ASHLAND, Va. – Senior right-hander Michael Zubovich (Chantilly, Va./Freedom) fanned seven over 7.0 innings, and senior Ryan Duphorn (Erial, N.J./Paul VI) scored the go-ahead run and set the program record with 162 career runs, as the seventh-ranked Randolph-Macon baseball team pulled out a 3-2 ODAC win over Guilford on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: #7 Randolph-Macon 3, Guilford 2

Site/Venue: Ashland, Va./High Stephens Field at Estes Park

Records: R-MC 13-1, 1-0 ODAC; GC 6-6, 0-1 ODAC

How It Happened

• After a solo homer in the top of the fifth for the Quakers, the Yellow Jackets answered in the bottom of the frame. Senior Cole Grinde (Woodford, Va./Caroline) had a base hit and moved to third when the ball was misplayed in right. Junior Jacob Selden (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass) sent a sacrifice fly to right to plate Grinde and even the score at 1-1.
• R-MC broke the deadlock an inning later. Duphorn drew a leadoff walk, stole second, moved to third on an errant throw by the catcher and scored on a groundout by senior Mike Nickles (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-1 edge. Duphorn became the program's leader in career runs with 162, passing former Yellow Jacket and current assistant coach Jeff Butler. With two away, senior Reece Yeargain (Chester, Va./Benedictine) tripled to left center and came home on a bunt single by senior Shawn Nickles (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) as the lead grew to 3-1.
• The Quakers pulled within one in the eighth and put the tying run on first with one away in the ninth. Senior Hayden Moore (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) came in from the bullpen and rolled a double play to end the game and notch his second save.
• Zubovich (4-0) scattered seven hits and did not walk a batter. The Quakers had at least one baserunner each innings and stranded seven over the first seven frames.

By The Numbers

• The Yellow Jackets were held to four hits and a season-low three runs.
• Yeargain extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
• Grinde reached base safely in all 14 games so far this season.

Up Next

Randolph-Macon conclude its two-game ODAC series with Guilford on Sunday, March 8 at 1 p.m. EDT