WINCHESTER, Va. – EMU Baseball started the final week of the 2024 regular season with an hour-long bus ride up I-81 to faceoff with Shenandoah. The game did not break the Royals' way as they fell to the host Hornets by a final of 16-1.

Records: EMU 10-23, 6-14 ODAC | Shenandoah 23-12, 12-8 ODAC

WP: Andrew Gload (1-0)
LP: - Damen Tapscott (2-5)
Save: Ricky Snyder (1)

Highlights

• The Hornets stung early with four runs in the bottom of the first.
• Tapscott kept the Royals in the game early, allowing only more run in the second through the fifth innings.
• Shenandoah doubled their lead in the bottom of the sixth by bringing in five more runs, two of which came on a home run by Chandler Ballenger.
• The Hornets tacked on six more runs in the seventh, including two more home runs, one each from Pearce Bucher and Hunter Madagan.
• EMU put a run on the board in the top of the eighth when Noah Sanderson reached home on a Jason Dwyer groundout.

Statistical Leaders
Cole Bashinski: 1-for-1, 1 2B
Drew Petitt: 1-for-1
Dwyer: RBI

What's Next
EMU Baseball will play its final road game of 2024 tomorrow—Wednesday, April 24—when they travel to Messiah for a non-conference matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.