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#2 R-MC Baseball Scores Twice in 13th to Edge Top-Seeded SU 4-2

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LYNCHBURG, Va. - Seniors Travis Lodge (Chesterfield, Va./Matoaca) and Nick Maiolo (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) both scored on an error as the second-ranked and second-seeded Randolph-Macon baseball team outlasted top-seeded and ninth-ranked Shenandoah 4-2 Saturday evening in the ODAC Tournament Saturday evening at City Stadium.

The Yellow Jackets (31-6-1) remain undefeated in the tournament and will meet fourth-seeded Hampden-Sydney at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon at Liberty Baseball Stadium for the ODAC title. The Tigers must beat R-MC twice to claim the crown. The Yellow Jackets are looking for their sixth ODAC championship and first since 2013.

After six scoreless frames, Lodge led off the 12th with a walk. Maiolo singled to right center to advance Lodge to second. Senior Mitchell Keeler (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) laid down a sacrifice bunt down the third base line and the errant throw to first allowed both Lodge and Maiolo to score, giving the Yellow Jackets a 4-2 lead.

In the bottom of the 12th, closer Christian Cok (Chester, S.C./Lewisville) took the mound for his fourth inning of work. He surrendered a leadoff single, but a pair of fielder's choices followed by a flyout to center ended the longest ODAC tourney game in terms of innings.

Cok (7-0) allowed two hits in four innings with no walks and two strikeouts. He relieved freshman Colin Selby (Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch), who surrendered five hits and two runs in nine innings with four walks and eight strikeouts.

The Hornets (32-10) scored in the bottom of the second before R-MC responded in the top of the fourth. Junior Stuart Brown (Midlothian, Va./Trinity) had a one-out single, stole second, stole third and scored on a throwing error to make it a 1-1 game.

SU reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the fourth 2-1. In the top of the sixth, Brown reached on an error, moved to second on a bunt single by freshman Jeffrey Butler (Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch), advanced to third on a bunt single by sophomore Rick Spiers (South Chesterfield, Va./Matoaca) and scored in a fielder's choice by senior Christian Sanderson (Lynchburg, Va./Jefferson Forest) to level the score at 2-2.

Maiolo and Brown both had two hits for the Yellow Jackets.

 
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Players Mentioned

Stuart Brown

#7 Stuart Brown

INF
6' 0"
Junior
Jeffery Butler

#41 Jeffery Butler

INF
5' 8"
Freshman
Christian Cok

#21 Christian Cok

RHP
6' 0"
Sophomore
Mitchell Keeler

#9 Mitchell Keeler

C
5' 9"
Senior
Travis Lodge

#2 Travis Lodge

INF
5' 11"
Senior
Nick Maiolo

#15 Nick Maiolo

C
6' 1"
Senior
Christian Sanderson

#27 Christian Sanderson

OF
6' 3"
Senior
Colin Selby

#40 Colin Selby

RHP
6' 2"
Freshman
Rick Spiers

#5 Rick Spiers

OF/RHP
6' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Stuart Brown

#7 Stuart Brown

6' 0"
Junior
INF
Jeffery Butler

#41 Jeffery Butler

5' 8"
Freshman
INF
Christian Cok

#21 Christian Cok

6' 0"
Sophomore
RHP
Mitchell Keeler

#9 Mitchell Keeler

5' 9"
Senior
C
Travis Lodge

#2 Travis Lodge

5' 11"
Senior
INF
Nick Maiolo

#15 Nick Maiolo

6' 1"
Senior
C
Christian Sanderson

#27 Christian Sanderson

6' 3"
Senior
OF
Colin Selby

#40 Colin Selby

6' 2"
Freshman
RHP
Rick Spiers

#5 Rick Spiers

6' 2"
Sophomore
OF/RHP