If the large white numerals painted in the infield and outfield grass at Holmes-Smith Field were not enough of an indication, the Rams made sure the scoreboard was.

Braxton Davidson pitched a complete game with 11 strikeouts, and was one of three players to homer in a convincing 11-2 win over visiting North Buncombe.

Davidson threw 107 pitches on Senior Night. The left-hander, who has signed with the University of North Carolina, faced the minimum number of Black Hawks batters (three) in the second, third, fifth and seventh innings after giving up a leadoff home run to North Buncombe's Alex Destino in the first.

"Honestly, my nerves got to me," Davidson said.

"It's a big game, a big atmosphere and it took a little while to settle down. It was a great night for our team. We couldn't have won without so many guys coming up with big hits."

Indeed, the Rams (11-10, 7-3) were hardly lacking in offense in a matchup between the Mountain Athletic Conference's two division leaders – Roberson is in first place in 4-A, while North Buncombe (18-3, 8-3) has already clinched the 3-A regular-season title.

Davidson was 2-for-4 with a homer, triple and two RBIs, while fellows seniors Grant Hiriak (3-4), Alex Talley (2-3 with two RBIs) and Ryan Goode (1-3 with a home run and three RBIs) also did their damage against three different Black Hawks pitchers.

Adam Earley, who is a junior, went 2-3 and freshman Garrett Blaylock was 2-4.

Friday's game completed a season sweep of North Buncombe, which was No. 1 in the latest Impact Baseball poll for NCHSAA 3-A. The Rams also won 8-4 on March 22 in Weaverville and were ranked second in the country by the website MaxPreps at the time.

They have since lost nine of their last 13 games, including Tuesday's 15-4 loss at the hands of Enka in Skyland.

"People can say what they want," Davidson said.

"We play one of the toughest schedules around, one of the toughest schedules in the state. We've faced some adversity, but we've come together. I still think we're the top team in this conference."

Prior to the game, Roberson held a ceremony to honor Davidson, Goode, Hiriak, Talley, Marshall Beachboard, Dominick Cammarata and Connor Lind. Every Rams senior had his uniform number painted somewhere on the field - Davidson's No. 6 was directly in front of the pitchers mound.

"It was a real emotional night and that's one of the best games we've played in a long time," Hiriak said.

"This team plays hard together and we've got a lot of tough-skinned guys. We've had some disappointing losses, but a game like this proves a lot."

Blaylock agreed that the Rams had extra incentive to win their final home game before the postseason. The NCHSAA 4-A playoffs begin on May 14. Roberson will play McDowell in a best-of-three MAC 4-A tournament the week before that (Game 2 and a potential Game 3 will both be at the higher seed).

"We're definitely like brothers on this team and we love each other," Blaylock said.

"Our bats were really on and Braxton was really good on the mound. We played for each other."

Cleanup hitter Nolan Lisenbee was the only North Buncombe player with multiple hits (two). Destino's home run was the South Carolina recruit's 10th of the season, which is at least three more than anyone else in Western North Carolina baseball.