ASHLAND, Va. – Freshman
CJ Chatterton (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) scored the tying run with two away in the ninth and scored the game-winner in the 11th as the Randolph-Macon baseball team pulled out a 5-4 ODAC victory over Hampden-Sydney on Wednesday afternoon.
The Basics
Score: Randolph-Macon 5, Hampden-Sydney 4
Venue: Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park
Records: RMC 19-11, 11-6 ODAC; H-SC 15-18, 8-11 ODAC
How It Happened:
- The Yellow Jackets started the scoring in the bottom of the second. Senior Chaz Harvey (Charlottesville, Va./Miller School) had a leadoff base hit and went to second on a bunt single by sophomore Jon Quici (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga). Freshman Mason Bodnar (Arlington, Va./St. John's Prep) reached on an error on his sacrifice bunt to load the bases. Harvey scored on a sacrifice fly by junior Elias Brooks (Glen Allen, Va./Glen Allen), Quici came home on a groundout by Chatterton and Bodnar scored on a base hit by sophomore Jack Bowles (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) to give the home team a 3-0 advantage.
- RMC put its first two batters on base in the fourth but were unable to add to their lead.
- Sophomore Patrick Phillips (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) tossed five scoreless innings with four hits, one walk and five strikeouts. He finished his day on the receiving end of a slick 3-6-1 double play started by senior Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley) to end the fifth.
- The Tigers tallied their four runs in the top of the sixth to take a 4-3 edge.
- Chatterton led off the bottom of the ninth with an infield single and was sacrificed to second by Bowles. With two away, junior Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) singled to right and Chatterton slid into home just ahead of the tag to tie the game at 4-4.
- Senior Michael Shanahan (Fredericksburg, Va./Massaponax) pitched the final three innings and worked out of a pair of jams. He rolled three ground balls to sophomore Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) at second base in the ninth. H-SC had a leadoff double in the 10th, but a strikeout, a groundout and a lineout kept the runner from advancing. The Tigers put two on with one away in the top of the 11th before a flyout and a swinging strikeout ended the threat. Shanahan allowed two hits, did not walk a batter and fanned three to raise his record to 2-0.
- Chatterton had an infield single to short to begin the bottom of the 11th. Bowles beat out a bunt on the right side of the infield and Wernoski beat out a bunt on the left side of the infield to load the bases. Schmitt delivered a sacrifice fly to center to bring in Chatterton with the game-winning run.
By The Numbers
- The Yellow Jackets have won five in a row for the first time this season.
- RMC has won seven straight and 11 of the past 12 meetings with H-SC.
- Chatterton went 2 for 5 with two runs and one RBI.
- Schmitt had two hits and knocked in a pair.
- Bowles was 3 for 5 with one RBI.
- Quici went 2 for 4 with a run.
- Wernoski finished with a career-high eight assists.
- Senior Sam Slevin (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank Cox) tossed two scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and two strikeouts.
Up Next
RMC will host Averett in an ODAC doubleheader on Saturday, April 19, at noon on Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park. It will be Senior Day as well as Dugout Club Day.
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