RICHMOND, Va. – Sophomore Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley) went 1 for 3 with a walk as the fourth-seeded and 16th-ranked Randolph-Macon baseball team dropped a 3-0 decision to top-seeded and fifth-ranked Lynchburg on Thursday in the ODAC Championship.

The Basics

Score: Lynchburg 3, Randolph-Macon 0

Site/Venue: Richmond, Va./Pitt Field

Records: RMC 31-12, LYN 36-6

How It Happened

• After two scoreless innings, the Yellow Jackets put two on in the third. Sophomore Lincoln Lubsen (Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy) had a leadoff single and was sacrificed to second by junior Grayson Bush (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello). Junior Matt Myers (Hampstead, Md./Manchester Valley) was hit by a pitch before a double play ended the threat.
• RMC put together a two-out rally in the fourth. Lautenschlager had a two-out single and went to third when senior Carter Johnson (Southampton, Va./Southampton) smacked a ground-rule double. A strikeout ended the inning. The Hornets plated two in the bottom of the fourth.
• The Yellow Jackets had their best scoring chance in the eighth. Bush reached on an error and was sacrificed to second by Myers. Junior Anthony Farmakides (Falls Church, Va./McLean) drew a pinch-hit walk and senior Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby) singled to right to load the bases. Sophomore Chaz Harvey (Charlottesville, Va./Miller School) hit a bouncer up the middle that was bare-handed by pitcher Jack Bachmore, who started a 1-2-3 double play to end the frame. LYN added an unearned run in the eighth to make the final 3-0.

By The Numbers

• Lautenschlager went 1 for 3 with a walk.
• Johnson went 1 for 4. He extended his on-base streak to 27 games.
• Iannuzzi was 1 for 4. He extended his on-base streak to 18 games.
• Senior Hayden Snelsire (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) pitched 5.0 innings with four hits, no walks and five strikeouts.

For The Record

• Senior Hunter Cole (Norfolk, Va./Granby), the ODAC Player of the Year, was unable to play for the Yellow Jackets.
• RMC was shut out for the first time this season.

Up Next

RMC will play an elimination game on Friday, May 12, at 10 a.m. at Pitt Field on the campus of the University of Richmond.