Box Score
ASHLAND, Va. – Eric Herbst fanned six
batters in the final three innings and Randolph-Macon could not
recover, as the Diplomats garnered a 6-5 win over the Yellow
Jackets Tuesday evening in non-conference baseball action. F&M
won its fourth straight game and improved to 4-2 on the year while
the Yellow Jackets fell to 5-7.
Up by one run after six innings, Herbst took over for Jason
Anderson to seal the Diplomats' fate. He struck out two
batters in both the sixth and seventh innings and one each in the
eighth and ninth to stun the Yellow Jackets to pick up his first
save of the season.
Randolph-Macon took an immediate lead in the first frame scoring
two runs off of three hits. The Yellow Jackets went up 3-0 in the
bottom of the third before F&M rallied with a four-run fourth
inning.
Russell Tischler singled up the middle to plate Nick Rolnick and
get the Diplomats on the board, but it was Eric Bornstein's
two-run triple to left center field that got F&M moving. Drew
Atkins' ground out drove home Bornstein as the Diplomats took
the lead.
The Yellow Jackets answered with a one-run fourth inning to tie
the game, and the Diplomats countered. F&M notched two more
runs in the top of the fifth from Anderson and J.T. Triantos to
take a 6-4 lead. The Yellow Jackets added a run in the fifth, but
Herbst proved too much for Randolph Macon.
The Diplomats collected 11 hits and the Yellow Jackets tallied 10.
Anderson notched the win for F&M and Herbst was credited with
the save. Herbst did not allow any runs or hits in the game. Matt
Tiller took the loss for the Yellow Jackets, giving up four earned
runs on seven hits.
Triantos went 2-for-3 and Anderson and Bill Murray recorded two
hits apiece.
F&M continues its 12-game road stretch on March 17 with a 3
p.m. match-up at Lynchburg.
Franklin & Marshall 6, Randolph-Macon 5 (Mar 16,
2010 at Ashland, VA)
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Franklin & Marshall. 000 420 000 - 6 11
1 (4-2)
Randolph-Macon...... 201 110 000 - 5 10 2
(5-7)
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Pitchers: Franklin & Marshall - Jason Anderson; Eric Herbst(6)
and Russell Tischler.
Randolph-Macon - Tiller; Langford(6); Mendenhall(7); Bierlein(9)
and Lichter.
Win-Jason Anderson(1-0) Save-Eric Herbst(1)
Loss-Tiller(0-3) T-2:36 A-76
Game: RMCFM
