 foot wall in left field to extend the Randolph-Macon lead to 5-2 through four innings of play.
After a Michael Helbig RBI single in the fifth put R-MC up 6-2, St. Mary's rallied for a five run top of the sixth highlighted by a Stewart two run triple to center.
Lichter plated Walton in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at 7-7, extending the game that had been scheduled for seven innings.
The score remained tied until the top of the ninth when Keith Johnson brought home two runs with a single up the middle.
Three straight walks to start the bottom of the ninth loaded the bases for R-MC's Ross Hoogstraten who plated Weymouth with a sacrifice fly to right. St. Mary's pitcher Mikel Iraola then induced a fly ball and a strikeout to end the threat and close out the 9-8 Seahawks' win.
James Bierlein is saddled with the loss after allowing two earned runs in three innings while striking out four. Starter Kyle Hicks allowed just two earned runs in five innings on the mound.
Walton paced the Jackets with two doubles and an RBI. Fletcher and Lichter drove in two runs each.
Matt Becraft allowed one earned run in two innings of work to pick up the win. Iraola earns the save after throwing a scoreless ninth. Stewart went 2-for-4 with three RBI for the Seahawks.
Randolph-Macon scored two runs in the bottom of the second in game two on a Bierlein sacrifice fly and a Brian Jordan RBI single.
St. Mary's cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the fourth after Nick Urso scored on an error.
Bierlein plated two more for the Jackets in the bottom of the fifth with double down the right field line.
Jordan doubled home Kevin Soltis in the sixth before scoring on a Greg Mitro single through the left side to push the lead to 6-1.
Dale Langford came on to pitch for R-MC in the bottom of the seventh and held the SMC offense in check to close out the game 6-1 in favor of the Yellow Jackets.
Randolph-Macon sophomore Michael Helbig allowed no earned runs and struck out seven over six innings to pick up the win.
Bierlein went 2-for-2 at the plate with two doubles and drove in three runs to pace the R-MC offense. Jordan and Walton both finished 2-for-4 with a double; Jordan also had two RBI.
Carlos Cruz is pegged with the loss after allowing two earned runs in four and two thirds on the bump.
Randolph-Macon Baseball returns to action Wednesday, February 16th for a 2:30 contest against North Carolina Wesleyan at the New Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park.
