DANVILLE, Va. – Peter Phillips (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) matched his career high with 10 strikeouts as the Randolph-Macon baseball team won 9-3 at Averett on Sunday afternoon to move into a tie for second place in the ODAC standings.
The Basics
Score:Â Randolph-Macon 9, Averett 3
Venue:Â Danville, Va. // Owen-Fulton Field // Averett University
Records:Â Randolph-Macon (20-11, 11-6 ODAC), Averett (12-20, 5-13 ODAC)
How It Happened:
- The Cougars tallied a run in the bottom of the first before the Yellow Jackets got on the board in the top of the fourth. Logan Duff (Forest, Va./Liberty Christian) was hit by a pitch, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. After Justin Lanouette (Chantilly, Va./Freedom) walked, Jack Bowles (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) singled to left to bring home Duff and tie the game at 1-1. Zach Stolze (Towson, Md./Loyola Blakefield) reached on a fielder's choice, and he and Bowles scored on a two-out single by CJ Chatterton (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) to give the visitors a 3-1 edge.
- RMC added to its lead in the fifth. Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) led off with a single, stole second and scored on a base hit by Duff to make it 4-1.
- AU put its first two runners on in the bottom of the sixth. Phillips got a strikeout after two failed sacrifice bunt attempts, Wernoski made a diving catch on a liner up the middle, and a groundout to Stolze at first ended the threat.
- The Yellow Jackets put up another crooked number in the seventh. Wernoski had a one-out single and went to second on a two-out base hit by Duff. Lanouette laced a double down the left field line to knock in Wernoski and Duff to extend the lead to 6-1.
- The Cougars plated two in the bottom of the seventh before RMC responded in the eighth. Stolze and James Baffone (Wilmington, Del./St. Marks) were hit by pitches to start the frame. Chatterton forced Stolze out at third on a sacrifice attempt. Jon Quici (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) reached on an error and went to second with Baffone scoring to make it 7-3. Chatterton scored on a wild pitch and Wernoski brought home Quici with a sacrifice fly to push the lead to 9-3.
By The Numbers:
- RMC outhit AU 11-7. Each team stranded nine.
- Phillips pitched 6.2 innings with seven hits and three runs with two walks and 10 punchouts to raise his record to 5-1.
- Cory Fisher (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett) relieved Phillips and retired the four batters he faced with two strikeouts.
- Aven Stevens (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) pitched a hitless ninth with two strikeouts, giving the Yellow Jacket staff 14 punchouts in the contest.
- Bowles finished with three hits, one run and one RBI.
- Lanouette reached three times with a double and two walks. He knocked in two runs.
- Wernoski and Duff each had two hits, two runs and one RBI.
- Chatterton had one hit, one walk, one run and two RBI.
- Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) had one hit to raise his career total to 203, breaking a tie with Cole Migliorini (2015-18) for sole possession of fifth place on RMC's career list.
Up Next
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Randolph-Macon will travel to second-ranked Lynchburg on Tuesday, April 21, for a 3 p.m. ODAC contest.
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