TYSONS, Va. – Senior
Chaz Harvey (Charlottesville, Va./Miller School) delivered a two-run double with two away in the bottom of the eighth to erase a 4-3 deficit as the second-seeded Randolph-Macon baseball team edged third-seeded Bridgewater 5-4 on Thursday evening on Day 1 of the double-elimination portion of the 2025 ODAC Championship.
The Basics
Score: Randolph-Macon 5, Bridgewater 4
Venue: Capital One Park
Records: RMC 28-13, BC 26-15-1
How It Happened:
- The Yellow Jackets began the scoring in the bottom of the first. Sophomore Jack Bowles (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) started the inning by getting hit by a pitch. He went to second on a groundout by sophomore Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) and scored on a two-out single by Harvey as RMC took a 1-0 edge.
- Senior Aidan Pinto (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) led off the second with a long homer over the party deck in left center, his fifth long ball of the season, as the Yellow Jackets increased their lead to 2-0. Freshman CJ Chatterton (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) drew a two-out walk, went to third on an errant pickoff throw and scored on a base hit by Wernoski to make it 3-0.
- The Eagles had solo homers in the third and fourth before using a two-run dinger in the sixth to take a 4-3 advantage.
- RMC reclaimed the lead in the eighth. Chatterton was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and was sacrificed to second by Bowles. Junior Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) drew a two-out walk before both runners scored on a double to right center by Harvey to give the Yellow Jackets a 5-4 edge.
- Senior Sam Slevin (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank Cox) took the mound in the top of the ninth. BC got a leadoff single and he was sacrificed to second. Slevin struck out the next batter to face leadoff hitter Nick Stavros, the ODAC Player of the Year. Stavros sliced a ball to left, where junior Elias Brooks (Glen Allen, Va./Glen Allen), a defensive replacement, made the running catch to secure the win.
By The Numbers
- Harvey went 2 for 5 with a double and three RBI.
- Sophomore Jon Quici (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) had two hits and drew a walk.
- After missing the past four games, Chatterton went 1 for 2 with a walk, a hit batsman and two runs in his return.
- Senior Michael Shanahan (Fredericksburg, Va./Massaponax) pitched two scoreless innings and earned the win to raise his record to 5-1.
- Slevin recorded his fourth save of the season and the 15th of his career, the top mark in program history.
Up Next
RMC is scheduled to play top-seeded Lynchburg on Friday, May 9 at 2:30 p.m. at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va. Lynchburg defeated Shenandoah 14-2 in Thursday's first game.
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