Game 1

The Basics
Score:  Virginia Wesleyan 10, Roanoke 1
Records: Roanoke 21-9, 6-6 ODAC | Virginia Wesleyan 14-12, 5-5 ODAC
Location: Norfolk, Va.

The Lead: Corey King had five hits for Virginia Wesleyan as the Marlins knocked off Roanoke 10-1 in the opening game of an ODAC doubleheader.

How it Happened:

• VWC got all the runs it would need in the first inning when it strung together three hits to get three runs to take an early lead.
• After the first two batters of the Roanoke third inning were retired, Scott Ellis got on base with an infield single. Sean Guida then bunted for a base hit. The pair then stole second and third and Ellis scored on a Marlin throwing error to make it a 3-1 game.
• The Marlins got that run back in the bottom half of the fourth inning, plated two runs in the fifth, then scored three times in the sixth to take a 9-1 lead.
• Ellis and Drew Mikula each had two hits for RC, while John Ruhlman (1-4) took the loss on the mound, giving up six runs in four innings of work.
• Patrick Monteverde improved to 4-1 on the season after going eight innings and surrendering just one run.

Game 2

The Basics
Score:  Virginia Wesleyan 9, Roanoke 8
Records: Roanoke 21-10, 6-7 ODAC | Virginia Wesleyan 15-12, 6-5 ODAC
Location: Norfolk, Va.

The Lead: Virginia Wesleyan scored a run in the eighth inning to clip Roanoke 9-8 in Saturday's nightcap.

How it Happened:

• With VWC leading 1-0 in the Roanoke third inning, the Maroons pushed across a pair of runs on a Will Decker RBI single that scored Guida and Will Black to make it 2-1.
• RBI singles from Sam Watson and Guida in the visitor half of the fourth inning pushed the Roanoke advantage to 4-1.
• In the fifth inning, Roanoke loaded the bases with no outs and moved ahead 5-1 when Dean Hermanson walked to bring home Decker. VWC escaped further damage, getting three consecutive outs to retire the side.
• VWC tied the game in the next half inning when it scored four runs on three hits and took advantage of two RC errors.
• The Maroons responded with three runs of their own in the top of the sixth inning when Guida walked to open the inning then moved to second when Collier Donald was hit by a pitch. The pair moved up on a wild pitch and Guida scored on a Craig Kiley RBI single. Donald and Kiley both scored later in the inning on a Hermanson double that made it 8-5.
• A Zack Clark three-run homer in bottom of the sixth inning tied the game at 8-8. The Marlins then manufactured a run in the eighth inning using a lead off walk, a sacrifice bunt then a RBI single to go ahead.

Up Next: Roanoke hosts Southern Virginia on Monday at 7:00 p.m. in a makeup game from earlier this season.