FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Sophomore Hunter Cole (Norfolk, Va./Granby) went 2 for 5 with four RBI, and junior Carter Johnson (Southampton, Va./Southampton) extended his hitting streak to a program-record 23 games, as the 26th-ranked Randolph-Macon baseball team posted an 18-3 victory at Methodist on Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 18, Methodist 3

Venue: Armstrong-Shelley Stadium

Records: R-MC 24-8, MU 25-12

How It Happened:

• The Yellow Jackets put up crooked numbers in three of the first four innings. Sophomore Matt Myers (Hampstead, Md./Manchester Valley) had a leadoff single in the first and went to third on a double by junior Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby). Myers scored on a ground out by Cole, and Iannuzzi came home on a base hit by sophomore Myles Webb (Norfolk, Va./Granby) to give R-MC a 2-0 edge.
• R-MC grabbed control in the second. Junior Logan Smith (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) drew a leadoff walk, went to second on a base hit by sophomore Grayson Bush (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) and moved to third on a bunt single by Myers. Iannuzzi was hit by a pitch to force in Smith. Bush scored on a single by Cole. A sacrifice fly by Webb plated Myers. Senior Spencer Pietruszynski (Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown) delivered a two-run double and scored on a base hit by Johnson to cap the six-run rally and give the Yellow Jackets an 8-0 lead. The single by Johnson extended his hitting streak to 23 games, a program record, surpassing the mark of 22 games set by Jack Walker in 1985.
• In the third, Bush was hit by a pitch and scored on a groundout by Cole to push the lead to 9-0.
• Smith smacked a two-run homer in the fourth as R-MC went up 11-0.
• Johnson singled and scored on a groundout by Smith in the sixth to make it 12-0.
• After the Monarchs plated two in the sixth, the Yellow Jackets responded in the seventh. Cole had an RBI single and Webb added a run-scoring fielder's choice to give the visitors a 14-2 advantage.
• In the eighth, freshman Aidan Pinto (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) and senior Will Hass (Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne's Belfield) belted two-run homers. Methodist tallied one in the bottom of the eighth to make the final 18-3.

By The Numbers

• Bush had three hits and three runs, while Byers had three hits and two runs.
• Smith and Webb both knocked in three.
• Junior Cam Furman (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) worked six strong innings with seven hits, two runs, one walk and six strikeouts to raise his record to 4-1.
• Junior Devin Miles (Moseley, Va./Cosby) fanned three in a hitless ninth to complete the game.

Up Next

R-MC will host Virginia Wesleyan in an ODAC contest on Thursday, April 28 at 3:30 p.m.