Posted: Mar 23, 2016
Score: Roanoke 8, Centre 1
Records: Roanoke 13-7 (6-2 ODAC) / Centre 12-10 (3-6 SAA)
Location: Salem Memorial Stadium - Salem, Va.
The Lead: A big six-run seventh innings helps Roanoke defeat Centre in a non-conference contest on Wednesday night.
How it Happened:
- Roanoke got the action started in the bottom of the first inning after Sean Guida started off the inning with a single. Will Black moved Guida over to second base with a sacrifice bunt to put him in scoring position.
- Will Decker singled to right field to place runners on first and third. Craig Kiley would hit a sacrifice fly to right field driving in Guida to put the Maroons up 1-0
- Centre pushed across its first run in the top of the fifth, but Roanoke would respond with one of its own after a sacrifice fly by Will Decker scored Collier Donald giving RC the 2-1 edge.
- The Maroons broke the game open in the bottom of seventh rallying to score six runs and capitalizing on Centre miscues.
- With one out in the seventh, a double by Black would get things started. Later in the inning Kiley singled to score Black. In the next at bat, Clark Crutchfield singled to score Decker who reached on an error earlier in the inning.
- After Dan Brodeur reached on an error, Eli Sumpter singled to left field scoring Kiley. In the next at bat, Anthony Teixeira hit a two-RBI single down the left field line scoring Brodeur and Crutchfield.
- Roanoke would cap its scoring in that inning after Guida singled to score Sumpter giving RC the 8-1 advantage.
- Guida, Crutchfield, and Sumpter all had two hits, one RBI and scored one run for Roanoke. Black went 1-for-2 at the plate with a walk, double and one stolen base.
- Seth Bradley picked up his first win of the year after throwing 6.0 innings and striking out six while scattering four hits. Michael Mares threw a scoreless seventh inning and Eli Sumpter threw scoreless eighth and ninth innings.
