Box Score
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Sophomore
Kyri Washington/Prospect hit two home runs with three RBI, and senior
Scott Burkett/Williamsburg, junior
Brandon Delk/Newport News and freshman
Mac McCafferty/Stevens, Pennsylvania each had three hits, to lead Longwood University to a 9-7 non-conference baseball victory on the road at the College of William and Mary of the Colonial Athletic Association on Wednesday night in Williamsburg. Freshman
Devin Gould/Fairfax Station gained his first collegiate pitching win in relief for the visiting Lancers (12-10), and sophomore
Blake Ream/Yorktown earned his first college mound save against the Tribe (14-6). Longwood will return to Big South Conference action this weekend with a three-game series at home against Campbell University that begins on Friday night, March 21 at 6 p.m. at Bolding Stadium in Farmville.
William and Mary took an early 3-0 lead in the first inning on two hits while aided by two walks and an error at shortstop, as well. Michael Katz (2-4, 2 RBI) provided the big hit with a two-run double to score Nick Thompson (0-3) and Ryan Lindemuth (0-2), and Katz crossed the plate on the fielding miscue.
Longwood got two runs back in the third inning to pull within 3-2 after a lead-off double by sophomore
C.J. Roth/Yorktown (1-1) was followed by an opposite field two-run home run to right field by Washington (2-5, 3 RBI) with two outs. The Lancers scored two more runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-3 advantage when Burkett (3-4, 2 RBI) reached on an infield single with one out and scored unearned on a two-out, RBI double by freshman
Alex Lewis/Burke (2-5), as the ball was misplayed in the outfield, and Lewis scored on a run-scoring single by McCafferty (3-4, 2 RBI).
Longwood extended its lead to 6-3 with two runs in the fifth inning after Washington led-off with a solo homer to left center field for his second of the game and fourth of the season, followed by a triple from Delk (3-5, RBI), who later scored on a sacrifice fly by Burkett. The Lancers made it 7-3 with another run in the sixth inning as Lewis single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by freshman
Brandon Harvell/Yorktown (0-0) and scored on another RBI single by McCafferty.
William and Mary also scored a run in the sixth to pull within 7-4 after a single from Josh Smith (3-4, 2 RBI) and a run-scoring double by Tim Hoehn (1-4, RBI).
Longwood answered back with a run in the seventh to lead 8-4, getting a double with one out from senior captain
Alex Owens/Purcellville (1-5), who scored on an RBI single by Burkett.
William and Mary scored three runs in the seventh to close to within 8-7. The Tribe loaded the bases with no outs after a walk to Lindemuth was followed by singles from Katz and Kevin Nutter (4-5). Charley Gould (1-5, RBI) plated the first run with an RBI single, before Smith added a two-run single. A ground ball double play and a fly ball out prevented the hosts from doing more damage during the at-bat.
Longwood added an insurance run in the ninth inning when Delk hit a solo home run to right field, his team-leading fifth homer.
Sophomore
Allen Ellis/Mechanicsville started for Longwood and pitched the first 1.0 inning, allowing two hits and three earned runs with one strikeout and two walks. Gould (1-0) tossed 4.1 innings of middle relief for the Lancers to gain the win, scattering four hits and one earned run with a career-high seven strikeouts and three walks. Sophomore
Travis Burnette/Lynchburg pitched 1.2 innings and allowed four hits and three earned runs with no strikeouts and one walk. Ream (1) went the final 2.0 scoreless innings to earn the save, yielding one hit with three strikeouts and no walks.
Nick Brown (2-1) started for William and Mary and pitched the first 3.2 innings and took the loss, yielding seven hits and four earned runs with no strikeouts and one walk.
