HARRISONBURG, Va. - The Diamond Royals hosted crosstown rival Bridgewater College in a midweek ODAC battle on Tuesday.

EMU pounded out nine runs on 11 hits, but ultimately fell in the contest by a final tally of 17-9. 

Highlights

• After falling into a quick 3-0 hole, the Royals answered back in the bottom frame of the first inning in front of the large home crowd. Jordan Jones kicked it off with a triple to left center, followed directly after with a double off the left field wall, scoring Jones with ease to cut into the Eagles' lead. Brett Lindsay knocked a single to left to score Lee in the next at-bat, continuing the offensive trend. After a Ray Tricarico single down the right field line, moving Lindsay to third, Natty Solomon knocked a deep fly to score the sacrifice fly.
• Falling behind again in the top of the second, the Royals put a dent in the Bridgewater lead in the bottom half. With two away, Lee reached on a catcher's interference and quickly made his way to third with a wild pitch and stolen bag. Lindsay put pressure on the Eagles' defense, legging out the second baseman's errant throw and scoring Lee. 
• Tricarico knocked a two-RBI single up the middle in the bottom of the fourth to cut into the Bridgewater lead. 
• After a few scoreless frames, the Royals' bats heated up in the bottom of the eighth. After a Jones single, Lee knocked a line drive over the centerfield wall for the two-RBI shot. Tricarico later hit an RBI groundout to round out the scoring for EMU. 

Standouts

• Lee - 2-3 with a home run and double, three RBI. 
• Tricarico - 3-4, three RBI. 
• Jones and Lindsay each had two hits in the contest. 
• Karson Jennings threw three innings with no earned runs and two strikeouts. 

What's Next

The Royals will take a week before hitting the diamond again. They will host Mary Baldwin in a non-conference game next Tuesday, Apr. 19 with first pitch coming at 3:00 PM.

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