Box Score Randolph-Macon Baseball (13-12) scored nine runs over the first two innings on the way to a 12-2 win over York College (Pa.) Tuesday in York. R-MC will host No. 1 Shenandoah University on Friday, April 1st at 3:00.
Michael Helbig paced the Yellow Jackets at the plate going 3-for-4 with three RBI and a walk. Current ODAC Baseball Player of the Week Jordan Walton continued his doubles streak to six games after a 2-for-4 day at the dish with a homerun, a double and three RBI. Peter Culver ran his team leading hitting streak to 10 games with two singles, an RBI and a walk.
Tyler Kane notched his first win in a Yellow Jacket uniform after tossing five scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Ryan Wood, Kevin Soltis, Dale Langford and James Bierlein combined for the final four innings and did not allow an earned run.
Steve Tretter led York at the dish with a 2-for-2 day. Andy Rosenzweig started on the bump for the Spartans and gave up two earned runs in one inning.
Walton stepped to the plate with two on in the top of the first and belted a three run homerun over the wall in right. Greg Mitro then reached on an error before singles from Jay Lichter and Andrew Cheatham loaded the bases for Helbig who singled home Mitro and Lichter to give R-MC a 5-0 lead.
Mitro sacrificed home Culver in the second to spark a four run Randolph-Macon rally. RBI singles from Lichter, Cheatham and Helbig extended the Yellow Jacket lead to 9-0.
R-MC pushed across another run in the third and two in fourth on a Culver sacrifice fly and a Brian Jordan RBI double to make the score 12-0.
The Spartans scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh but the Yellow Jackets limited the damage and claimed a 12-2 victory.
Randolph-Macon Baseball returns to action Friday, April 1st when they host Shenandoah University. The Hornets are ranked No. 1 nationally in the d3baseball/NCBWA Top 25 Poll. First pitch is slated for 3:00.
