Posted: Apr 07, 2012
Roanoke, who won their 14th game of the season with a 6-1 victory over H-SC in game one, are two wins shy of tying the school-record with the 2005 team.
Dalton Altizer (2-0) went the distance for Roanoke, scattering eight hits and allowed one run with six strikeouts.
Matt Wallman led Roanoke with a single, a double, two RBI and two runs scored. Caylen Baire went 2-for-4 while Alex Stepp had a single, a triple, a run and an RBI. Jacob Clifton scored twice and had an RBI-single. Bradley Mattox had a two-RBI single and stole a base in the win.
Down 1-0, Roanoke took the lead with a three-run fifth inning. Wallman opened with a walk and advanced to third after Stepp reached base on an error by the pitcher to put runners on each corner. Clifton earned an RBI on a fielder's choice to bring home Wallman to tie the score, 1-1.
Chad Hill was hit by a pitch and Baire laid down a perfect bunt to load the bases with Mattox coming to the plate. Mattox drew a walk to bring home Clifton and took the lead for good, 2-1. Hill was brought home thanks to a Dalton Lipes sacrifice fly to make it, 3-1.
In the top of the sixth, Wallman doubled and was brought home by Stepp's RBI-single to extend the Maroons lead to 4-1. Roanoke added two more runs in the eighth to help seal the victory.
Roanoke used back-to-back triples to lead of the second game to jumpstart to a 2-0 lead. Mattox opened the game with a triple and was brought home by an RBI-triple by Lipes. Lipes was brought home by Mark Manthe's sacrifice fly.
In the third, the Tigers tied the game at 2-2 and scored twice more in the fifth inning to grab their first lead of the game, 4-2.
Roanoke fought back in the top of the sixth to keep the game interesting. With one out, Ben Amos was hit by a pitch and advanced to third thanks to a double by Manthe. Wallman grounded out to short but Amos scored and Manthe went to third. Alex Stepp ended the threat with a strikeout which left the tying run on base and the score, 4-3.
Hampden-Sydney scored two runs in each of the next two innings to pull away and earn their 10th win and salvage the split.
Lipes led RC with a single, an RBI-triple and a run. Michael Haslam went four innings on the mound for the Maroons, scattering nine hits and allowed two runs. Tyler Grouten (1-2) took the loss for Roanoke.
The men return to action on Tuesday, April 10 as they travel to Greensboro, NC to play Guilford in a big conference contest. Game time is scheduled for 4 p.m.
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