SALEM, Virginia -- The Ferrum College baseball team dropped an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) game tonight 17-7, to Roanoke College at Salem Memorial Park.

RECORDS
Roanoke (15-12, 9-2 ODAC)
Ferrum (9-15, 2-8 ODAC)

THE BASICS
Slade Keyser scored on a wild pitch and Russell Golembe scored on Bryce Thacker's sac fly to left field, for a 2-0 lead. Roanoke responded with three runs of their own in the bottom of the first to take a 3-2 lead. A four-run fourth inning for the maroons pushed the lead to 8-2. The Panthers scored two more runs in the fourth, Kyle Markowtiz came around to score on an error as would Keyser. 

Roanoke scored four more runs in the sixth and one in the seventh to go up 16-4. Another Maroon error brought home Gus Chaffin in the eighth and Clayton Michael's two-run single closed out the scoring for Ferrum. 

KEY STATS
Roanoke: RP Hellings (W,1-1), 2.0 inn, 4 hits, 2 ER, 3 K; J Wall 3-5, 5 RBI, 3 2B; Moshier 3-3, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 4 runs; Bonzon 2-5, 3 RBI
Ferrum: SP Tyler Smith (L, 0-1) 2.0 inn, 5 hits, 6 ER, K, BB; Keyser 2-3, 2B, 3 runs, 2 BB; Michael 1-5, 2 RBI; Shawn Baxter 3-5

UP NEXT
Coach Ryan Brittle's team will be back in action this weekend at home against the University of Lynchburg. The ODAC game starts at 1 p.m. at Panther Field and before the start of the game we will honor the graduating seniors.