Game 1
The Basics
Score: Bridgewater 6 | Roanoke 3
Records: Roanoke 14-4, 0-1 ODAC | Bridgewater 6-8, 1-0 ODAC
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: Roanoke committed five errors as Bridgewater took a 6-3 decision in game one.
How it Happened:
- BC jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first as Brandon Poole scored following a double from Kenner Berry. With two outs, Berry scored on a RC infield error before closing out the inning.
- Bridgewater added another run in the second off a double from Austin Batten making it 3-0 Eagles.
- After giving up a run in the seventh, BC scored its final pair of runs in the top of the eighth off an RC error and a single from Chris King for a 6-0 advantage.
- Roanoke cut the deficit to three in the bottom of the inning as Will Decker doubled scoring Collier Donald. Dean Hermanson kept the inning going with a two-out RBI single to left field. Cody Shell drove in the final run of the game with a single to right field making it 6-3 BC.
- Tristan Daywalt (1-3) earned the win allowing no runs and six hits in 6.0 innings of work, while Andrew Berry was credited with the save. Matthew Franklin (1-1) was tabbed with the loss after 3.0 innings allowing three runs and four hits.
- RC was led by Hermanson who went 3-for-4 with one RBI, while Decker and Shell each added an RBI of their own. Four different Eagles recorded two hits for BC in game one.
Game 2
The Basics
Score: Bridgewater 4 | Roanoke 0
Records: Roanoke 14-5, 0-2 ODAC | Bridgewater 7-8, 2-0 ODAC
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: Bridgewater scored a single run in four separate innings and allowed only four hits en route to 4-0 win in game two.
How it Happened:
- After a scoreless first inning, Bridgewater's JT Creed drove in King with a single to centerfield to take a 1-0 lead. The Eagles added one more in the top of the third as Kenner Berry plated Austin Batten with a single to left.
- In the sixth, BC recorded a trio of singles as Garrison Wright hit an RBI single to left field before Sal Trancucci replaced John Ruhlman on the mound for the final two outs of the inning.
- Sean Guida led off the sixth with an infield single but Roanoke was unable to push him across leaving it a 3-0 game.
- The final run of the game came in the top of the eighth as Brandon Poole drove in a run for BC and the Eagles took a 4-0 lead.
- Four different Maroons recorded hits in game two, while Ruhlman (1-1) was tabbed with the loss after 5.1 innings allowing 11 hits and three runs.
- Jordan Showalter (1-0) went 7.0 innings for the Eagles allowing no runs and four hits. King went 3-for-5 and four different Eagles drove in runs in the win.
Up Next: Monday's contest with Cortland State has been cancelled, the Maroons will return to action on Tuesday, March 14 in a 7 p.m. match-up with Southern Virginia.