LEXINGTON, Va. — Senior Kyle Tipping (Green Lane, Pa./The Hill School) and first-year Danny Devereux (Mount Prospect, Ill./Prospect) combined to shut out Eastern Mennonite on Tuesday en route to a 1-0 victory for the Washington and Lee baseball team at Cap'n Dick Smith Field.

Tipping started and pitched 6.2 innings to improve to 3-2 on the season. He gave up five hits and three walks with one strikeout. Devereux threw the final 2.1 innings. He did not allow a hit with two walks and two strikeouts to record a save.

The save marked the fifth this season for Devereux, which is tied for the second-most in a single season in program history. He now has the most saves by a first-year in W&L history. The W&L single-season record is six held by Matt Reedy '96 in 1996.

The Generals (16-9, 4-4 ODAC) scored their lone run in the bottom of the fifth. Sophomore designated hitter Robey Smalley (Tuscaloosa, Ala./Tuscaloosa Academy) walked to start the inning, and junior third baseman Ryan Weston (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula) reached on an infield single to short to put two runners on base. First-year second baseman Chadwick Feeley (Jacksonville, Fla./Episcopal School) then lined a single to left to bring home Smalley for the game's only run.

The Royals (11-8, 3-3 ODAC) had their best scoring opportunity in the top of the ninth. Devereux walked the first two batters of the inning, and then a sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third with one out. Devereux escaped the jam by striking out the final two hitters to preserve the victory.

This marked the first 1-0 win for the Generals since the team topped Lynchburg by the same score on April 13, 2003. The Blue and White and the Royals play again on Wednesday, when W&L travels to EMU for a 4 pm start.

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