EMU's baseball team had the balls rolling against Guilford Saturday afternoon at home, and earned an ODAC split.  The Royals now have a record of 14-15 on the season, with the 14 wins equaling their highest total since the 2002 season.  The men host Randolph-Macon in another ODAC twinbill Sunday afternoon.

Guilford 9, EMU 4
Game one was scoreless until the bottom of the fifth, when EMU plated a run without the aid of a hit.  Leadoff batter Phillip Jordan (West Point, VA/Christchurch) was hit by a pitch, stole second, was sacrifice to third, and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Jonathan Estrada (Miami, FL/Doral Academy).

The Quakers answered in their next at-bat, starting a rally with a two-out walk.  Four singles later, GC had a 3-1 lead.  Guilford added another run on a sac fly in the eight to push the lead to 4-1 and the game sailed to the bottom of the ninth.

Adam Posey (Poquoson, VA/Poquoson) led off with a single to left, and the comeback had legs.  Estrada roped an RBI double and B.J. Mortimer (Mechanicsville, VA/Lee-Davis) followed with a big double off the left field wall to bring in two more runs to tie the game at 4-4.

Both teams had their chances in extra innings.  Justin Rodriguez (Miramar, FL/Pace) nearly ended it with the longball in the 11th, but his shot to deep center was caught on the warning track.

A leadoff single for Guilford in the 12th snowballed into five runs as the Quakers took the lead and the momentum.  EMU had the bases loaded in the bottom of the frame, but a pair of strikeouts ended the game.

The two teams combined for 25 hits but also 31 men left on base.  Estrada and Mortimer each had two hits and with two RBIs.

Posey was solid at the plate and on the hill.  He batted 2-4 with two walks, and pitched 10 innings, allowing two earned runs.  Austin Marzullo (Shippensburg, PA/Shippensburg) pitched 1.0+ innings, and gave up the first two runs in the 12th.  He took the loss and fell to 0-2.

EMU 11, Guilford 2
Momentum changed quickly in game two.  The Royals took the lead with a run in the first before breaking through in the third inning.  EMU strung together seven hits and plated six runs to blow open a 7-0 cushion.

Guilford got a run in the fifth inning, but the men pieced together four more hits in the bottom of the frame to bring in four more and go up 11-1.

The Quakers scored another single run in the eighth but that would be it as starter Daniel Stanley (Henrico, VA/Varina) finished off his complete game in the ninth to seal the 11-2 win.

Stanley started threw his ODAC-leading sixth complete game to improve to 5-3.  He scattered seven hits while also striking out seven batters.

Posey went 4-5 at the plate with two runs and two RBIs.  Designated hitter Austin Oliver (Gordonsville, VA/Orange County) was a perfect 4-4 with one run and one RBI.  Zach Bowles (Staunton, VA/Robert E. Lee) was 2-3 with two walks and scored twice.  Mortimer had two hits and two RBIs, while Estrada doubled and walked twice to go with his two RBIs.

It's a quick turnaround for EMU, as they return to the field Sunday at 12:30 to play Randolph-Macon.