Rome came out of the gate on fire and plated five runs in the first inning.
Rome came out of the gate on fire and plated five runs in the first inning.
Lucas Herbert and Randy Ventura each had an RBI singles, Kurt Hoekstra added a two run single, and Jordan Rodgers doubled home a run for the 5-0 lead. West Virginia scored their only run of the afternoon in the second on Carlos Munoz's RBI single for the 5-1 score. Rome added a run in the fifth and went on to win by the 6-1 final.
Rome's offense certainly was clicking on all cylinders but it was the pitching that stole the show. Starter Alan Rangel enjoyed a solid outing going six inning allowing six hits and one run. The bullpen of Kevin Matthews and Matt Custred had a good afternoon going three shutout innings allowing one hit and four strike outs.
Rangel (1-2) gets the win while Blake Cederlind (2-3) takes the loss for West Virginia.
Rome and West Virginia play tomorrow in the final game of the series with the first pitch at 1 p.m.
