ASHLAND, Va. – The second-seeded Randolph-Macon baseball team recorded season highs with 22 hits and 20 runs, highlighted by a grand slam and six RBI by senior
Chaz Harvey (Charlottesville, Va./Miller School) in a 20-11 victory over seventh-seeded Hampden-Sydney on Sunday afternoon to win their quarterfinal series of the 2025 ODAC Championship.
The Basics
Scores: Randolph-Macon 20, Hampden-Sydney 11
Venue: Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park
Records: RMC 27-13, H-SC 19-23
How It Happened:
- After the Tigers tallied a run in the top of the first, the Yellow Jackets erupted for five in the third. Junior Jordan Hill (Norfolk, Va./Granby) had a leadoff double, went to third on a base hit by sophomore Jack Bowles (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) and scored on a single by sophomore Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) to level the score at 1-1. Junior Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) reached on a bunt single and Harvey's sacrifice fly knocked in Bowles to make it 2-1. Junior Logan Duff (Forest, Va./Liberty Christian) had an RBI base hit with two away and sophomore James Baffone (Wilmington, Del./St. Mark's) followed with a two-run single to give the home team a 5-1 edge.
- H-SC put up two in the fourth and four in the fifth to take a 7-5 advantage before RMC answered in the bottom of the frame. Senior Aidan Pinto (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) led off with his fourth home run of the season to make it a one-run contest. Bowles added a two-run double and sophomore Jon Quici (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) capped the eight-run rally with a two-run single as RMC took a 13-7 lead.
- The Tigers got four in the sixth to pull within two before the Yellow Jackets answered again. Schmitt had a run-scoring single before Harvey greeted a new pitcher with a mammoth grand slam to left center, his ninth homer of the season, to give RMC an 18-11 lead.
- Quici added a two-run single in the seventh to make the final 20-11.
By The Numbers
- Harvey went 3 for 4 with a homer and six RBI. He has nine home runs this season and is second in program history with 25 career homers.
- Quici was 3 for 5 with four RBI.
- Schmitt went 4 for 4 with two walks, four runs and two RBI.
- Bowles was 2 for 6 with a double, a walk, four runs and two RBI.
- Hill had three hits, including two doubles, a walk and scored three times.
- Baffone had three hits and two RBI.
- Duff went 2 for 5 with a run and two RBI.
- Freshman Malachi Paschal (Charlottesville, Va./Charlottesville) pitched 2.2 scoreless frames in relief with two hits, no walk and three strikeouts.
- Senior Sam Slevin (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank Cox) worked a perfect ninth with a pair of strikeouts. He added to his program record with his 81st career appearance.
Up Next
RMC joins top-seeded Lynchburg, third-seeded Bridgewater and fourth-seeded Shenandoah in double-elimination play for the 2025 ODAC Championship at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va. Lynchburg and Shenandoah will meet on Thursday, May 8 at 3 p.m. The Yellow Jackets will face Bridgewater at 6:30 p.m.
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