Game 1
Box Score
Game 2
Box Score
Ashland, Va. - The St. Mary's
College of Maryland baseball team started the 2009 campaign in the
hole as the Seahawks (0-2) dropped both games of their
season-opening doubleheader to the defending 2008 Old Dominion
Athletic Conference Champion, Randolph-Macon College (2-0), on
Saturday afternoon in non-conference action.
In Game One, Randolph-Macon registered a 6-1 victory. The
Yellow Jackets took a 2-0 lead on three hits after the first three
innings. St. Mary's cut the lead to 2-1 behind an RBI double
by sophomore leftfielder Mark Dattilio
(Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) to bring home sophomore
shortstop Matt Baden (Sunderland, Md./Huntingtown)
who was walked in his at-bat.
The Yellow Jackets broke open the game with a three-run fifth
inning, which included a two-run home run by junior outfielder
Michael Wallace (Powhatan, Va.). Senior
infielder Charlie Hartt (Richmond, Va.) and
sophomore outfielder Brian Jordan (Columbia, Va.)
each connected on two hits to pace R-MC.
Junior starter Kyle Hicks (Goochland, Va.)
pitched 5.0 innings to start the year with a 1-0 mark as
Hicks gave up just one run on two hits, walked
four and struck out two.
The Seahawks' two hits came from Dattilio and
junior transfer Lyle Kralle (Great Mills,
Md./Great Mills). Junior right-hander Jon
Gill (Owings Mills, Md./Park) suffered the loss as
Gill allowed four runs on seven hits in 4.2
innings, while walking three and striking out two.
The nightcap was much closer as Randolph-Macon needed to pull
out a 7-6 triumph after squandering a 5-nothing lead. The
Yellow Jackets opened up with a 5-run second inning but St. Mary's
slowly clawed its way back, knotting the contest at 5 all in the
fourth inning.
The Seahawks went up 6-5 in the fifth following
Baden's run on the error by the
catcher after leading off with a triple. R-MC responded with
a run of its own in the same inning as sophomore Jay
Lichter (Richmond, Va.) notched a two-out, RBI single.
After a lead-off double by senior third baseman Blake
Beaudoin (Damascus, Md./Damascus), the Seahawks finished
the sixth inning three-and-out. The Yellow Jackets
capitalized with the would-be game-winning run as sophomore
infielder Greg Mitro (Richmond, Va.) cracked a
lead-off homer.
A double-play in the seventh ended the Seahawks' chances of
coming away with at least one win today.
Senior outfielder J.C. Conway (Sandston, Va.)
paced R-MC in the second game with two hits and two runs, while
senior Nick Simons (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax) earned
the victory as Simons scattered three hits and
fanned two in 2.1 innings.
Right-hander Matt Siciliano (Ardmore, Pa./Lower
Merion) started his rookie season with the loss as
Siciliano yield the game-winning home run.
He struck out three in 1.1 innings. Dattilio
picked up three hits to finish the day 4-of-7 at the plate.
Beaudoin and Baden each had two
hits in the nightcap for the Seahawks.
The Seahawks will wrap-up the three-game series with
Randolph-Macon tomorrow with the first pitch set for noon.
