VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Yellow Jackets strung together a three run, four hit rally in the ninth, ultimately falling 9-8 to Virginia Wesleyan this afternoon in ODAC baseball action.

R-MC (12-9, 7-3 ODAC) captured the early lead after back-to-back doubles by Blake Saathoff (Catonsville, MD / Archbishop Spalding) (1-fo-5) and Bryan Miltenberger (Midlothian, VA / Cosby) to surge the Jackets' offense. Keeping the ball in play, R-MC was able to capitalize on Marlin errors and take the 5-1 edge in the second.

VWC posted two three-run innings to take the 7-5 lead in the seventh. The Yellow Jackets tallied four more hits through the eighth but were unable to record any runs. Trailing 9-5 in the ninth, R-MC notched three runs on hits from Tim Benjamin (Glenelg, MD / Glenelg) (1-for-4), Michael Wallman (Forest, VA / Jefferson Forest) (1-for-1), Nate Meiners (Silver Spring, MD / St. John's Prep) (2-for-4), and Mitchell Keeler (Mechanicsville, VA / Atlee) (1-for-4). The Jackets would fall short, however, and slip to 7-3 in the conference.

Matt Fischgrund (Gloucester, VA / Gloucester) (2-2) was credited with the loss.

The Randolph-Macon baseball team returns to Ashland the Wednesday April 2 as they host Hampden-Sydney for a 3:30 pm ODAC contest on Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park.