RICHMOND, Va. – The No. 2/2 Shenandoah University baseball team fell 11-9 Saturday morning to No. 5 Lynchburg in the ODAC Championship contest.
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Shenandoah (38-7) loaded the bases in the top of the ninth but saw Lynchburg (38-6) pitcher Jack Bachmore get a strikeout to close out the contest.
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IN BRIEF
Bachmore, the 2023 ODAC Pitcher of the Year, pitched the final three innings to earn his 11th save of the season.
SU jumped out to an 8-0 lead with one run in the third, three in the fourth, and fourth in the fifth, but were shut out the rest of the way until scoring a single run in the ninth.
Kyle Lisa, one of five Shenandoah players to earn All-Tournament honors, led off the inning with a solo home run to left field, his third of the season.Â
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SU added runs two through four on back-to-back hits beginning with
Haden Madagan's two RBI double down the left field line. With Madagan in scoring position,
Ryan Clawson delivered a hit through the right side of the field for his first RBI. Madagan and Clawson both were named All-Tournament.
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Coach
Kevin Anderson's club added four runs in the fourth,
Gavin Horning delivering a two-run single and both Madagan and Clawson RBI singles.Â
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Down 8-0, Lynchburg began to climb with its first hit of the game in the bottom of the fifth which ended up being a solo home run off the bat of Gavin Collins. Avery Neaves walked in an RBI with bases loaded later on in the fifth.
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A seven spot in the sixth gave the Lynchburg its first lead of the game as they went up 9-8 and overcame the eight-hole deficit.
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Lynchburg added two more runs in the eighth on a throwing error by Shenandoah's infield with two outs in the inning.
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Horning and
Pearce Bucher singled in back-to-back at-bats to start the comeback effort. Madagan added a fourth RBI on the day scoring Horning. Lisa loaded the bases two batters later but SU fell short as Bachmore completed his three-inning save with the championship-clinching strikeout.
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Shenandoah first-year pitcher Michael Myers pitched 4 2/3 innings in his first colligate start. Myers struck out four batters and allowed just two hits in his outing.
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Horning, Madagan, and Clawson all had multiple RBIs with the latter two getting three hits each.
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Jacob Bell,
Frankie Ritter, Lisa, Clawson, Horning, and Madagan were selected to the All-ODAC Tournament team at the conclusion of the game.
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UP NEXT
Shenandoah awaits a possible Pool C berth into the NCAA Tournament. The field is announced Monday afternoon.
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