May 17, 2024

Killer B’s Buoy #22 RMC Baseball past Etown

Batting

Elizabethtown
2B: none
3B: none
HR: none
Randolph-Macon
2B: Grayson Bush 2
3B: none
HR: none
full stats

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Junior Bere Bauers (Phoenixville, Pa./Devon Prep) tossed 7.1 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts, senior Grayson Bush (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) had two doubles and a run, and sophomore Eli Brooks (Glen Allen, Va./Glen Allen) had two RBI as the 22nd-ranked and second-seeded Randolph-Macon baseball team blanked third-seeded Elizabethtown 4-0 in the first round of the Harrisburg Regional.

The Basics:

Score: Randolph-Macon 4, Elizabethtown 0

Venue: Nittany Field

Records: RMC 29-13, EC 31-13

How It Happened:

  • After leaving the bases loaded in the top of the first, the Yellow Jackets got on the scoreboard in the second. Senior Richie Dudley (Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson) had a leadoff single and went to third on a double to right by Bush. Brooks delivered a sacrifice fly to right that brought home Dudley with the game's first run. Bush went to third on the fly ball by Brooks and scored on a wild pitch to give RMC a 2-0 edge.
  • Bauers left with one out in the top of the eighth. He went through the lineup three times and allowed three hits, all singles, with one walk and eight punchouts.
  • RMC added insurance in the eighth. Senior Matt Myers (Hampstead, Md./Manchester Valley) was hit by a pitch to start the inning. Dudley sacrificed him to second. Myers went to third on a groundout by Bush and came home on a base hit by Brooks to make it 3-0. Freshman Jon Quici (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) reached on an error and a single by sophomore Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) plated Brooks to give the Yellow Jackets a 4-0 advantage.
  • Junior Sam Slevin (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank Cox) was perfect over the final 1.2 innings with one strikeout to record his 11th save, a program record and the top mark in Division III this season.

By The Numbers

  • RMC is 27-0 when leading after seven innings.
  • The Yellow Jackets recorded their second NCAA tourney shutout in program history. RMC topped St. Joseph's (L.I.) 8-0 in the first game of the 2016 Washington, Pa., Regional.
  • Slevin made his 22nd appearance of the season, matching the program record. Slevin had 22 appearances in 2023, as did Dale Langford in 2011.
  • Brooks went 1 for 3 with one run and two RBI. It was his four multiple RBI game this season.
  • Bush was 2 for 4 with two doubles and one run. It was his 11th multi-hit game.
  • Schmitt went 2 for 4 with a walk and one RBI. He has reached base in 24 straight games. Schmitt is second on the team with 18 multi-hit games.
  • Myers was hit by two pitches and scored once. He has reached base in 13 consecutive games.
  • Senior Myles Webb (Norfolk, Va./Granby) was 1 for 4. He has reached base in 11 straight games.

 

Up Next

Due to predicted inclement weather on Saturday morning, the tournament schedule has been altered to have just two games on Saturday. Elizabethtown and Bridgewater State will play an elimination game at noon. RMC and host Penn State Harrisburg will meet at 3:30 p.m.