Game 1 

The Basics

Score: No. 17 Roanoke 12 | Dickinson 6
Records: Roanoke 4-1 | Dickinson 0-1
Location: Salem, Va.

The Lead: Roanoke scored eight runs in the final three innings to take a 12-6 win over Dickinson in the opening game of Saturday's doubleheader. 

How it Happened:

• Sean Guida got things going for the Maroons in the first inning when he led off with a walk then went to third on a Scott Ellis double. Sam Watson was hit by a pitch before Robbie Edwards drew a walk to plate Guida and make it 1-0. Sacrifice flies from Will Merriken and Dean Hermanson later in the inning would score two more and make it a 3-0 game. 
• After scoring a lone run in the third, Dickinson got four runs sparked by back to back walks to start the top of the fifth. Brendan Pell then drove in Pat Davis before Robbie Thompson hit a single and Jonathan Chudacoff hit a double to help Dickinson take a 5-3 lead.
• Roanoke cut the deficit to one in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run from Merriken to make it 5-4.
• The Red Devils tacked on one more run in the sixth but that would be as much as Dickinson would get as Roanoke scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth off two walks, two hit by pitches and a single from Ellis to take a 7-6 lead.
• In the seventh, RC added four insurance runs with a leadoff walk from Cody Shell followed by a single from Guida and Ellis was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Sam Watson reached on a fielder's choice and Guida and Shell scored on a Dickinson throwing error on the play. Jack Howard hit an RBI single to score Ellis and Hermanson drove in Watson to make it 11-6.
• Merriken knocked in the final run with a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eight.
• Nick Raulin (1-0) earned the win with 3.0 innings of work, allowing only two hits and striking out six. Alex Gusikoff (0-1) was tabbed with the loss after giving up four runs.
• Merriken had four RBI going 1-for-3 while Howard and Hermanson each tallied two RBI.
• Chudacoff led the Red Devils with two RBI going 1-for-5 while Alex Cohen went 2-for-3. 

Game 2

The Basics

Score: Dickinson 5, Roanoke 3
Records: Roanoke 4-2 | Dickinson 1-1
Location: Salem, Va.

The Lead: A pair of ninth-inning runs helped Dickinson earn a split of the doubleheader as the Red Devils came away with a 5-3 victory in game two.

How it Happened:

• With Dickinson leading 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning, Merriken tied the game with a solo home run.
• In the bottom of the third inning, Gavin Kandrick led the inning off with a single then went to second base on a sacrifice bunt off the bat of Will Smith before coming home on a Guida single to give RC a 2-1 lead.
• Dickinson evened the game in the top half of the fourth inning when Ryan Fuscaldo doubled down the left field line to plate Davis and tie the game.
• Roanoke regained the lead in the home-half of the fifth inning when Smith walked with one out and Guida singled to put runners on first and second. Ellis then doubled to score Smith and make it 3-2 Maroons.
• Dickinson tied the game in the seventh inning then took advantage of a two-out error by RC to get the go ahead run then got an RBI single from Daniel Zamarin to make it 5-3.
• Ben West (0-1) was saddled with the loss for RC, while Reid Collins (1-0) picked up the win for Dickinson.

Up Next: Roanoke is back in action Sunday when it hosts Franklin & Marshall at 1:00 p.m.