FERRUM, Virginia -- The Ferrum College baseball team earned their third straight win, with a 13-3 victory over Roanoke College in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play tonight at Panther Field.
RECORDS
Ferrum (13-19, 5-11 ODAC)
Roanoke (18-16, 11-6 ODAC)
THE BASICS
Roanoke struck first with a two-run homerun to left field in the second inning for an early 2-0 lead.
Shawn Baxter singled to left field, driving in Ferrum's first run in the third inning. In the fourth inning, Kyle Markworitz came around to score on a fielder's choice that left the bases loaded, tying the game 2-2.
Gus Chaffin's two-run double to left field and
Russell Golembe's single up the middle gave the Panthers a 6-2 lead. The Maroons scored their final run the sixth on a double to right field.
Ferrum would score two more runs in the seventh, with a Markowitz double to left center and he came around to score two batters later.
Bryce Thacker's RBI single to left field extended the Panther lead to 10-3 in the eighth.
Noah Basham drew a pinch-hit walk with the bases loaded to bring in a run and two more runs would score on wild pitches, later in the inning.
KEY STATS
Ferrum: SP
Steven Ritchie (W,2-2) 6.0 inn, 7 hits, 2 ER, K;
Clayton Michael 4-5, 2 runs; Baxter 3-5, 2B, RBI; Chaffin 2-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Roanoke: SP Jon Rossi (L, 3-1) 3.1 inn, 5 hits, 6 ER, BB; Kyle Moshier 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs; Cayden Freels 3-4, 2B, RBI
UP NEXT
Coach
Ryan Brittle's team will be back in action this Saturday, April 20Â against Washington and Lee University. The ODAC game starts at 12:00 p.m. in Lexington, Virginia.Â
