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FINAL: Northern Kentucky 7 (6-10), Ohio (7-9) 6 - Athens, Ohio (Bob Wren Stadium)

OHIO STARTERS: Mitch Longo (LF), Ty Black (2B), Rudy Rott (1B) John Adryan (3B), Cody Gaertner (DH), Tony Giannini (RF), Spencer Ibarra (CF), Nick Bredeson (C), Mateus Vakuda (SS), Gerry Salisbury (P)

NORTHERN KENTUCKY STARTERS: Conor Ledger (LF), Quint Heady (RF), Will Haueter (DH), Trey Ganns (1B), Logan Spurlin (C), Ty Amann (2B), Brad Bohlen (3B), Dominic Mercurio (SS), Tito Montgomery (CF), Kyle Colletta (P)

THE BASICS
Despite a three-hit performance from junior third baseman John Adryan (Delran, N.J.), the Ohio baseball team (7-9) fell to Northern Kentucky (6-10) 7-6 in 10 innings on Wednesday (March 16) at Bob Wren Stadium in Athens, Ohio. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Adryan went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and home run with a walk, a pair of RBIs and two runs scored.
- Freshman first baseman Rudy Rott (Holman, Wis.) was 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI.
- Redshirt senior catcher/designated hitter Cody Gaertner (Pittsburgh, Pa.) went 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBI.
- Redshirt freshman Gerry Salisbury (Brunswick, Ohio) got the start for the Bobcats and pitched 1.1 innings, allowing five runs--three earned--on three hits, three walks and one strikeout.
- Sophomore righty Logan Jacik (Omaha, Neb.) threw 1.2 innings, holding the Norse scoreless while allowing one hit and one walk with one strikeout.
- Junior righthander Tom Colletti (Wheaton, Ill.) pitched two scoreless frames with no walks, one hit allowed and two strikeouts.
- Redshirt sophomore righty Cory Blessing (Mayfield, Ohio) threw a scoreless sixth inning, allowing one hit and one walk with one strikeout.
- Redshirt sophomore righthander Michael Klein (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) pitched a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts, one walk and no runs allowed.
- Redshirt senior righty Eddie Fitzpatrick (North Attleboro, Mass.) allowed one run on one hit and two walks to go along with a strikeout.
- Redshirt sophomore righthander Jake Roehn (Sandwich, Ill.) took the loss for Ohio, pitching two innings while allowing one run on one hit and three strikeouts.
- For the Norse, redshirt junior left fielder Conor Ledger went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, a walk and a pair of runs scored.
- Redshirt freshman catcher Will Haueter was 1-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored and two walks.
- Redshirt senior right fielder Quint Heady went 1-for-4 with a walk, a run and an RBI.
- Junior righty Kyle Colletta got the start for Northern Kentucky and lasted 5.2 innings, allowing six runs on eight hits, one walk and two strikeouts.
- The Norse struck first as Haueter dropped a single into shallow left field, scoring Ledger from second base after he led off the game with a walk and advanced to second on a single by senior right fielder Quint Heady. Northern Kentucky plated two more in the inning as Heady and Haueter came around to score on a single up the middle by Amann, giving the Norse a 3-0 lead after the top half of the first.
- Northern Kentucky tacked on two more runs in the top of the second as Ledger scored on a passed ball while center fielder Tito Montgomery came home on a wild pitch by Salisbury.
- Adryan put the Bobcats on the board in the bottom of the second as he took a Colletta offering over the fence in right center field.
- Longo extended the third inning by legging out a two-out infield single that turned into a Bobcat run after he was driven in by Rott on a single up the middle to trim Northern Kentucky's lead to 5-2.
- Adryan struck again for the Bobcats in the bottom of the sixth, driving home Rott on a triple to deep right center. Gaertner then tied the game on the next at-bat, driving home Adryan with a no-doubt, two-run homer over the right field fence. Ohio would take the lead in the inning when junior shortstop Tyler Finkler (Olmsted Falls, Ohio) hit a single to center to score junior outfielder Spencer Ibarra (Fort Collins, Colo.), giving the Bobcats a 6-5 lead after six.
- The Norse tied the game at six in the top of the eighth as Ledger singled in senior outfielder Anthony Vagnier.
- Northern Kentucky took a 7-6 lead in the top of the 10th on an Ohio error that scored Montgomery for the game-winning run.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• The Bobcats have finished with double-digit hits in nine of 16 games this season.
• Gaertner has hit safely in a team-high 13-straight games. The home run was his first of the season. He has recorded three multi-RBI games this season 
• Adryan notched his fifth home run of the season, tying his career high. 
• Rott posted his sixth multi-hit effort of the year.

UP NEXT
Ohio visits Kokomo, Ind. for a three game series this weekend (March 18-20) against Big Ten Conference foe Purdue. First pitch on Friday is set for 6 p.m. ET.

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