NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Senior Jack Basse (Fairfax Station, Va./South County) homered and drove in three as the No. 11 Randolph-Macon baseball team outscored Christopher Newport 9-6 on Sunday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: #11 Randolph-Macon 9, Christopher Newport 6

Site/Venue: Newport News, Va./Captains Park

Records: R-MC 4-2, CNU 5-3

How It Happened

• After the Captains tallied single runs in each of the first two frames, sophomore outfielder Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby) belted his first collegiate homer in the top of the third to cut the deficit in half.
• The Yellow Jackets took their first lead in the fifth. Junior Will Hass (Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne's Belfield) led off the inning by reaching on an error and Basse smacked his first career home run as R-MC assumed a 3-2 edge.
• CNU tied the game in the bottom of the fifth before the Yellow Jackets went ahead for good in the sixth. Senior Reece Yeargain (Chester, Va./Benedictine) reached on a one-out error and moved to second on a groundout. A single by junior JT Fitzpatrick (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) brought in Yeargain with the go-ahead run. A double by Hass plated Fitzpatrick and Hass would score on a single by Basse as the visitors took a 6-3 lead.
• R-MC would put up another crooked number in the seventh. Senior Ryan Duphorn (Erial, N.J./Paul VI) drew a leadoff walk and sent to second when Iannuzzi walked as well. With two away, a single by senior Jacob Selden (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass) drove in Duphorn. Fitzpatrick followed with a single that drove in Iannuzzi. A double by Hass brought home Selden to give the Yellow Jackets a 9-3 lead.
• The Captains got one run in the seventh and two in the eighth to pull within three. Senior Tyler Dunn (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett) worked a perfect ninth to record his first save.

By The Numbers

• Basse went 2 for 4 with a homer, one run and three RBI.
• Hass went 2 for 4 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI.
• Fitzpatrick was 2 for 5 with one run and two RBI.
• Iannuzzi homered and scored twice.
• Sophomore Lyle Holland (Valdese, N.C./Freedom) recorded the final out of the fifth with a strikeout to earn his first victory.

Up Next

Randolph-Macon will host fifth-ranked Salisbury on Wednesday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m.