Sheeler Goes 2-for-3 with Home Run and Three RBI; Colbert Goes Deep for WC

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Arcadia snapped a 5-5 tie with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and held off a Washington College rally in the top of the ninth to come away with a 7-6 win Friday afternoon at V. Earl Dickinson Stadium in non-conference baseball action on the campus of Mary Washington.  The Knights improve to 3-1 on the year, while the Shoremen fall to 1-3.       

Arcadia 7 Washington College 6

How It Happened
- Washington took a 2-0 lead three batters into the game as with one out Danny Sheeler cracked a two-run home run over the right field fence to also plate Chris Baker.
- In the top of the third inning, Sheeler drove in Baker again, this time on a sacrifice fly to center to make it 3-0.
- The Knights chipped away at the lead with a pair of sacrifice flies in their half of the third to cut the lead to 3-2.  With nobody out and the bases loaded, Justin Massielo knocked in Nick Opalkowski for the first run on a fly ball to center and the next hitter with one away, Hunter Curley flew out to center, but it was deep enough to score Alex Madera.
- The Shoremen would get a sac fly on their own in the top of the fourth with one out by CJ Gillmer that chased in Joe Curtin to make it 4-2.
- Arcadia netted two runs with two away in the bottom of the fourth to even the score at 4-4.  Connor Cheeseman scored on a base hit to center by Opalkowski to trim the lead to 4-3 and the next batter, Madera, beat out an infield hit to first base to plate Joseph Kumar to tie it up.
- Ryan Colbert gave the Shoremen the lead back, 5-4, with a two-out solo homer to right in the top of the seventh.
- Arcadia knotted up the game in the bottom half of the seventh, 5-5, when Massielo scored on an error by the Shoremen with two away. 
- In the last of the eighth, the Knights took their first lead of the game with two runs to take a 7-5 lead into the ninth.  Kumar scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Opalkowski with nobody out to give Arcadia a one-run lead and the next hitter, Madera singled to center to drive home Matt Donchez to make it a two-run game.
- Gillmer led off the top of the ninth with a double and came around to score on a single to left field by Brandon Hoffman to cut the lead to 7-6 with nobody out.  With Hoffman on first, Arcadia pitcher Owen Margolis got Jack Kingman to hit into a double play and retired the next hitter, Cael Magill on a grounder to third base to end the game.

For The Shoremen (1-3)
- Hitting: Sheeler (2-for-3, three RBI, home run), Baker (2-for-4, two runs), Curtin (2-for-4, run), Hoffman (2-for-4, RBI), Colbert (1-for-3, home run), Gillmer (1-for-3, run, RBI)
- Pitching: Colin Brown (loss 0-1, one inning, one hit, three runs, two earned, one walks, one strikeout)
- Washington had 11 hits, drew zero walks and had nobody reach on hit by pitch while leaving four on base. 
- The Shoremen had two errors in the game, leading to an unearned run for the Knights.

For Arcadia (3-1)
- Hitting: Madera (3-for-5, two RBI, run), Opalkowski (2-for-3, two RBI, run), Kumar (two runs)
- Pitching: Margolis (win 1-0, two innings, two hits, one run, one earned, zero walks, zero strikeouts)
- The Knights notched six hits, drew four walks and had three get on via hit by pitch as they left eight on base.
- Arcadia had one error in the game, but did not lead to a Washington run.

Notes
- The two teams played last weekend at Methodist in North Carolina with Arcadia winning 10-9.
- It was Washington's second time in its last five games as the Shoremen went deep on two occasions in their season finale last year on May 8 versus Muhlenberg.

Up Next
2/26 v. Stevenson – 2:15 p.m. (Non-Conference Game)
- Game to be played at Mary Washington.