TYSONS, Va. – Despite Randolph-Macon dropping its season-opening game to Dickinson at Capital One Park, the Yellow Jackets paced the Red Devils, 11-to-9 in hits, including three players with two each.
The Basics
Score: Dickinson 7, (RV) Randolph-Macon 3
Venue: Tysons, Va. // Capital One Field
Records: Randolph-Macon (0-1, 0-0 ODAC), Dickinson (1-0, 0-0 Centennial)
How It Happened:
- In the bottom of the first, Dylan Posencheg and Kevin Schmidt each singled for the Red Devils, before Johnny Bruno homered to left after a long at-bat, giving Dickinson a 3-0 advantage.
- After three consecutive innings of scoreless baseball, Dickinson went up 5-0, as a result of a difficult bases-loaded fielders' choice. The road team extended its lead to six after the batter reached on another tough infield hit. Connor McAuley (Haymarket, Va./Highland) was able to close out the top of the fifth after he got a batter to fan at strike three.
- Peter Phillips (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) recorded the first one-two-three inning for either team in the bottom of the seventh inning, including two strikeouts.
- In the bottom of the eighth inning, Randolph-Macon's offense got going, as Jack Bowles (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) walked and Caleb Hawton-Henley (Fairfax, Va./St. John's Prep) singled to center, before James Baffone (Wilmington, Del./St. Mark's) drove Bowles in with a single to left. The next at-bat, Zach Stolze (Towson, Md./Loyola Blakefield) hit a shot down the left field line, helping Hawton-Henley cross the plate for RMC's second run of the night. While Mason Bodnar (Arlington, Va./St. John's Prep) was then thrown out at second after a single up the middle, Baffone tallied the Yellow Jackets' third run of the frame on the RBI, putting RMC down 3-6.
- In an immediate response, Bruno walked and stole second before Kyle Bailey drove him in with a line drive to Hawton-Henley, pushing DC back out to a final 7-3 lead in the top of the ninth.
By The Numbers
- Despite the loss, RMC out-hit DC 11-9, including four to none in the eighth inning.
- Randolph-Macon only recorded one error in the contest, while Dickinson totaled three.
- A team-high four strikeouts from Phillips helped the Lemon and Black tie the strikeout battle, 10-10.
- Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) tied for a team-high two hits, coming in the form of a single and a double. He also added a walk and a stolen base.
- Stolze contributed two singles and a stolen base, while Logan Duff (Forest, Va./Liberty Christian) also posted two singles.
- CJ Chatterton (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) and Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) both singled and walked.
Up Next
RMC has a rematch of the first round of the Ashland Regional in the NCAA Championship, as they will host No. 7 Messiah on Hugh Stevens Field at Estes Park on Friday, February 20, at 2:30 p.m.
