ASHLAND, Va. – Junior Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby) smacked two home runs and knocked in three as the Randolph-Macon baseball team edged fifth-ranked Lynchburg 6-4 in ODAC action on Tuesday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 6, Lynchburg 4

Venue: Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park

Records: R-MC 18-7, 7-4 ODAC; LYN 23-6, 10-2 ODAC

How It Happened:

• The Yellow Jackets started the scoring in the third. Sophomore Grayson Bush (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) reached on a bunt single and went to third on an errant pickoff attempt. A squeeze bunt for a single by sophomore Matt Myers (Hampstead, Md./Manchester Valley) brought home Bush with the game's first run. Iannuzzi belted a long homer to left to make it 3-0.
• The Hornets tallied single runs in the fourth and sixth before R-MC responded in the bottom of the sixth. Junior Carter Johnson (Southampton, Va./Southampton) drew a two-out walk, went to second on a base hit by freshman Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) and scored on a single by freshman Lincoln Lubsen (Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy) to give the Yellow Jackets a 4-2 edge.
• After Lynchburg stranded two in the top of the seventh, Iannuzzi homered again to left, his seventh of the season, to give R-MC a 5-2 advantage.
• The Hornets put up two in the top of the eighth to pull within one. In the bottom of the frame, Johnson drew a leadoff walk, went to second and third on wild pitches and scored on an error to make it 6-4.
• Lynchburg put two on in the top of the ninth, but sophomore Cole Stamm (Irvington, Va./Middlesex) fanned the final batter to record his first save.

By The Numbers

• Sophomore Drew Ramos (Williamsburg, Va./Lafayette) pitched the first five innings, allowing five hits and one run with two walks and five strikeouts to pick up the win and improve to 3-0.
• The Hornets had the bases loaded with two away in the sixth when freshman Bere Bauers (Devon, Pa./Devon Prep) got a groundout to end the rally. Bauers fanned five over 2.2 innings.
• Stamm struck out two of three batters he faced in recording the save.
• Lynchburg stranded 13 in the game.
• Lautenschlager, Lubsen and Bush all had two hits.
• Johnson went 1 for 2 with two walks and two runs.

Up Next

R-MC will head north to York (Pa.) for a 3:30 p.m. contest on Thursday, April 14.