Fletcher, a senior from Deltaville, Va., helped lead Randolph-Macon to a 4-1-1 week by hitting .484 (15-for-31) with two doubles, a homer, six runs batted in and six runs scored. He also stole six bases in as many attempts, and walked twice to post a .529 on-base percentage. He had five multi-hit games, including a pair of four hit efforts in a 10-10 tie against Lynchburg and an 11-7 win over Eastern Mennonite. In the 16-inning marathon against LC, he went 4-for-7 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored. He stayed hot the rest of the weekend in a sweep of EMU by going 7-for-9 with a double, two RBI, three runs scored and six steals. Defensively, Fletcher was in on four double plays and fielded 27-of-28 chances cleanly.
Baseball Player Honor Roll
Adam Posey, East. Mennonite
- (Jr, 1B/P - Poquoson, VA, 8)
Posey, EMU’s lead-off hitter, reached base 13 times in the
Royals’ 1-5 week. He hit 11-of-26 (.423) with a double,
five RBI and six runs scored. He walked twice and stole a
pair of bases. In an 11-2 win over Guilford, Posey was
4-for-5 with two runs scored and both of his runs batted in.
He also took to the mound for 10 innings of a 9-4 extra-inning loss
to Guilford in game one (10 hits, 4 runs, 2 earned, 9 k, 4 bb).
Herc Ingels, Guilford - (So, OF -
Lenoir, N.C., 15)
Ingels went 7-for-18 with at least one hit in each of
Guilford’s four games in a 1-3 week. He had three hits
with a two-run double in the Quakers’ 9-4 triumph in game one
at Eastern Mennonite. He is currently riding a five-game
hitting streak.
Dan Savage, Lynchburg - (Sr, 3B -
Ashburn, VA, 6)
After missing LC’s game on Wednesday, Savage went 8-of-12 in
a 1-0-1 Saturday against Randolph-Macon with three runs scored, two
RBI, a double, triple, and stolen base. Savage slugged .917 on the
day, while reaching base at a .692 clip. He now sits second in the
ODAC with a .416 batting average.
Mark Manthe, Roanoke - (Sr, RF -
Blacksburg, VA, 23)
Manthe hit 7-for-13 in the Maroons’ 1-2 week, posting
multi-hit outings in each contest. He had a homer as part of
a three-hit day with five RBI in an 8-3 win over Guilford in his
first game of the week. He followed with a pair of two-hit
efforts against Virginia Wesleyan.
Will Salley, Washington and Lee - (Sr,
OF - Augusta, Ga., 5)
Salley helped lead Washington and Lee to a 2-0 record this week
with home wins over Eastern Mennonite and Averett. For the week,
the senior went 5-for-8 (.625) with two doubles, four runs, six RBI
and one walk. He had a .600 on-base percentage and a 1.500 slugging
percentage. Against Averett, Salley went 4-for-4 with three runs,
both doubles and five RBI.