Box Score LYNCHBURG, VA – Senior right hander Michael Helbig tossed nine innings of one run baseball as Randolph-Macon picked up a 5-1 victory over Washington and Lee in the ODAC Tournament Friday night. The Yellow Jackets will now face top seeded Bridgewater Saturday, April 27th at 11:00 am in a matchup of the final two unbeaten teams in the double elimination tournament.
Helbig's dominant complete game performance on the mound improved his career ODAC Tournament record to 4-0. The senior allowed just one run on six hits with seven strikeouts on 132 pitches for his fifth win of the season.
R-MC's offense came to life in the early innings much as it did against H-SC in the opening game to support Helbig's start. ODAC Rookie of the Year Mitchell Keeler led off the first with a walk and then scored on Jeb Weymouth's double to center. Michael Trentham followed two batters later with a single to plate Weymouth and give the Yellow Jackets an early 2-0 lead.
Nate Meiners and Michael Kroll led off the top of the second with back to back singles for Randolph-Macon. Mark Heideman then executed a sacrifice bunt to move the runners over, setting up Keeler for an RBI groundout. Fletcher followed with a run scoring single to right to push the edge to 4-0.
Weymouth scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh to push the R-MC advantage to 5-0.
The Generals finally broke through with two outs in the bottom of the ninth when Joe Scalzo tripled in a run. Helbig then retired the next batter to secure the 5-1 Yellow Jacket victory.
Trentham finished 4-for-5 at the dish and drove in a run to lead the Yellow Jackets offensively. Weymouth went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Travis Lodge and Meiners also chipped in with multi-hit performances.
Jonathan Stutts went 2-for-4 to pace the Generals at the dish. Eric Wisotsky is saddled with the loss after allowing four runs on ten hits in six innings of work.
For more information on the 2013 ODAC Baseball Tournament please visit http://www.odaconline.com/tournament/spring/baseball/index.
