NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Sophomore
Jon Quici (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) had two hits and two walks while scoring four times as the Randolph-Macon baseball team used an eight-run eighth to rally for a 14-8 victory at Christopher Newport on Sunday afternoon.
The Basics
Score: Randolph-Macon 14, Christopher Newport 8
Venue: Captains Field
Records: RMC 17-11, CNU 16-14
How It Happened:
- The Yellow Jackets started the scoring in the top of the second. Quici had a leadoff single, moved to second on a walk to sophomore James Baffone (Wilmington, Del./St. Mark's) and scored on a base hit by freshman CJ Chatterton (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) to give the visitors a 1-0 edge.
- RMC added to its lead an inning later. Sophomore Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a walk to junior Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's). A single by senior Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) loaded the bases and senior Chaz Harvey (Charlottesville, Va./Miller School) walked to force in the second run. Quici delivered a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
- The Captains plated one in the third and two in the fourth to tie the game at 3-3. CNU added a run in the sixth to take its first lead at 4-3.
- The Yellow Jackets would reclaim the lead in the top of the seventh. Harvey had a one-out single and went to second when Quici walked. With two away, Harvey and Quici both scored on errors to give RMC a 5-4 advantage.
- CNU responded with four in the bottom of the seventh to go up 8-5. RMC would explode for eight in the eighth. Wernoski walked and Schmitt homered, his third of the season, to pull the Yellow Jackets within one at 8-7. Lautenschlager and Harvey followed with singles. Quici reached on a bunt single and Lautenschlager scored on an errant throw to tie the game at 8-8. A sacrifice fly by Baffone brought home Harvey as RMC took a 9-8 lead. With two away, Chatterton doubled to move Quici to third. Both runners scored on balks to make it 11-8. Sophomore Jack Bowles (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) walked, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and came home on a double by Wernoski as the score moved to 12-8. Wernoski would score on an error to give RMC a 13-8 lead.
- Senior Michael Shanahan (Fredericksburg, Va./Massapanox) recorded three swinging strikeouts in the bottom of the eighth to keep it at 13-8.
- The Yellow Jackets added an insurance run in the ninth. Quici walked, went to second on a walk to junior Elias Brooks (Glen Allen, Va./Glen Allen), advanced to third on a fielder's choice and scored on a wild pitch to make it 14-8.
- Shanahan retired the Captains in the bottom of the ninth to earn his first win of the season.
By The Numbers
- The Yellow Jackets have won three in a row for the third time this season.
- RMC had 11 hits and received 16 walks.
- Quici went 2 for 3 with two walks, four runs and one RBI.
- Schmitt reached five times with a homer and four walks. He scored twice and knocked in two.
- Wernoski was 1 for 4 with a double, three walks, three runs and one RBI.
- Harvey went 2 for 4 with two walks, two runs and one RBI.
- Lautenschlager had two hits and one run.
- Chatterton had two hits, one double, one steal, one run and one RBI.
- Bowles walked three times, stole a base and scored once.
- The RMC defense recorded its third straight errorless contest.
Up Next
RMC will host North Carolina Wesleyan on Tuesday, April 15, at 3:30 p.m. on Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park.
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