ASHLAND, Va. – Senior Spencer Pietruszynski (Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown) and sophomore Hunter Cole (Norfolk, Va./Granby) both had three hits, three runs and one RBI as the Randolph-Macon baseball team outscored North Carolina Wesleyan 16-6 on Tuesday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 16, North Carolina Wesleyan 6

Venue: Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park

Records: R-MC 17-5, NCWC 15-11

How It Happened:

• The Yellow Jackets would start the scoring in the bottom of the first. Pietruszynski reached on an error and scored on a triple by Cole to make it 1-0. Cole came home on a groundout by sophomore Myles Webb (Norfolk, Va./Granby) as the advantage grew to 2-0.
• After the Battling Bishops tallied one in the second, R-MC responded in the third. Junior Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby) and Webb started the inning with walks and moved up on a wild pitch. A groundout by junior Brooks Mazey (Glen Allen, Va./Deep Run) drove in Iannuzzi and Webb scored when freshman Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) reached on an error to make it 4-1. Lautenschlager came home on a wild pitch as the lead expanded to 5-1.
• NCWC erupted for five in the top of the sixth to go up 6-5 before the Yellow Jackets reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the frame. Pietruszynski and Cole had consecutive singles and Iannuzzi moved them up with a sacrifice. A base hit by Webb plated Pietruszynski to tie the game. Cole scored on a wild pitch to put the home team up 7-6.
• The Yellow Jackets put the game away with nine in the eighth. R-MC had 11 consecutive hitters reach safely. Lautenschlager and junior Logan Smith (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) both had two hits in the inning. The big blow was a bases-clearing double by junior Blake Doggett (Richmond, Va./Hanover).

By The Numbers

• Doggett and Webb both drove in three.
• Lautenschlager and Mazey both had three hits.
• Sophomore Patrick Routsis (Midlothian, Va./St. Christopher's) made his first appearance of the season on the mound. He started and went 3.0 innings with two hits, one run, one walk and four strikeouts.
• Senior Matt Coutts (Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial) retied the final batter in the sixth and picked up the win to improve his record to 2-0.
• Sophomore Cole Stamm (Irvington, Va./Middlesex) fanned three of the five batters he faced.
• Junior Patrick Driggers (Carrollton, Va./Home School) struck out the final batter of the game.

Up Next

R-MC's home game with Hampden-Sydney, originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 5, has been postponed. The Yellow Jackets will return to action on Saturday, April 9 with an ODAC doubleheader at No. 23 Shenandoah at 1 pm.