Posted: Mar 28, 2010
BRIDGEWATER, Va. - Bridgewater used a pair of late-inning comebacks Saturday to sweep a conference doubleheader from Roanoke in ODAC action. The Eagles won the opener, 6-4 and took the second game, 11-8, to improve to 11-12 overall, 8-2 in the ODAC. The Maroons dropped to 8-13, 4-6 in conference play.
Bridgewater's Alex Foltz and Roanoke's Cody Kidd hooked up in a pitcher's duel in the opener. Both pitchers took a shutout into the sixth inning - an inning when all 10 runs were scored.
Noah Davidson walked to lead off the sixth for Roanoke and Alan Moore followed with a long homer to left center, giving the Maroons a 2-0 lead. Jay Laramore and Mark Manthe singled for the Maroons and both scored on a throwing error, making the score 4-0.
The Eagles took advantage of a key error to rally in the bottom of the sixth. With two outs and a runner on, Brett Howell reached on an infield error to keep the inning alive. Drew Elkins followed with single to score Mitchell Edwards to put the Eagles on the scoreboard. Jonathan Mason walked to load the bases and Howell scored from third on a wild pitch, trimming the margin to 4-2. Andrew Hacker then singled up the middle to plate Elkins and Mason to tie the score at 4-4.
Tyler Grouten then replaced Kidd on the mound and Devon Snow greeted the Roanoke reliever with a single to score pinch-runner Matt Maher with the go-ahead run. Snow then stole second and Drew Easter walked. Kevin Kirk singled home Snow, giving the Eagles a 6-4 lead and the win.
Foltz allowed four runs, two earned, on 10 hits to pick up the victory. He struck out four and walked three.
The Eagles jumped on Roanoke starter Manthe for four runs in the first inning of Game two. Kirk and Edwards walked and Chrismer followed with a single, giving BC a 1-0 lead. Howell then belted a three-run homer to the opposite field in right, giving BC a quick 4-0 lead.
The lead didn't last long as the Maroons scored seven runs in the top of the second on just three hits against BC starter Casey Hartman. Roanoke took advantage of two costly BC errors to gain the upper hand with a 7-4 advantage.
The Eagles nicked Roanoke relief pitcher Chris Caputo for a run in the bottom of the second on Kirk's RBI-single, cutting the Maroons' lead to 7-5.
Caputo dominated the Eagles over the next four innings and his teammates scratched out a run in the fifth to lead 8-5 Caputo retired the Eagles in order in the third through sixth innings to keep the Maroons out front.
The Eagles finally got to Caputo in the seventh when a single by Drew Easter pulled BC within two runs at 8-6.
Bridgewater chased Caputo in the eight when Chrismer and Howell led off the inning with singles. Jonathan Mason greeted Roanoke relief pitcher Michael Haslam with a double, scoring Chrismer to make the score 8-7. Elkins tied the score with a single and Hacker followed with a three-run homer, giving the Eagles an 11-8 lead. Joseph Lucas picked up the victory with a stellar relief effort for the Eagles.
