ASHLAND, Va. – Junior
Logan Duff (Forest, Va./Liberty Christian) went 2 for 3 as the second-seeded Randolph-Macon baseball team dropped a 15-0 decision to third-seeded Messiah on Friday afternoon in the first round of the Ashland Regional in the NCAA Championship.
The Basics
Score: Messiah 15, Randolph-Macon 0
Venue: Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park
Records: RMC 30-16, Messiah 32-14
Click here to vew post-game press conference with head coach Ray Hedrick and seniors Chaz Harvey and Aidan Pinto
How It Happened
- After both teams were retired in order in the first, the Falcons exploded for six in the top of the second.
- Sophomore Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) was hit by a pitch with one away in the bottom of the second and Duff sent him to third on a one-out single to left, but both runners were stranded.
- Freshman CJ Chatterton (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) reached on an error to start the third and moved to third on a two-out single by junior Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's), but neither was able to score.
- Messiah added a run in the seventh and put up eighth in the ninth to make the final 15-0.
By The Numbers
- Duff went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles. He had nine putouts and one assist, throwing out a would-be base stealer at third in the fifth.
Up Next
RMC will face top-seeded SUNY Brockport in an elimination game on Saturday, May 17, at 8:30 a.m. on Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park. The Golden Eagles lost 10-0 to fourth-seeded Methodist in Friday's first game. Messiah and Methodist play at noon on Saturday, with the loser of that contest facing the winner of the RMC-Brockport game at 3:30 p.m.
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