Posted: Mar 22, 2016
Score: Roanoke 18, Guilford 7
Records: Roanoke 13-7 (6-2 ODAC) / Guilford 12-12 (2-6 ODAC)
Location: McBane Field - Greensboro, N.C.
The Lead: The Maroons improve to 6-2 in the ODAC after an offensive outburst that included 19 hits and six extra base hits en route to an 18 to 7 victory over ODAC opponent Guilford College.
How it Happened:
- Guilford jumped on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the second inning to take a 2-0 lead early in the game.
- Roanoke would respond in the top of the third inning after a Craig Kiley doubled drove in Will Black to narrow the margin to 2-1
- After Guilford extended its lead to 3-1 in its half of the third inning, Roanoke's Lucas Nowlin would lay down a sacrifice bunt to score Eli Sumpter in the top of the fourth to make the score 3-2.
- The Maroons would add six runs in the top of the sixth inning that was started off with a lead-off single by Scott Ellis. Nowlin singled later in the inning to score Ellis and tie the score 3-3.
- Sean Guida singled to center field driving in Sumpter who was hit by a pitch later in the inning. In the next at bat, Black flied out to left field, but Anthony Teixeira was able to tag up from third base and score.
- Will Decker continued the inning with a double that scored Nowlin, and Clark Crutchfield singled up the middle to drive in Guida making the score 7-3. Decker would score the last run for Roanoke in that inning after Ellis' second single of the inning drove him in.
- After the Quakers scored one run in the bottom of the sixth inning making the score 8-4, the Maroons would have another big inning in the top of the seventh.
- Nowlin started off the inning with a single and advanced to third base due to a throwing error on the play. Guida singled in the next at bat and scored later in the inning after a single by Kiley making the score 10-4.
- Crutchfield doubled to right-center field to push across Black. In the next at bat, Ellis picked up his third single of the game driving in Kiley in the process. Sumpter collected the fourth-consecutive hit for Roanoke scoring Crutchfield and the Maroons picked up one more run later in the inning giving them the 13-4 advantage.
- Guilford added three more runs in the bottom of the eighth, but RC would respond with five more of its own in the top of the ninth that included a grand slam by Nowlin making the score the eventual 18-7 outcome.
- Offensively, every batter in Roanoke's lineup recorded at least one hit, one RBI and scored one run.
- Nowlin was 3-for-5 at the plate with six RBI, three runs scored, one double and a home run. Ellis also added three hits and two RBI.
- On the mound, Kenny Mackovic garnered his second win of the season after throwing two scoreless innings.
