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FINAL: Kent State 9 (21-15, 9-6 MAC), Ohio 2 (22-15, 8-7 MAC) - Kent, Ohio (Olga A. Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium)

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

KENT STATE STARTERS: Dylan Rosa (RF), Sawyer Polen (SS), Zarley Zalewski (1B), Tommy Monnot (1B), Conner Simonetti (LF), Jeff Revesz (C), Curtis Olvey (3B), Tim Dalporto (2B), Luca Fuscardo (CF), Andy Ravel (P)

THE BASICS
The Ohio baseball team (22-15, 8-7 MAC) fell to Mid-American Conference East Division rival Kent State, 9-2, on Sunday (April 19) in the weekend series finale at Olga A. Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium.

The Bobcats clinched the weekend series over the Golden Flashes by way of a 7-5 come-from-behind win in the series opener on Friday (April 17) and an 11-4 romp on Saturday (April 18). Ohio took a series from Kent State for the first time since 1998.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Senior Jake Madsen (Cincinnati, Ohio), redshirt junior Cody Gaertner (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and sophomore Ty Black (Waynesville, Ohio) all produced multi-hit efforts for the Bobcats, with Madsen driving in a run and Black scoring a run.
- Sophomore right-handed starting pitcher Jake Rudnicki (Toledo, Ohio) was saddled with the pitching loss for Ohio, falling to 2-4 on the season. He gave up five earned runs on six hits and a walk while striking out three over five frames.
- Redshirt senior southpaw reliever Evan Geist (Roswell, Ga.) threw a scoreless inning, fanning one while walking two.
- The Golden Flashes were led at the plate by freshman Tim DalPorto, who went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBI.
- Redshirt sophomore Curtis Olvey finished 3-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored for Kent State.
- Freshman Dylan Rosa doubled and singled and drove in a run and scored another for the Flashes.
- Sophomore right-handed starting pitcher Andy Ravel went 6.1 innings on the mound for Kent State, giving up two runs -- one of which was earned -- on eight hits and a walk. He fanned one to earn the win and improve to 6-1 on the year.
- Sophomore Jared Skolnicki tossed 2.2 scoreless frames for the Golden Flashes, striking out two while walking one.
- Kent State opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning on a leadoff home run over the left field wall by senior Tommy Monnot -- his fifth round tripper of the season.
- Ohio knotted the contest at one-all in the top of the third on a leadoff hit and a two-out defensive miscue by Kent State. Ty Black led off the frame with a base hit through the left side, then advanced to second on a pinch-hit sacrifice bunt by freshman Tony Giannini (Carmel, Ind.). Ty Black scored one out later on a throwing error at third by Olvey that allowed redshirt senior Garrett Black (Lima, Ohio) to chug into second.
- The Bobcats manufactured a run in the top of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead. Junior Manny DeJesus (Caguas, P.R.) drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Garrett Black, moved to third on a ground out to second by Longo and scored on a two-out single through the left side by Madsen.
- The Golden Flashes evened the score in the home half of the fifth as Olvey led off with a double to left and scored on a double down the right field line by DalPorto.
- Kent State broke the contest open with a four-run bottom of the sixth. The frame opened with junior Zarley Zalewski drawing a walk and Monnot being hit by a pitch. A single through the left side by sophomore Conner Simonetti plated Zalewski to give Kent State a 3-2 lead. Monnot and Simonetti each advanced 90 feet on a fly out to right by senior Jeff Revesz, and, after Olvey was hit by a pitch, DalPorto singled up the middle to score both Monnot and Simonetti. A two-out double down the left field line by Rosa brought home Olvey and made it a 6-2 affair.
- The Flashes tacked on two more insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh as Zalewski drew a leadoff walk, took second on a balk, moved to third on a ground out to short by Monnot and scored one out later on a double to left by Revesz. Olvey then scored Revesz with a base hit to right center to plate Revesz and increase Kent State's lead to 8-2.
- Kent State added a final run in the bottom of the eighth. Rosa hit a leadoff double to left, advanced to second when senior Sawyer Polen was hit by a pitch and moved to third on a double steal. After Zalewski coaxed a walk to load the bases, Monnot drew a walk to bump home Rosa.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Madsen is now seven hits away from becoming Ohio's all-time leader. His 263 career base knocks rank fourth in school history. Madsen recorded his 13th multi-hit game of the year. He's reached base safely in a team-high 10 straight games.
- Gaertner recorded his 13th multi-hit effort of the season while Ty Black posted his 10th. Gaertner has reached base safely in seven straight games.

UP NEXT
Ohio hosts a pair of midweek, non-conference tilts at Bob Wren Stadium, with the first game coming against Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday (April 21) at 4 p.m. ET. The Bobcats will host Rio Grande on Wednesday (April 22) with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. ET.

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