BRIDGEWATER, Va. - The Roanoke College baseball team got off on the right foot in conference play on Saturday as they won the first game, 12-7, and came back to tie the second, 6-6, at Bridgewater. 

Game 1 Information 
Roanoke 12, Bridgewater 7 
Records: Roanoke (8-5, 1-0), Bridgewater (7-5, 0-1) 
Location: Bridgewater, Va. (Bridgewater Baseball Field) 

Game 1 Notes and Notables 

• Both squads woke up their offenses in the middle innings with the sides swapping three runs each in the fourth and Roanoke tallying four to Bridgewater's two in the fifth. RC then added three more runs in the final two innings to take a firm grasp on the win. 

• Thomas Burgess grabbed his second win of the season after coming on to pitch five innings of relief. Burgess allowed just one run on six hits in his outing. 

• Corey Coogan, Tyler Galloway, Liam Murphy, and Tucker Schiavoni all recorded 2 RBIs in the contest. 

• Hayden Giordano joined Coogan, Galloway, and Murphy in having a multi-hit game. All four of them tallied two hits. 

• Parker Stallard drew a season high three walks. That mark also tied his career high as a Maroon. 

• RC hit a season high three home runs in the game. Galloway hit his first of the season and of his career. Murphy hit the other two homers making it Murphy's first multi-home run game of his career. 

Game 2 Information 
Roanoke 6, Bridgewater 6 
Records: (8-5-1, 1-0-1), Bridgewater (7-5-1, 0-1-1) 

Game 2 Notes and Notables 

• The second game of the day was called after eleven innings due to darkness. 

• After going down 6-0, Roanoke started to mount their comeback in the seventh, by capitalizing on Bridgewater's mistakes. Liam Murphy homered in the seventh to make it 6-4. Kyle Moshier then got in on the long ball action in the ninth to knot the score. 

• It was Murphy's third home run of the day and fifth of the season. 

• Moshier's home run was his first of the season. 

• Murphy had a team leading three RBIs, with Moshier adding two, and Corey Coogan tallying the other. 

• Tyler Galloway and Nate Prince, in addition to Murphy, all recorded two hits. 

• The bullpen put together a solid outing. Gavin Allanach, Palmer Griffin, Trevor Orth, and Isaac Brooks combined for six strikeouts and allowed just five baserunners and one run in six innings. 

Up Next 
RC continues their stretch of road games on Tuesday (Mar. 11) when they take on Pfeiffer at 4:00 pm.