Posted: Apr 10, 2018
The Basics
Game 1
Score: Roanoke 3, Randolph 0
Records: Roanoke 19-12 / 6-3 ODAC | Randolph 12-15 /5-5 ODAC
Location: Lynchburg, Va.
The Lead: Emily Salsberry tossed a complete game shutout to lead Roanoke to a 3-0 win in game one.
How it Happened
- Salsberry allowed just three hits in going the distance. She struck out three, walked two and did not allow an extra base hit.
- Taylor Carter gave Salsberry the only run she would need when she scored in the first at-bat of the game off a single followed by a Randolph error to take an earl 1-0 lead.
- Later in the first inning, Anna Clowdis was hit by a pitch and came around to make it 2-0 on a Mattie Morris double.
- Carter doubled to score Allison Wagner to push RC's lead to 3-0 in the second inning.
- Carter finished 3-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored. Morris and Taylor Asimakopoulos had the other two hits for RC.
- Gracyn Allen-Ingle took the loss in the circle for Randolph after going the distance and allowing three runs on five hits.
Game 2
Score: Roanoke 3, Randolph 0
Records: Roanoke 20-12, 7-3 ODAC | Randolph 12-16, 5-6 ODAC
Location: Lynchburg, Va.
The Lead: Roanoke scored three runs in the fifth inning, behind a two-RBI double from Becca Wenger, to earn the second game win and take the doubleheader.
How it Happened:
- Kate Priester reached second on a Randolph error start off the top of the fifth. A single from Bailey Perdue moved Priester to third. Wenger then hit a double to left scoring both Priester and Perdue to break the game open with a 2-0 lead.
- Scarlett Sisson replaced Wenger on second as a pinch runner and was moved to third on a groundout from Samantha Baldwin. Carter reached on an error and Sisson scored to extend it to 3-0.
- In the circle, Teresa Wagner went the distance allowing only three hits in the shutout performance while striking out one.
- Perdue went 2-for-2 with a run scored while Wenger tallied a team-high two RBI.
- For Randolph, Lindsey Chaney was tabbed with the loss giving up three runs off six hits in seven innings.
Up Next: Roanoke travels to Lynchburg on Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. doubleheader with the Hornets.