ASHLAND, Va. – Junior
Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley) had four hits, one run and one RBI as the Randolph-Macon baseball team topped Messiah 9-5 on Saturday afternoon.
The Basics
Score: Randolph-Macon 9, Messiah 5
Venue: Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park
Records: RMC 4-3, MU 5-3
How It Happened:
- The Falcons put runners on in each of the first two innings, but the Yellow Jacket defense turned double plays to erase the runners.
- The Yellow Jackets exploded for eight in the bottom of the second. Junior Chaz Harvey (Charlottesville, Va./The Miller School) and senior Matt Myers (Hampstead, Md./Manchester Valley) had singles to start the inning. Sophomore Logan Duff (Forest, Va./Liberty Christian) drew a walk to load the bases. With one away, freshman Jon Quici (Philadelphia, Pa./Conestoga) walked to force in the game's first run. A sacrifice fly by freshman Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) and an RBI single by Lautenschlager made it 3-0. Quici scored on an error and senior Myles Webb (Norfolk, Va./Granby) belted a two-run double to make it 5-0. Duff added a run-scoring single and senior Grayson Bush (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) walked with the bases loaded to push the advantage to 8-0.
- Messiah put up three in the top of the fifth before RMC got one back in the bottom of the frame. Wernoski was hit by a pitch, went to second on a single by Lautenschlager, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Webb to make it 9-3.
- The Falcons added two in the eighth as the game finished 9-5.
By The Numbers
- Webb went 1 for 4 with one run and three RBI.
- Harvey scored twice in the eight-run second.
- Bush drew three walks and had one RBI.
- Myers and Duff both went 1 for 3 with two walks and a run.
- Senior Drew Ramos (Williamsburg, Va./Lafayette) earned his second win of the season. He tossed four scoreless innings before the Falcons struck for three in the fifth. Ramos fanned three.
- Sophomore Connor McAuley (Haymarket, Va./Highland) pitched a 1-2-3 sixth.
- Junior Bere Bauers (Phoenixville, Pa./Devon Prep) worked a scoreless seventh with one strikeout.
- Junior Sam Slevin (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank Cox) pitched a perfect ninth with two punchouts.
- The RMC defense turned three double plays. The Yellow Jackets had three twin-killings in the first six games combined.
Up Next
RMC is scheduled to travel to North Carolina Wesleyan on Wednesday, March 6, for a 4 p.m. contest.
