EMORY, Va. – The Emory & Henry College Baseball Team (8-9, 5-3 ODAC) completed the season sweep of Roanoke College (4-9, 1-5 ODAC) with an 8-4 win in Old Dominion Athletic Conference action Wednesday afternoon at Porterfield/DeVault Field. The Wasps move into third place in league play with the win.

E&H got out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. With one on and one out, junior first baseman Bransen Christopher (Hickory, N.C.) doubled to right centerfield to plate the first run of the game. Senior catcher Connor Wise (Cookeville, Tenn.) drove in Christopher on the next at bat with a single through the left side.

Roanoke tied the contest at two runs apiece in the top of the fourth. Cam Cassady hit a bases loaded single up the middle to make the score 2-2.

Emory & Henry responded in the bottom of the frame, as senior right fielder Brogan Hoover (Stephens City, Va.) came home on a wild pitch and sophomore centerfielder Brett Johnson (Sugar Grove, Va.) drove in sophomore left fielder Ben Barnett (Knoxville, Tenn.) with a single to give the Wasps a 4-2 lead.

The Maroons drew the score to 4-3 with a run in the fifth as Jacob Clifton singled to drive in Will Decker.

Christopher put the Wasps up 6-3 after the sixth inning with a two-RBI double down the right field line, his third two-bagger of the game. RC made it 6-4 in the seventh with Luke Nowlin's run-scoring single.

In the bottom of the eighth, E&H added two more runs to eliminate the save situation and go up 8-4. Christopher and Wise both had RBI singles in the frame.

Christopher led all players as he went four-for-five on the day with four RBI, three doubles and a runs scored. Wise was two-for-five with a pair of runs driven in while Johnson went two-for-two with a pair of sacrifice bunts.

Sophomore Matthew McInaw (Honey Brook, Pa.) picked up the win for the Wasps, allowing just four runs on 10 hits in seven innings of work with five strikeouts to move to 3-2 on the year. Sophomore Ty Hill (Knoxville, Tenn.) and junior Aaron Sparks (Troutman, N.C.) each pitched a shutout inning in relief.

Roanoke was paced offensively by Will Black, who went two-for-four with two runs scored. Cassady drove in two runs while Nowlin and Decker each had two hits and a RBI in the game.  Harrison Richards took the loss, allowing four runs on eight hits with three walks in five innings pitched.

Emory & Henry will remain at home on Saturday when it hosts Virginia Wesleyan College in an ODAC doubleheader beginning at noon.

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