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an infield single in the top of the third.
The shot appeared to stun Russell who walked Alex Prewitt and hit Matt Dorr with a pitch to load the bases.
“Ethan told me that his arm was numb,” Jenkins said. “I told him to walk around until he could feel every finger. Take all the time that you need.”
Third baseman Mike Straub battled Russell, fouling off pitch after pitch before finally going down on strikes. In all, Russell needed 12 pitches before fanning Straub and ending the threat.
After the third inning threat, Russell retired 12 of the last 13 George Mason players he faced. He got the side in order in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings, striking out all three hitters in the sixth.
Russell threw 107 pitches. His teammates mobbed him near the first base line after he got Tim Hillegas to ground out for the game’s final out.
“I was so sacred at the end of the game,” Russell said, “when (Jenkins) came out and said that I had to get (Hillegas). The top of the lineup was coming up, and those are the guys who can really hit.”
George Mason managed just one more base runner, shortstop Jimmy Piscopo, who doubled down the left field line in the fifth. Piscopo stole third but was left stranded as Russell got Mendenhall to line out to first baseman L.B. Settle and Prewitt to ground out to second.
Mendenhall allowed three hits in six innings. He fanned two Rappahannock hitters in tossing just 52 pitches.
“(Mendenhall) is probably the best pitcher that we will see in single A ball,” Rappahannock
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