The Basics
Score: Roanoke 8, Franklin & Marshall 1
Records: Maroons 5-4; Diplomats 1-6
Location: Salem, Va.

The Lead: The Roanoke baseball team opened the Roanoke Round Robin with an 8-1 win over the Franklin & Marshall Diplomats on Saturday afternoon. Will Turner pitched a complete game with five strikeouts and only allowing one run. 

Highlights:

• The Diplomats scored first in the top of the first with the Maroons answering back in the bottom of the first on a two-out Conner Butler single that scored Jonny Wall from first.
• Butler would ground out to the pitcher in the bottom of the third, but it allowed Ty Staz to score from third to put the Maroons on top after three complete. 
• In the fourth, Jacob Bonzon got his second hit of the game that scored Spencer Rhoads from second, giving Roanoke a 3-1 lead.
• The Maroons started off the fifth with a double and walk before a passed ball allowed Butler to reach second and Wall to reach third. A misplay by the catcher allowed Wall to score on a throw home, giving Roanoke the 4-1 lead. During the next at-bat, the Diplomats threw to second in a steal attempt, but Butler ran home on the throw without an attempt to get him out.
• A two-out single by Rhoads in the seventh scored Nate Prince from second, extending the Maroons' lead to 6-1. 
• Roanoke added two more insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth on two hits, giving the Maroons the 8-1 win.

The Basics
Score: Roanoke 8, Brockport 2
Records: Maroons 6-4; Bearcats 0-3
Location: Salem, Va.

Highlights:

• Bonzon picked up where he left off in the first game in game two with a double to left to lead off for the Maroons. He would come around and score when Butler was caught stealing second and Bonzon scored on the throw.
• A double, single, and a walk loaded the bases with just one out in the fourth. Tucker Schiavoni then singled right up the middle, scoring both Mason Staz and Wall and giving Roanoke a 3-0 lead after four complete.
• Three more runs for Roanoke crossed the plate in the sixth with two coming with no outs. With runners on second and third, a throw home was not in time to get Staz out, extending the lead to 4-0. Schiavoni then collected his third RBI of the game on a single up the middle that scored Prince from third. With two outs later in the inning, Butler induced a bases-loaded walk to put Roanoke ahead 6-0. 
• The Maroons added two more in the bottom of the eighth with two outs, including a run on a Butler triple, putting Roanoke ahead 8-0. 
• The Bearcats finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the ninth, but it was not enough as Isaac Brooks induced a game-ending double play to extend the Maroons' win streak to four.
• Caleb Lingenfelter earned his second win of the season going six innings with six strikeouts and not allowing a run.

Up next: The Maroons will play one more game on the weekend on Sunday, March 5 when they take on No. 15 Marietta. Prior to that game, Roanoke will host a pair of neutral site contests at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.