FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College lost a pair of Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) baseball games to visiting Randolph-Macon College, falling 8-5 in the opener and 21-10 in the nightcap. The doubleheader opened ODAC play for both teams today at Panther Field.

RECORDS
Randolph-Macon (6-3, 2-0 ODAC)
Ferrum (5-8, 0-2 ODAC)

GAME ONE
Ferrum jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one inning, scoring a run off Clayton Michael's single through the right side and two runs off Mason Moffett's RBI double to right-center.

Randolph-Macon erupted for five runs in the top of the second inning, including two runs on Aaron Lautenschlager's double to right-center. Ferrum answered with a run in the bottom of the frame on Michael's sac fly to right field.

The Yellow Jackets added a pair of runs in the top of the fifth on an RBI single and a throwing error. Ferrum scored its final run of the game in the bottom of the eighth in Michael's RBI single down the third base line. R-MC added a run in the ninth on a groundout.

KEY STATS
R-MC: Lautenschlager 3-5, 2b, 2 RBI; RP Patrick Routsis (W, 1-0) 4 inn, 3 hits, 0 runs; Sam Slevin (Sv, 3) 2 inn, 2 hits, 1 ER, 3 K
Ferrum: Tyler Mason 3-5, 3b, run, SB; Michael 2-4, run, 3 RBI, SB; SP Raleigh Walker (L, 1-1) 4.2 inn, 10 hits, 7 ER, 2 K

GAME TWO
In the nightcap, Randolph-Macon scored three in the first inning, but Shawn Baxter and Bryce Thacker each had RBI doubles in the bottom half of the frame to trim the lead to 3-2. The Yellow Jackets erupted for six runs in the second inning, including two on Cole Harvey's RBI double to center field. Ferrum picked up a run in the bottom of the second, courtesy of a fielding error.

Randolph-Macon continued to score every inning through the seventh, building a 21-10 lead after seven fulling innings. Ferrum would score runs through the seventh inning as well, including a Shawn Baxter two-run homer in the third inning, and a Benjamin Thomas' RBI single through the left side in the fifth that pushed two more runs across the plate.

KEY STATS
R-MC: RP Cole Stamm (W, 1-0) 0 hits, 1 ER, 2 K; Chaz Harvey 3-4, 2b, HR, 4 runs, 6 RBI
Ferrum: SP Matt Wright (L, 0-2) 1.1 inn, 8 hits, 9 ER; Thacker 5-6, 2b, 4 runs, 2 RBI

UP NEXT
Coach Ryan Brittle's team will be back in action Tuesday, March 12, at home against Hamilton College. The non-conference game is scheduled for a 4:00 p.m. start at Panther Field.