ASHLAND, Va. – Junior Hunter Cole (Norfolk, Va./Granby) reached base five times with three hits, two walks, scored three and drove in four as the 15th-ranked Randolph-Macon baseball team defeated Johnson and Wales 13-10 on Tuesday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 13, Johnson and Wales 10

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

Records: R-MC 9-0, JWU 0-3

How It Happened

• After the Wildcats stranded a pair in the top of the first, the Yellow Jackets lit the scoreboard in the bottom of the frame. Junior Myles Webb (Norfolk, Va./Granby) had a one-out single and scored on a base hit by Cole to make it 1-0. Cole came home on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Lincoln Lubsen (Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy) to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-0 edge.
• After JWU put up five in the top of the second, RMC answered with a crooked number in the bottom of the inning. Sophomore Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) and senior Carter Johnson (Southampton, Va./Southampton) had consecutive singles and junior Grayson Bush (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) walked to load the bases with one away. Senior Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby) delivered a two-run single to pull the Yellow Jackets within one at 5-4. A triple by Cole plated two more to put RMC on top for good at 6-5. Cole scored on a wild pitch and sophomore Chaz Harvey (Charlottesville, Va./Miller School) knocked in Lubsen to make it 8-5.
• The Wildcats got one back in the third before Bush walked and scored on a groundout by Webb, and Iannuzzi doubled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Cole, his four RBI of the game, as the Yellow Jackets led 10-6.
• After JWU added another run in the fourth, RMC got it back in the fifth. Cole had a single, went to third on a base hit by Lubsen and came home on a sacrifice fly by Harvey to make it 11-7.
• The Wildcats put up three in the sixth to pull within one at 11-10. Bush led off the bottom of the sixth with his first collegiate homer for a 12-10 advantage. Harvey led off the eighth with a single and scored on an error to expand the lead to 13-10.
• Junior Cole Snead (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) pitched the seventh and eighth for the Yellow Jackets, allowing one hit in two scoreless frames with two strikeouts to pick up the win, his first of the season.
• Junior Cole Stamm (Irvington, Va./Middlesex) allowed a pair of singles in the ninth, but fanned the final hitter to record his fourth save.

By The Numbers

• Bush went 2 for 3 with two walks, three runs and one RBI.
• Iannuzzi had two hits, two runs and two RBI.
• Harvey went 3 for 5 with one run and two RBI.
• Lautenschlager went 3 for 4 with a run. He is 9 for 11 in his past three games.
• Lubsen had two hits, one run and one RBI.
• Johnson had two hits and one run.

For the Record

• RMC registered a season-high 18 hits. The Yellow Jackets have double-figure hits in five straight games and six of the past seven.

Up Next

R-MC will host Penn St. Harrisburg on Wednesday, March 8 at 2:30 p.m.