ASHLAND, Va. – Senior Jacob Selden (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass) had three hits and three RBI in the nightcap after scoring the winning run in the opener as the No. 15 Randolph-Macon baseball team swept a doubleheader from Emory & Henry on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: #15 Randolph-Macon 3-11, Emory & Henry 2-1

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

Records: R-MC 9-3, 7-0 ODAC; E&H 1-6, 1-6 ODAC

How It Happened: Game 1

• The Wasps had runners on the corners with none out in the top of the first before senior Matt Nickles (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) rolled a double-play ball as W&H took an early 1-0 lead.
• The Yellow Jackets would get on the board in the third. Senior Ryan Duphorn (Erial, N.J./Paul VI) drew a leadoff walk, setting a program record with 102 career walks. Duphorn moved to second on a base hit by sophomore Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby). Both runners were in scoring position with two away when senior Kevin Mooney (Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown) doubled to center to give R-MC a 2-1 lead.
• E&H would plate the equalizer with two away in the fifth, knotting the score at 2-2.
• R-MC would take the lead in the eighth. Selden drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a bunt single by Mooney. Both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by junior JT Fitzpatrick (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee). Senior Shawn Nickles (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) was intentionally walked to load the bases. Sophomore Brooks Mazey (Glen Allen, Va./Deep Run) delivered a sacrifice fly to center to plate Selden with the go-ahead run.
• Senior Tyler Dunn (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett) pitched a perfect ninth with a strikeout and a pair of groundouts to record his third save.

By The Numbers

• Matt Nickles worked six innings with four hits, two runs, three walks and eight strikeouts.
• Freshman Jacob Lawler (Broad Run, Va./Battlefield) earned his first career victory, retiring all six batters he faced in the seventh and eighth innings with one strikeout.
• Mooney had two hits and two RBI.
• Iannuzzi went 3 for 3 with a walk and a run.
• Shawn Nickles was 2 for 3 with a walk.

How It Happened: Game 2

• The Wasps would again take an early lead, plating a run in the top of the second. R-MC answered in the third, the first of five straight innings with multiple runs. Freshman Grayson Bush (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) had a leadoff single in the third and moved to second on a walk to Duphorn. Both scored on a base hit by senior Mike Nickles (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) to give the Yellow Jackets the lead. Nickles would come home on a triple by Selden as the home team led 3-1.
• Bush had a squeeze bunt in the fourth to plate Fitzpatrick, and Iannuzzi's sacrifice fly brought home senior Jack Basse (Fairfax Station, Va./South County) as the lead grew to 5-1.
• Mooney had an RBI double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bush in the fifth to make it 7-1.
• In the sixth, Mooney had a RBI double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bush to give the Yellow Jackets a 9-1 advantage.
• Selden had an RBI single in the seventh and sophomore Blake Doggett (Richmond, Va./Hanover) added a sacrifice fly as the lead ballooned to 11-1.

By The Numbers

• R-MC has won five straight games and eight of its past nine contests. The Yellow Jackets have scored in double figures in three of their past four games.
• Selden went 3 for 3 with a walk, a run and three RBI.
• Fitzpatrick went 4 for 5 with one run and one RBI.
• Mike Nickles was 2 for 4 with a walk, three runs and two RBI.
• Duphorn drew four walks and scored twice. He is the only Yellow Jacket to reach base in all 12 games this season.
• Sophomore Hayden Snelsire (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) earned the win to raise his record to 2-0. He worked 5.0 innings with four hits, one run, three walks and three strikeouts.

Up Next

Randolph-Macon will host Virginia Wesleyan on Tuesday, March 30 in an ODAC contest that starts at 3:30 p.m.