LYNCHBURG, Va. - Second-seeded Virginia Wesleyan snapped a 2-2 tie with a run in the sixth and added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth to defeat third-seeded Randolph-Macon 5-3 in an elimination game Sunday afternoon in the 2015 ODAC Baseball Tournament at City Stadium.

The game began on Saturday and was suspended in the middle of the eighth with the Marlins (18-13) holding a 3-2 advantage over the Yellow Jackets (24-9). VWC advances to face top-seeded Shenandoah for the conference crown.

After the Marlins scored single runs in the first and third, the 19th-ranked Yellow Jackets responded with a pair in the top of the fourth. Junior Nick Maiolo (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) had a leadoff single to center to start the rally. Freshman Cole Migliorini (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) reached on a bunt single and both runners advanced on an error. Junior Mitchell Keeler (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) delivered a two-run single to left to level the score at 2-2.

VWC took a 3-2 lead in the sixth and added two in the eighth.

Keeler had a leadoff single in the ninth for R-MC and moved to second on a walk to sophomore Stuart Brown (Midlothian, Va./Trinity). After Keeler advanced to third on a double play, sophomore Jay Patti (Sparks, Md./Hereford) had a pinch-hit single to drive in Keeler. A groundout ended the contest for the R-MC.

Keeler went 2 for 4 with a run and two RBI. Freshman Rick Spiers (South Chesterfield, Va./Matoaca) had two hits for the Yellow Jackets.

Randolph-Macon is scheduled to play at St. Mary's on Wednesday, April 29. The Yellow Jackets will host York on Saturday for a Senior Day doubleheader at 1 p.m.