Baseball Release (2005) - Randolph-Macon - Split - Guilford College

Ashland, VA (3/19/05) -- Two dominant pitching performances resulted in Guilford and Randolph-Macon splitting an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) baseball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Day Field. Guilford's Dave Whigham tossed a complete-game, four-hit shutout in the Quakers' 5-0 opening-game win. Randolph-Macon's Travis Beazley tossed eight strong innings and Bo Garner delivered his first college save in the Yellow Jackets' 7-4 victory in the nightcap.

Rob Bittner's team-high fifth homer of the year to lead off the second inning was all the offense Whigham needed in the opener, but Andrew Lerner added a two-run blast in the Quakers' four-run frame that helped Guilford (11-10, 3-3 ODAC) take a 4-0 lead. Whigham scattered four hits, walked three, hit one and fanned a personal-best eight batters in the first collegiate complete game.

      Josh Miller's two-run single in the fifth inning helped Guilford tie the nightcap at 3-3, but Beazley settled down and the Yellow Jackets (6-8, 1-3 ODAC) went ahead with two runs in the sixth and single tallies in the seventh and eighth innings off of Guilford hurlers Logan Collier and Matt Spoerlein. Guilford scored a run in the top of the ninth before loading the bases with nobody out, but Garner induced Miller into a fly-ball out. Brian Burton followed with a game-ending double play. Beasley worked eight innings and fanned seven for his second win of the season.

      Randolph-Macon entertains Tufts Sunday (3/20) at 1:00 p.m. before the Jumbos continue south for a 2:30 p.m. matchup with Guilford at McBane Field Monday (3/21).

Game 1
Guilford 5, Randolph-Macon 0  Stats and play-by-play
Guilford (11-9, 3-2 ODAC)            041 000 0 5 9 1
Randolph-Macon (5-8, 0-3 ODAC)  000 000 0 0 4 1
WP - Dave Whigham (3-2). LP - Devin O'Meara (1-2).
Whigham and Andrew Lerner. O'Meara, Shaun Baggitt (6) and Seth Rapoza. 2B - Chris Dykes (R-MC), Travis Clodfelter (GC). HR - Rob Bittner (GC) (0 on, 2nd), Andrew Lerner (GC) (1 on, 2nd).

Game 2
Randolph-Macon 7, Guilford 4  Stats and play-by-play
Guilford (11-10, 3-3 ODAC)          001 020 001 4 8  2
Randolph-Macon (6-8, 1-3 ODAC) 021 002 11x 7 11 4
WP - Travis Beazley (2-12). LP - Logan Collier (4-3).
Collier, Matt Spoerlein (7) and Andrew Lerner. Beazley, Bo Garner (9) and Seth Rapoza. 2B - Fred Parent (GC).