LEXINGTON, Va. – The Emory & Henry College Baseball Team moved to 3-7 on the year Sunday afternoon (1-1 ODAC), picking up a split to open Old Dominion Athletic Conference play against Washington and Lee University (4-6, 1-1 ODAC). The Wasps were victorious in game one by a 5-3 score while the Generals won the nightcap in a 15-3 rout.
Game One – Emory & Henry 5, Washington and Lee 2
W&L got out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a leadoff home run by Jonathan Stutts.
The Wasps got on the board with four runs in the top of the third frame. With two runners on and one out, senior left fielder Remington Hedgepeth (Winston-Salem, N.C.) hit a double to center field, clearing the bases. Junior first baseman Logan Ball (Honaker, Va.) drove in Hedgepeth with a single to left field. A double by senior designated hitter Jesse Blizzard (Independence, Va.) and an error by the centerfielder allowed Ball to complete his trip around the bases.
Emory & Henry made its lead 5-1 in the fourth as junior centerfielder Eric Houff (Blacksburg, Va.) drew a walk and was able to reach home thanks to a single and an error by the second baseman.
In the bottom half of the fourth, the Generals got one run back on a sacrifice fly by Chris Nault. The two teams would play scoreless ball from there on out, with the final score of the opener settled at 5-2.
E&H senior Zach Jones (Fries, Va.) picked up the win on the hill, moving to 2-0 on the season. Jones went seven innings and scattered two runs and seven hits across the span, striking out two. Sophomore Ricky Sowers (Blacksburg, Va.) was credited with the save.
Game Two – Washington and Lee 15, Emory & Henry 3
The nightcap was all Washington and Lee, as the Generals scored six runs in the bottom of the second inning en route to the win.
Emory & Henry got two runs in the second thanks to a single by sophomore Brogan Hoover (Stephens City, Va.) and a sacrifice fly by Sowers.
W&L broke the game open with six runs in the second on three-straight run scoring walks and a three score triple by Will Salley.
The Generals would add two runs in both the third and the fourth to push the advantage to 10-3 and would get insurance runs in the fifth (one run) and sixth (four runs) to make the 15-3 final margin.
Junior Jessup Lambert (Fries, Va.) suffered the loss for E&H while W&L's Ian Shaw was credited with the win.
Emory & Henry will travel to Fayetteville, N.C. on Tuesday to face Methodist University. First pitch is set for 4:00 p.m.
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