ASHLAND, Va. – Senior right-hander Matt Nickles (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) struck out a career-high 14 over seven innings as the seventh-ranked Randolph-Macon baseball team completed a two-game ODAC sweep of Guilford with a 10-1 win on Sunday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: #7 Randolph-Macon 10, Guilford 1

Site/Venue: Ashland, Va./High Stephens Field at Estes Park

Records: R-MC 14-1, 2-0 ODAC; GC 6-7, 0-2 ODAC

How It Happened

• Matt Nickles (2-0) struck out six of the first seven batters he faced over the first two innings. He scattered six hits and he walked two, both in the seventh inning.
• The Yellow Jackets started the scoring in the bottom of the second. Senior Reece Yeargain (Chester, Va./Benedictine) led off the inning by reaching on an error and came home on a long homer to right by senior Shawn Nickles (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge), his second long ball of the season, to give R-MC a 2-0 advantage.  
• R-MC doubled its lead an inning later. Senior Mike Nickles (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) had a one-out single and advanced to third on a base hit to right by Yeargain. Shawn Nickles hit into a fielder's choice and beat the throw to first to avoid the double play, driving in Mike Nickles from third to make it 3-0. Shawn Nickles moved to second on a failed pickoff attempt and came home on a single to right by junior Kevin Mooney (Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown) to give the home team a 4-0 lead.
• In the fifth, Mike Nickles drew a leadoff walk and came in on a double by Mooney as the advantage grew to 5-0.
• After the Quakers scratched for a run in the sixth, the Yellow Jackets again doubled their score in the eighth. Sophomore Spencer Pietruszynski (Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown), senior Daniel Wilkerson (Oxford, N.C./Kerr-Vance Academy) and senior Ryan Duphorn (Erial, N.J./Paul VI) all had RBI singles. Wilkerson scored on an error and Mike Nickles capped the scoring with an RBI double to make the final 10-1.

By The Numbers

• The Yellow Jackets extended their win streak to 10 games. R-MC matched its best start in school history. The 1969 team started 14-1 on its way to a final mark of 18-2.
• Shawn Nickles scored twice and knocked in three.
• Mooney made his second start of the season and went 3 for 3 with one run and two RBI.
• Mike Nickles had two hits, two runs and one RBI.
• Yeargain extended his hitting streak to 13 games.
• Senior Cole Grinde (Woodford, Va./Carolina) has reached base safely in all 15 games so far this season.
• Junior right-hander John Reynolds, Jr. (Bumpass, Va./Louisa) pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts to secure the win.

Up Next

Randolph-Macon will host York (Pa.) on Thursday, March 12 at 3:30 p.m. on Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park.