VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Junior William Wian (Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial) tossed six scoreless innings to lead the No. 30 Randolph-Macon baseball team past Virginia Wesleyan 5-2 in ODAC action on Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 5, Virginia Wesleyan 2

Venue: Perry Field

Records: RMC 9-6, 5-2 ODAC; VWU 4-8, 0-5 ODAC

How It Happened:

• The Yellow Jackets started the scoring in the top of the third. Senior Aidan Pinto (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) delivered a one-out single, went to second on a failed pickoff attempt, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout by senior Aaron Lautenschlager (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) to give the visitors a 1-0 edge.
• RMC added to its lead in the fourth. Freshman Mason Bodnar (Arlington, Va./St. John's Prep) drew a one-out walk, stole second, went to third on a base hit by freshman CJ Chatterton (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) and scored on a failed pickoff at first to make it 2-0. Chatterton went to second and came home on a single by sophomore Jack Bowles (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) to up the advantage to 3-0.
• Wian pitched the first six innings for the Yellow Jackets with four hits, no runs, no walks and one strikeout to earn the win and raise his record to 2-1.
• The Marlins tallied a run in the seventh before RMC responded quickly in the top of the eighth. Sophomore James Baffone (Wilmington, Del./St. Mark's) worked a leadoff walk and was sacrificed to second by junior Logan Duff (Forest, Va./Liberty Christian). Senior pinch-hitter Cole Mallory (Ashland, Va./Patrick Henry) doubled to knock in Baffone and make it 4-1. Chatterton singled up the middle to plate Mallory and extend the lead to 5-1.
• VWU added a run in the ninth as the game finished 5-2.
• Junior Connor McAuley (Haymarket, Va./Highland) fanned two in the seventh.
• Senior Sam Slevin (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank Cox) pitched the final two frames with two strikeouts.

By The Numbers

• RMC has won 11 straight games against VWU.
• Chatterton went 2 for 3 with a walk, one run and one RBI.
• Bowles had two hits and knocked in one.
• Baffone reached three times with a hit and two walks, scoring once.
• The RMC seniors have recorded 100 victories in their career. They are the eighth group of seniors since 2016 to reach the Century Club. The Class of 2019 holds the record with 127 wins, followed by the Class of 2018 with 125 wins. The Class of 2016 was the first to reach 100 victories, finishing with 108.

Up Next

RMC is scheduled to host Mary Washington on Thursday, March 20, at 3:30 p.m. on Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park.