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FINAL: Bowling Green 11 (11-19, 5-7 MAC), Ohio 1 (19-14, 6-5 MAC) -- Athens, Ohio (Bob Wren Stadium)

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

THE BASICS
The Ohio baseball team (19-14, 6-6 MAC) suffered an 11-1 setback to Mid-American Conference East Division rival Bowling Green (11-19, 5-7 MAC) on Sunday (April 12) in the rubber match of a three-game series at Bob Wren Stadium.

The Bobcats evened the weekend series on Saturday (April 11) with a thrilling 8-7 walk-off comeback win after falling to the Falcons on Friday (April 10), 4-2, in the series opener.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sophomore right-handed starting pitcher Jake Rudnicki (Toledo, Ohio) pitched five innings, allowing six runs -- four of which were earned -- on five hits and three walks. He struck out five. Rudnicki suffered the pitching defeat, falling to 2-3 on the season.
- Ohio notched four hits -- including a single by Manny De Jesus (Caguas P.R.) and a double by senior Jake Madsen (Cincinnati, Ohio) and pinch-hit singles by senior Tirey Burch (Santa Claus, Ind.) and freshman Tony Giannini (Carmel, Ind.) in the bottom of the ninth inning.
- Bowling Green freshman right-handed starting pitcher Zac Carey limited Ohio to one earned run on four hits and five walks over eight innings of work, earning the win to improve to 2-3 on the season. He fanned three.
- Sophomore right-handed pitcher Tony Landi tossed a scoreless ninth inning for the Falcons.
- Redshirt sophomore Trey Keegan went 2-for-5 with four RBI to lead Bowling Green's bats.
- Junior Kory Brown and freshman Randy Righter each posted two hits for the Falcons, with Brown doubling and scoring two runs and Righter hitting his fourth home run of the season.
- Freshman Derek Drewes went 1-for-3 with three runs scored and one walk for Bowling Green.
- The Falcons took advantage of six Ohio errors.
- Bowling Green opened up the scoring in the top of the first when redshirt senior Brandon Howard, who walked and stole both second and third, scored on a wild pitch by Rudnicki.
- In the second inning, Bowling Green tacked on three runs, highlighted by a solo home run off the bat of senior Jesse Rait, who hit his second round tripper of the season.
- The Falcons added three in the top of the sixth -- including a leadoff shot down the left field line by Righter.
- Bowling Green tacked on three more un the seventh, highlighted by Keegan bringing two runners home on a single to center field.
- One run in the ninth inning provided the Falcons with an 11-0 lead as senior Brian Bien reached on an Ohio error to lead off the frame and scored one out later on a single to left by Keegan
- In the bottom of the ninth, Ohio loaded the bases with consecutive singles by Burch and Giannini and redshirt senior Taylor Emody (Milan, Ohio) getting hit by a pitch. Senior Logan Cozart (New Philadelphia, Ohio) drove in Burch with a pinch-hit RBI ground out to third base.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Madsen extended his hitting streak to six games.

QUOTABLE
Third-Year Coach Rob Smith
- "Offensively, we just didn't really get anything going. In the sixth inning, it was disappointing how that kind of fell apart on us and that kind of matched up with the rest of the game. We really didn't play well, and, like I said earlier, it's the first time the entire season we've seen a game like this out of our club. It's one of those days, and you've got to have a short memory sometimes in baseball, and you get on to your next ballgame."

UP NEXT
Ohio travels north to take on Youngstown State on Tuesday (April 14) with first pitch scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET.

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