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FINAL: Bowling Green 4 (10-18, 4-6 MAC), Ohio 2 (18-13, 5-5 MAC) -- Athens, Ohio (Bob Wren Stadium)

OHIO STARTERS: Manny De Jesus (CF), Garrett Black (SS), Mitch Longo (RF), Jake Madsen (1B), Tyler Wells (LF), Cody Gaertner (C), John Adryan (3B), Nate Squires (DH), Ty Black (2B), Connor Sitz (P)

BOWLING GREEN STARTERS: Kory Brown (CF), Brandon Howard (2B), Trey Keegan (C), Matt Smith (LF), Greg Basalyga (3B), Jesse Rait (RF), Randy Righter (1B), Derek Drewes (DH), Brian Bien (SS), Jason Link (P)

THE BASICS
Despite junior right-handed starting pitcher Jake Miller (Westerville, Ohio) striking out six batters over six innings in his second start of the 2015 season, the Ohio baseball team (18-13, 5-5 MAC) dropped the opening game of a three-game set against Bowling Green (10-18, 4-6 MAC), 4-2, on Friday (April 10) at Bob Wren Stadium.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Miller allowed three runs -- two of which were earned -- on eight hits. He suffered the pitching defeat, falling to 2-2 on the year.
- Senior Jake Madsen (Cincinnati, Ohio) went 1-for-4 with one run scored.
- Senior Tyler Wells (Lexington, Ky.) was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
-Sophomore Mitch Longo (Mayfield, Ohio) went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
- Sophomore right-handed reliever Tom Colletti (Wheaton, Ill.) pitched three innings, allowing one earned run on three hits and one walk. He struck out one.
- Bowling Green senior right-handed starting pitcher Jason Link lasted 5.2 innings, permitting two runs -- one of which was earned -- on six hits. He tallied one strikeout and earned the mound triumph to improve to 1-2 on the season.
- Sophomore righty Tony Landi threw 3.1 perfect innings out of the bullpen for the Falcons, striking out one to pick up his second save of the season.
- Redshirt senior Brandon Howard went 2-for-3 with two runs scored for Bowling Green.
- Junior Matt Smith was 2-for-5 with two RBI for the Falcons.
- Junior Kory Brown went 2-for-5 with two runs scored for Bowling Green.
- Freshman Randy Righter tallied two hits and drew a walk for the Falcons.
- Senior shortstop Garrett Black (Ohio) knocked a one-out infield single off of Link in the bottom of the first inning. A throwing error on a pickoff attempt moved Black to second, and a single to right field by Longo brought him across home plate to provide Ohio with a 1-0 lead.
- Bowling Green answered in the top of the third. Brown hit a one-out single, and Howard followed by being hit by a pitch. A throwing error scored Brown, and a single by Smith brought home Howard to give the Falcons a 2-1 advantage.
- The Falcons increased their advantage to two runs in the fifth. Howard knocked a two-out single, then moved to second as redshirt sophomore Trey Keegan was hit by a pitch. Smith then hit his second RBI single of the game, once again scoring Howard and providing Bowling Green with a 3-1 lead.
- Ohio cut its deficit down to a run in the bottom half of the sixth. Madsen smacked a two-out single to center and advanced to second via a wild pitch. Wells drove in Madsen in the next at-bat on a single to left center to cut the Falcon advantage to 3-2.
- Bowling Green posted its fourth and final run in the ninth when Brown hit a leadoff single to center, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Howard and then scored on a double to right center by Keegan.
- Landi sealed the victory for the Falcons by retiring the Bobcats in order in the home half of the ninth.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- With a single in the first inning, Longo extended his hitting streak to 10 games. He's reached base safely in 11 straight games.
- Wells has now hit safely in five straight games while Madsen has posted a hit in four straight contests.

QUOTABLE
Third-Year Coach Rob Smith
- "(Miller) pitched extremely well. He gave us six quality innings. You've got to be able to generate probably a little bit more offense in this situation, but that's baseball. We hit some hard balls right at some guys, and they weren't falling for us."

UP NEXT
Ohio plays the second of its three-game set against Bowling Green on Saturday (April 11) at Bob Wren Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET.

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