FINAL: Central Michigan 9 (14-9, 1-1 MAC), Ohio 3 (12-7, 1-1 MAC) - Mount Pleasant, Mich. (Theunissen Stadium)

OHIO STARTERS: Manny De Jesus (CF), Garrett Black (SS), Mitch Longo (RF), Jake Madsen (1B), Cody Gaertner (DH), Ty Black (3B), Tyler Wells (LF), Kyle Dean (C), Tyler Finkler (2B), Mason McWilliams (P)

CENTRAL MICHIGAN STARTERS: Nick Regnier (CF), Pat MacKenzie (2B), Tyler Huntey (C), Logan Regnier (RF), Daniel Jipping (DH), Alex Borglin (1B), Adam Collins (LF), Zach McKinstry (SS), Joe Houlihan (3B), Pat Leatherman (P)

THE BASICS

The Ohio baseball team (12-7, 1-1 MAC) suffered its first Mid-American Conference loss of the 2015 season, falling to West Division foe Central Michigan 14-9, 1-1 MAC) on Saturday (March 21) at Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Mich.

HOW IT HAPPENED

- Sophomore Mitch Longo (Mayfield, Ohio) and senior Tyler Wells (Lexington, Ky.) each tallied two hits for the Bobcats. Wells drove in two of Ohio's three runs while Longo scored two of them.

- Freshman southpaw Mason McWilliams (Belevue, Ohio) suffered the pitching loss for Ohio in his first collegiate start on the mound, falling to 1-2 on the season. He gave up five earned runs on nine hits and a walk. McWilliams struck out two in four frames.

- Sophomore right-hander Corey Wells (Lexington, Ky.) tossed a scoreless inning of relief for the Bobcats, striking out one while allowing two hits and a walk.

- Central Michigan pounded out 15 hits, with five Chippewas tallying multi-hit games. Junior Logan Regnier went 3-for-3 with a triple, drove in three runs and scored two. Senior Tyler Huntey and freshman Daniel Jipping each homered for one of their two hits for Central Michigan. Huntey plated a run and scored three while Jipping pushed across two runs and scored another. Sophomore Alex Borglin doubled for one of his two hits and scored a run.

- Freshman right-handed starting pitcher Pat Leatherman picked up the win for the Chippewas, improving to 3-0 on the season. He struck out four while giving up three earned runs on five hits and two walks.

- Central Michigan broke the scoreless stalemate with a four-run third inning. Senior Pat MacKenzie reached on a fielder's choice, then Huntey drew a walk. Regnier plated both with a triple to right. Jipping made it a 4-0 game with a two-run home run to left center.

- Ohio countered with two runs in the fourth. Longo legged out a leadoff single to short and moved to third two outs later on a double down the left field line by sophomore Ty Black (Waynesville, Ohio). Tyler Wells took advantage of the situation on a two-run base hit to center, plating Longo and Black.

- Huntey put Central Michigan back up by three runs on a leadoff homer to left in the fifth.

- The Bobcats shaved their deficit to two runs again in the sixth when Longo hit another infield single to short and scored on a base hit to right by redshirt junior Cody Gaertner (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

- Unfortunately for Ohio, Central Michigan put the contest out of reach by plating runs in the sixth and seventh and two more in the eighth.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

- Longo extended his hitting streak to a team season-high 13 straight games and has reached base in a team season-high 16 straight games.

UP NEXT

Ohio and Central Michigan clash in the weekend series rubber match on Sunday (March 22). First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. ET. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Tom Colletti (Wheaton, Ill.) is scheduled to start on the hill for the Bobcats and oppose Central Michigan junior righty Jason Gamble.

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