ASHLAND, Va. – Senior Hayden Snelsire (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) tossed a four-hit shutout with a career-high 13 strikeouts as the fourth-seeded and 14th-ranked Randolph-Macon baseball team edged fifth-seeded Hampden-Sydney 2-0 on Saturday afternoon in Game 1 of the opening round series of the ODAC Championship.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 2, Hampden-Sydney 0

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

Records: RMC 30-11, HSC 20-18

How It Happened

• Snelsire allowed a two-out base hit in the first and a pair of two-out singles in the third before retiring 16 straight Tigers, fanning six of them. Grayson Harris reached on an error to lead off the ninth for HSC. Following a strikeout, Ryan Boyce doubled to put the tying run in scoring position. Snelsire struck out the final two hitters to secure the victory and raise his record to 7-1.
• The Yellow Jackets plated their first run in the third. Senior Hunter Cole (Norfolk, Va./Granby) had a one-out double down the left field line and scored on a single to center by junior Matt Myers (Hampstead, Md./Manchester Valley) to give the home team a 1-0 lead.
• RMC added to its lead in the sixth. Senior Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby) doubled off the top of the fence in left to start the inning. Freshman Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) sacrificed Iannuzzi to third. After sophomore Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley) was hit by a pitch, senior Carter Johnson (Southampton, Va./Southampton) laid down a bunt single to the right side of the infield to drive in Iannuzzi and make it 2-0.

By The Numbers

• Snelsire recorded his second complete game and second shutout of the season. It was his first nine-inning complete game.
• Myers went 2 for 4 with one RBI, the only Yellow Jacket with multiple hits.
• Johnson extended his on-base streak to 25 games.
• Cole went 1 for 3 with a run. He extended his on-base streak to 18 games.
• Iannuzzi extended his on-base streak to 16 games.

For The Record

• The Yellow Jackets reached 30 wins for the third time in program history. RMC had 38 wins in 2018 and 35 in 2016.
• RMC won for the second time scoring just two runs. The Yellow Jackets had a 2-0 victory over Alvernia on Feb. 26, also a complete game shutout for Snelsire.
• The Yellow Jackets are 12-0 when holding an opponent to two runs or less.
• RMC is 25-0 when leading after eight innings.

Up Next

RMC and HSC will play Game 2 of their best-of-three series on Sunday, May 7, at noon. If a Game 3 is necessary, it will follow Game 2. Tickets for the day are available through Ticket Spicket. There will be no cash sale at the gate.